Members of the West Virginia National Guard conduct flood recovery missions near Tridelphia, West Virginia, June 17, 2025. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency for Ohio County, West Virginia, after a deadly flash flooding event caused massive damages within the county. Soldiers of the 115th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, 119th Engineer Company (SAPPER), 601st Engineer Support Company, and 863rd Military Police Company are assisting local emergency

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington man and former gymnastics coach will be going to prison for dozens of years after he abused multiple minors across several years.
Lance Spencer (WVRJA)
Lance C. Spencer, 56, of Huntington, previously pled guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse by a guardian and possession of child pornography.
On Tuesday, Spencer was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse and five to 15 years for a lesser sexual abuse charge. Spencer was also sentenced to two

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. –A former Logan County coffee shop owner will be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to three criminal charges in April.
Michael Cline
Michael Dean Cline, 49, pleaded guilty to three felony crimes connected to solicitation and taking sexually explicit photos of two underaged teenage girls.
In February 2023, the West Virginia State Police raided Cline’s Hot Cup Coffee Shop. He was arrested and originally charged with one count each of first-degree and second-degree

A coalition of West Virginians urged the state’s senators to just say no to changes to federally funded medical and food support.
The gathering at the Cabin Creek Health Systems clinic on Charleston’s West Side focused on the effects of proposed changes to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, called SNAP.
The U.S. Senate is considering the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that advances many of President Trump’s top priorities, including extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted in his

BUFFALO, W.Va. –Fifty-five apple trees representing the counties in the state now stand as a Living Memorial for those lives lost post 9/11 in Putnam County.
Gold Star Mother Teresa Brown hanging her son, Jeremy Brown’s, dog tag (Photo: Toyota WV)
Toyota West Virginia, along with the Gold Star Mothers of West Virginia and the state’s Department of Agriculture, held a dedication ceremony Tuesday morning at the Toyota West Virginia Biodiversity Park in Buffalo, to help celebrate the lives of the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There’s a little bit of conflicting circumstances currently taking place in the Mountain State surrounding the Juneteenth holiday.
This comes after Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that he would not be giving state workers the day off this Thursday, June 19 for the federal holiday.
However, many counties and municipalities across the state have made the motion to close courthouses and judicial buildings that day to continue observance of Juneteenth– the day that celebrates

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power Company is seeking its first base rate increase since 2019 but a group representing its largest customers says rates have gone up significantly in other ways since then.
Aaron Walker
The state Public Service Commission began an evidentiary hearing Tuesday in Charleston on Appalachian Power’s request for a $250.5 million increase in rates on its 461,000 customers in West Virginia.
More specifically the case, which was initially filed last November, seeks a

Flood victim Travis Creighton, 19, received his GED less than a month ago from Northern WV Community and Technical College and was tragically killed in the weekend flood saving his mother. PHOTO: Brian Creighton/Facebook
TRIDELPHIA, W.Va. — One of the victims of the Father’s Day flood in Ohio County was Travis Creighton of Tridelphia. According to his father, the 19-year old Eagle Scout died while saving his mother in the rising water.
“I forgot my phone and that’s the one thing that haunts me

The new chairman of West Virginia University’s board of governors said President Michael Benson, whose tenure kicks off next month, will have solid support.
Rusty Hutson
“I’m confident that he’s going to get the job done. I’ve had multiple conversations and have shared, you know — my desires and his desires are in touch and in tune with each other,” said Rusty Hutson, the chief of executive of Diversified Energy who was selected last week to be the new board president.
“He sees and he knows the