ELKVIEW, W.Va. — The West Virginia Association of School Administrators will meet Tuesday to discuss its new “I Love WV Public Schools” campaign, which aims to celebrate the students, staff, families and communities that make public education a cornerstone of the Mountain State.
Paula Potter
The WVASA executive committee will meet at Herbert Hoover High School at 10 a.m. Tuesday to provide details about the campaign.
Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Paula Potter briefly discussed the

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. –The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says air monitoring will continue as crews continue battling the People’s Cartage warehouse fire in Parkersburg.
A release sent to MetroNews by the DEP, stated that on Sunday they began using five-gas meters that monitor for carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, oxygen, and lower-explosive limits and no elevated readings of concern were detected.
The DEP stated they requested air monitoring

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –The Kanawha County Board of Education voted Monday to transfer the former Herbert Hoover High School property, including its athletic fields, to the town of Clendenin for public use
The vote was unanimous by the board.
The property, which housed the former high school along the Elk River, was damaged in the June 2016 floods that destroyed homes, businesses and other facilities.
Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Paula Potter told board members the transfer was agreed to

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The winner of the Republican House of Delegates primary race in District 71 will be determined by the Harrison County Commission at its July 15 regular meeting.
Laura Kimble, R-Harrison
Del. Laura Kimble, R-Harrison, is contesting the result after her six-vote loss to challenger Tim McNeely was affirmed in a recount.
The county commission met Monday afternoon to receive the final pieces of evidence in connection with the case. The commission heard testimony last week.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer Larry Pack’s office has released more details about ongoing investigations into several Hope Scholarship schools.
Larry Pack
Pack, who is chairman of the board, announced last Thursday that Tygart Valley Christian Academy was permanently disqualified from participating the Hope Scholarship program.
Pack’s office told MetroNews Monday that the academy “failed to repay funds due back to the Hope Scholarship Program despite repeated attempts and violation of the

TALCOTT, W.Va. — Talcott Fire Chief Bill Costomiris says an apartment building in Summers County is a total loss after a Sunday morning fire.
The blaze was first reported just after midnight Sunday morning at the Hedrick House Apartments in Hinton. Fire crews arrived and learned all residents of the building had been evacuated. Residents were evacuated from another building in the three building complex.
But, the fire was fully involved and visible from several miles. Interior attack of the fire

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A southern West Virginia nonprofit economic development organization is continuing its efforts to bring more people to the state.
The Advantage Valley organization serves a nine-county footprint, including the Charleston and Huntington metropolitan areas combined. Founded over two decades ago, Advantage Valley markets those two MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) as one.
President and CEO Terrell Ellis said they’re in the process of updating a housing study from 2023. Bowen