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Three public comment hearings are scheduled for West Virginia customers of internet and cable company Suddenlink Communications as the Public Service Commission investigates customer service complaints. The hearings will be at 5 p.m. Aug. 23 in Beckley and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Aug. 24 in Charleston. Anyone who prefers not to participate in a … Read more

Nicholas County deputies are investigating after a girl died in a UTV crash Sunday. The Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office said three juveniles, ages 14, 15 and 16, from Leivasy were riding a UTV Sunday when the driver lost control and caused the vehicle to roll over. The passenger in the middle was ejected from the … Read more

Forty-five of West Virginia’s 55 counties were out of the green and six were in the red on the latest West Virginia county alert map. The map on Monday showed an increase of six counties in the red since Friday. Wayne, Wyoming, McDowell, Upshur, Wetzel and Marshall were listed in red in the latest map. … Read more

Firefighters said a blaze at a Cross Lanes motel appears to have started in an air conditioning unit outside of the building. The fire at the Rodeway Inn was reported Monday about 7:50 a.m. and ywo rooms rented in the area where the fire broke out were evacuated. The fire was contained to the outside … Read more

West Virginia health officials reported active coronavirus cases in the state were more than 4,000 on Monday. The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported seven new COVID-19 deaths in the latest update and 1,037 new positive cases. Active cases were at 4,010. The deaths included two from Putnam County and two from Fayette … Read more

Kanawha County health officials are reporting another COVID-19 death. A 61-year-old unvaccinated man died over the weekend, raising the counties death toll to 330 since the start of the pandemic. There are over three-thousand active cases of the virus statewide, and five counties are red on the COVID-19 alert map.

The West Virginia National Guard is showing off the first of eight new C-130 Super Hercules aircraft that will be permanently stationed at Yeager Airport. It is part of a modernization effort for the 130th Airlift Wing.

Governor Justice is reactivating the West Virginia Public Energy Authority, which oversee the state’s mineral development industry. Justice says it will “ensure that West Virginia continues to be an energy powerhouse for the entire world.”

Former West Virginia University and Florida State Head Football Coach Bobby Bowden has died at the age of 91. He took the Mountaineers to two bowl games from 1970 to 1975. And he led FSU to national titles in 1993 and 1999. Bowden announced in July that he had been diagnosed with a terminal medical … Read more

Fire destroyed a home on Green Valley Drive. It took more than two hours and four fire departments to put out the blaze. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation.