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Slick Wintry Roads

HAMBLETON — The first major cold spell of the winter season saw a series of accidents and vehicle trouble throughout the area, including an hours-long road closure that left Tucker County High School students stuck on campus Monday evening. A direct shot of Arctic air affecting the ...

Consolidation approved by Barbour BOE

PHILIPPI — The Barbour County Board of Education unanimously approved the closure and consolidation plan for several schools in the county on Monday night. In a 5-0 vote, the Barbour County BOE approved the consolidation plan, which would see the closure of Belington Middle School, Kasson ...

Elkins Veterans Day ceremony held indoors due to snow

ELKINS — Snow and cold temperatures didn’t hamper American Legion Post 29’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Tuesday morning, as the event was moved indoors to Calain Hall. The event, which was relocated from the All-Veterans Memorial on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Railroad ...

Issues causing SNAP benefit delays in WV

CHARLESTON — Congress is one step closer to ending the federal government shutdown with a vote on a continuing resolution now moving through the process. But West Virginians relying on the program formerly known as food stamps may have to wait longer for relief. Gov. Patrick Morrisey ...

Judge rules against injunction

CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County judge has denied a motion that would have determined that the West Virginia National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C., was done in violation of State Code and unconstitutional. During a hearing Monday afternoon, Eighth Judicial Circuit Judge Richard Lindsay ...

Battling a Wildfire

CHERRY GROVE —The Monongahela National Forest “Woodside Fire” has consumed more than 350 acres and is at 75 percent containment, the USDA Forest Service announced Monday morning. The Forest Service announced that 385 acres has been consumed by the fire in Pendleton County; however, ...