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SundayApril 14, 2024

Families push for IDD waiver fix during rally at state Capitol

Funding was slashed by 10 percent during the final day of the 60-day legislative session.

Kanawha County tornado victim shares story

An 80-foot high tree crushed the home of Ernest Meadows on April 2.

FridayApril 12, 2024

Loose barge strikes railroad bridge in Wood County

No damage from the impact, but it was one more headache for emergency officials as rivers rise in the mid-Ohio Valley

High water causes problems from the coalfields to the Northern Panhandle

Heavy rain creates flash flooding issues statewide and will continue to be a problem well into the weekend.

Justice maintains big lead over Mooney in Republican primary for U.S. Senate, poll shows

Justice leads 66% to Mooney's 24 percent, according to the latest MetroNews West Virginia Poll.

ThursdayApril 11, 2024

Morrisey and Moore Capito are in dead heat in governor’s race home stretch: MetroNews West Virginia Poll

The bottom line is, the race for the Republican nomination for governor is tight, too close to call, said Rex Repass, president of Research America.

WednesdayApril 10, 2024

Justice wants money for storm victims but leading lawmakers say he already has it

Governor says his $50 million idea will be on special session call.

Criminal charges filed against AWP executive over failed payment for timber

Court documents charge John W. Crites and his company AWP with selling logs delivered by timber cutters to the Allegheny Wood Products' yard which were never paid for.

TuesdayApril 9, 2024

PSC wants to know how utilities alert customers about service interruptions

14 utilities and cable companies required to submit information within 20 days.

Blatt expects education spending waiver soon from feds

State school superintendent tells state BOE the requirements have been met.

MondayApril 8, 2024

Campuses crowd in excitement over solar eclipse

Students get a look at rare event.

Pittsburgh double murder suspect dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound following Charleston traffic stop

Man identified as Dennis Rahuba allegedly killed a man and woman before claiming his own life 4 hours later.

SundayApril 7, 2024

Rare solar eclipse partially expected in West Virginia

At least 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon Monday for West Virginians.

AHF now running two former Allegheny Wood Products sawmills

AHP takes over sawmills in Greenbrier and Randolph County which were slated to shutdown, to insure an uninterrupted supply of wood to their flooring plant in Beverly, W.Va.

SaturdayApril 6, 2024

WVU BOG to vote next week on Campus Carry rule

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FridayApril 5, 2024

Woman drowns in Wood County flood water

Authorities say a woman died when she tried to drive through a flooded roadway in the Wood County community of Davisville

ThursdayApril 4, 2024

Wheeling Island flooding, flood gates working in Parkersburg

Ohio River expected to flood several river communities in the days ahead.