News Staff Five people were arrested Friday after police said guns and drugs were found in a vehicle following a high-speed chase on Interstate 64 in Cabell County. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle in Milton, which led to a chase with speeds more than 100 miles per hour before the vehicle crashed over an embankment near … Read more
A shortage of Christmas trees is possible in some parts of the US, but in the tri-state area it’s looking like they’re a little more plentiful. CNN said farmers nationwide could see a widespread shortage. There may be some varieties like the Eastern White Pine that are harder to find because some have naturally died … Read more
Marshall will take on UAB this afternoon at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Kickoff is at 3:30…WVU kicks off at noon against Kansas State.
More than five-thousand spectators are expected are expected this weekend at the Shawnee Sports Complex for the Mountain State Cup Fueled by Chic-fil-A. Soccer teams from West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Kentucky will be take part in the tournament. Officials say it will have a one-and-a-half-million-dollar economic impact.
President Biden is nominating Mingo County native Chris Williamson for the position of Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health at the Department of Labor. Williamson is currently the Senior Counsel to Chairman Lauren McFerran of the National Labor Relations Board. Before that, he was on the senior leadership team at the mine safety agency … Read more
Three charter schools could open in West Virginia by next school year. West Virginia Academy, Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy and Nitro Preparatory Academy were approved this week by the Professional Charter School Board. Nitro’s charter school will be in the old high school, which was most recently King’s Way Christian Church. The Nitro school hopes … Read more
West Virginia health officials are bracing for another spike in COVID-19 as temperatures fall, and the holidays approach. There are over one-thousand new cases for the second day in a row, raising the total number of active cases to over 67-hundred. The number of kids ages 5-to-11 getting their first dose of the vaccine doubled … Read more
The first medical cannabis dispensary in West Virginia is open for business. Truelieve opened a state-approved dispensary in Sabraton Friday, and plans to open a second location in Weston on Monday. Patients with medical marijuana cars lined up outside the shop for several hours. Medical marijuana was legalized in West Virginia in 2017. Trulieve operates … Read more
The Mountaineers forced over thirty turnovers to beat Pitt 74-to-59 in the 118th edition of the Backyard Brawl.
The remaining 15-mile stretch of U.S. 35 is now open. The 37-mile highway now stretches from Beech Hill in Mason County to Frazier’s Bottom in Putnam County. The highway has taken over 20-years to build. The first section opened way back in 1997.