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Month: January 2019 Archives


ThursdayJanuary 31, 2019

Several records fall as temperatures plunge in W.Va.

Record lows which stood for decades in some cases were rewritten with the latest polar vortex

Class A basketball midseason update

Get caught up on the top teams and storylines in Class A basketball.

PSC is telling Frontier to stick to schedule going forward for ordered audit

The Focused Management Audit will look at the quality of Frontier's landline service in West Virginia.

Updates: Big education bill passes Committee of the Whole

The committee, which includes all 34 senators, will discuss, offer amendments and likely vote on the bill today.

Raleigh County doctor admits to defrauding Medicare, Medicaid

Dr. Manuel Barit will be sentenced in May.

WednesdayJanuary 30, 2019

Former Greenbrier County school counselor pleads guilty for grade inflation

Mellissa Krystynak served as a counselor at Greenbrier West High School between 2011 and 2017.

Congressional conference committee holds first meeting on border security

The conference committee is responsible for coming up with a deal on border security.

3 takeaways from West Virginia’s latest beating, 93-68 at Iowa State

Nonexistent defense and a whopping free-throw differential saw Bob Huggins exasperated and ejected: Allan Taylor's commentary

Cyclones’ version of ‘Country Roads’ sounds like same ol’ song for struggling WVU

Justin Jackson's game analysis from Ames, where the Mountaineers fell to 1-7 in the Big 12 and 9-12 overall.

Big education bill inspires long day of Senate debate

Senators spent hours debating the controversial, broad-ranging education bill.

Foster care bill amendment stirs House division, debate

The bill proposes to allow the Department of Health and Human Resources to contract out foster care to managed care organizations.

House committee approves trail creation, tables pilot program bill

The House Government Organization Committee met Wednesday to consider multiple bills.

Hoyer speaks of flood progress, delegate criticizes Gianato during committee hearing

West Virginia Adjutant General James Hoyer spoke before the House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security on Wednesday.

State BOE backs some reform measures, rejects others

State Superintendent Steve Paine upset that board and state department weren't consulted about omnibus bill.

Mon Metro Drug task force arrests two following separate searches

Treayane Issac Johnson, 41, of Detroit, and Demonte Larry Thompkins, 26, of Grosse Pointe, Michigan are each charged with two counts of possession with intent. Grosse Pointe is adjacent to Detroit.

Raleigh County moving closer to reacquiring state park

he West Virginia Division of Natural Resources currently operates the 600-acre Little Beaver State Park.

Brad Jett excited for new opportunity at Alderson Broaddus

Longtime South Harrison coach now associate head coach of AB's sprint football program.

Kanawha County Board of Education passes resolution opposing education bill

The board strongly opposed the idea of charter schools in the bill.

High school boys basketball Power Index: January 30

Bluefield climbs one spot to second in the fourth edition of the MetroNews power index

Original Mountaineer mascot muzzleloader being auctioned for charity

Marvin Wotring's first custom made rifle for the WVU Mountaineer to be auctioned at the Bob Huggins Fish Fry