ELKINS — The Board of Directors of the Mountain State Forest Festival has selected West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner with the honor of crowning Maid Silvia during the Official Coronation Ceremony for the 87th Festival Friday, officials announced Wednesday afternoon. Warner will ...

CHARLESTON — With no short-term deal in place to keep the federal government funded over the next several weeks, non-essential services will begin to shut down Wednesday, affecting thousands of federal employees in West Virginia. In two votes Tuesday night, the U.S. Senate could not reach ...

Could you imagine if the entire combined populations of California and Texas visited West Virginia in the span of one year? It’s a rhetorical question, of course, but it requires no real imagination. Because you’d also have to tack on the population of Virginia to hit a number ...

PHILIPPI — The Barbour County Board of Education has set hearing dates for the closure and consolidation of several schools across the county. The BOE has released an impact statement, including supporting data, for the closures and consolidations plan, which includes closing Belington ...

ELKINS — An Upshur County woman faces a felony charge after allegedly attempting to take a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s firearm and continuously resisting arrest, resulting in her being tased multiple times. Halley Faith Conley, 19, of Buckhannon, is charged with felony ...