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WVU takes on a red-hot Iowa State team this afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium. Kickoff is at 2 p.m.…Marshall begins the home stretch of its schedule, hosting Florida International at 3:30 this afternoon.

Former Intuit CEO and Marshall alum Brad Smith will be the next President of Marshall University. The Board of Governors made the announcement this week. Current President Jerome Gilbert is accelerating his departure and will step down in December and remain in a supportive role in the new year.

Governor Justice is urging people to get vaccinations and get booster shots. Justice says as COVID-19 numbers continue to fall it’s sad that he had to recognize the death of more than one-hundred West Virginians since Tuesday. There are over 76-hundred active cases of the virus, and more than six-hundred people are in the hospital.

Former state Health Officer Dr. Rahul Gupta is the new director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Gupta was confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week and will be the first doctor to serve as the nation’s drug czar. West Virginia officials are praising the appointment. Governor Justice called Gupta a … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will review a federal appellate court decision regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate air emissions. West Virginia is leading a petitioning the court to reconsider a verdict in which judges struck down a Trump administration policy providing states with more flexibility to cut carbon dioxide emissions. West Virginia, 19 … Read more

Charleston City Council will consider redistricting option at its meeting on Monday. City council will get its first looking at two options for redrawing the boundaries of twenty-wards based on the city’s 2020 population. By statute, the city must draw its ward map in a way that mostly fits with the county’s precincts. Charleston’s population, … Read more

The WVU soccer team hit a milestone this week with it’s 500th win in program history. The Mountaineers beat Georgia State 2-to-1 on Thursday. WVU will visit Georgia Southern Sunday before returning home to conclude the regular season against Bowling Green on Nov. 4.

An 80-million dollar investment is expected to be a huge spark for development in Martinsburg. A Richmond, Virginia company will rehabilitate a 12-acre complex along King Street. The former Interwoven Mill and Perfection Garment Company will become home to 400 apartments and a commercial district.

Two I-64 bridges are getting some much needed repairs. Construction on the Lee Creek and Kilgore Creek Bridges is set to begin on Sunday. Crews will repair deck joints in the eastbound lanes this week, and witch to the westbound lanes the following week. Lee Creek construction is set to take a total of two … Read more

State police are looking for a man involved in a bank robbery in Greenbrier County. A man flashed a silver revolver and demanded money from the tellers at the Summit Community Bank in Rupert. He took off on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. Contact West Virginia State Police if you have any information.