Marion County Schools begins cleanup after flash flooding affects multiple schools

Five buildings took on water.

Fairmont offers lots created through blight removal to residents

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The city of Fairmont is in the process of transferring ownership of up to 50 lots in the city as a result of recent blight removal efforts. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” City Manager Travis Blosser said the program was boosted by $468,000 received through the state Department of Environmental Protection