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Yak Fest returns to St. Albans this weekend. There is food and music all day today. The Tour de Coal kicks of this morning in Tornado. Kayaks will go in the water at 7:30.

Nearly seventy beagles were rescued from a property in Lawrence County. The dogs are emaciated and have some form of mange. Some of the dogs have never been on a leash or out of a cage. Friends of Lawrence County Rescue is asking for help with supplies or monetary donations due to the influx of … Read more

Two men are facing charges for firing multiple shots at a Huntington housing community earlier this week. Twenty-seven-year-old Austin Jeffreys and 29-year-old Daniel Coubert are accused of driving to the Marcum Terrace housing community and firing several shots from their vehicle. No one was hurt.

Police are investigating an early morning shooting at the intersection of Court Street and Quarrier Street. One person was hurt. The victim was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. No arrests have been made.

Protestors rallied outside the Kanawha County Board of Education to show their support for the kids who were abused at Horace Mann Middle School last month. Bikers Against Abuse joined other members of the community to call for the release of the classroom video that shows the incident. Bikers Against Abuse, is a non-profit organization … Read more

Testimony continues in the federal trial against the big-three prescription drug wholesalers, accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. Day-29 of the trial opened yesterday with a professor of health economics at Harvard Medical School. He testified that the price tag for the harm caused by prescription opioids in Huntington and Cabell County is more than … Read more

State lawmakers will return to Charleston for a special session next week. Governor Justice is asking lawmakers to approved 250-million-dollars in budget surplus money for various projects. The fiscal year ends June 30th and state law requires fifty-percent of any budget surplus carried into the new fiscal year to put into the Rainy Day fund. … Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice says West Virginia’s transgender athlete ban violates Title-nine as well as the equal protection clause of the fourteenth-amendment. The DOJ is filing a “statement of interest” lawsuit against the state.

More than 60-percent of West Virginians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Governor Justice says it is time to reopen the state on Sunday. He says it will be an incredible celebration with the end of the mask mandate, it’s Father’s Day, the state’s birthday. And someone will walk away a … Read more

West Virginia state workers have the day off today in observance of Juneteenth. Governor Justice issued a proclamation declaring Juneteenth as a state holiday. City of Charleston and Kanawha County offices will also be closed. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.