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Mountaineers head football coach Neal Brown is getting a two-year contract extension that will run through the 2026 season. The six-year contract is worth almost 24-million-dollars.

WVU is relaxing ACT and SAT test score requirements again for incoming freshman. Students will be admitted if they show academic ability on other areas of their application. Test scores may be required for financial aid.

A record number of West Virginians died of a drug overdose in 2020. There was a 45-percent increase in deaths over the past year. Almost 13-hundred people died of an overdose, and most were linked to fentanyl.

President Biden is proposing to cut greenhouse gases by fifty-percent by 2030. While the proposal was rolling out, Senator Manchin called for the development of carbon capture technology as a way to preserve the use of coal.

The man accused of killing Charleston police officer Cassie Johnson is pleading not guilty. A grand jury indicted thirty-eight-year-old Joshua Philips on murder and drug charges. His trial is scheduled for August.

A Harrison County jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting 49-year-old Michelle Boggs in the death of five-year-old grandson. Her son-in-law was convicted last month in the boy’s death, and her daughter is awaiting trial.

A Clendenin man is under arrest for shooting and killing another man on Charleston’s West Side. Thirty-year-old Beau Hodge got into a fight in an alley off Stuart Street when he fired a shot and took off. He rolled his truck in Elkview and was taken into custody.

The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles wants travelers to get ahead of the deadline for REAL ID. Starting October 1st, anyone who flies will need a passport or a REAL ID. To apply you’ll need a passport or birth certificate, a Social Security card, and two proofs of West Virginia residency.

Cabell County Emergency Medical Services administered COVID-19 vaccines again this week at St. Mary’s Center for Education in Huntington. Weeks ago, the typical turnout on a Wednesday would be close to 1,000. WCHS TV reported that now a good day is closer to 300. EMTs and paramedics give out the shots Wednesday through Friday for … Read more

Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley re-opened its Teays Valley store on Thursday. The store was closed earlier this year for construction on a project to expand the store and create a more modern environment with new technology. By expanding the Teays Valley location, Goodwill says it will not only provide more jobs to the Putnam … Read more