WHEELING , W.Va. — Appalachian Power Company hopes to have a mobile substation installed soon near Wheeling after high water from Little Wheeling Creek destroyed a substation during Saturday night’s flash flood.
It happened in the Valley Grove area of Wheeling. There are 1,700 customers without service.
Erikka Storch
Appalachian Power spokesperson Erikka Storch said the raging water carried away most of the substation and washed out an area between the substation and the passing road.
“We lost

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Attorney General JB McCuskey, along with the 54 other attorneys general that represent all eligible states and U.S. territories, have agreed to sign onto a settlement with a big opioid company for their role in the creation and worsening of the opioid crisis that spanned across the country.
McCuskey announced Monday morning that they have agreed to sign onto a $7.4 billion dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma and the owners, the Sackler family.
According to a new release,

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A formal admonishment has been handed down by the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission against former Berkeley County Magistrate David DeHaven, who resigned his post and was replaced by Sandy Hamilton last month.
That public admonishment accuses DeHaven of allowing a co-defendant to act as a lawyer in a child neglect case and claiming someone who was not employed by the court was a magistrate assistant when he went to the Eastern Regional jail to conduct

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Five dead, more are missing and heavy damages from flooding this weekend in Ohio County
–An apartment complex in Fairmont is destroyed by flood waters in Marion County
–Several hundred turn out for No Kings protests in West Virginia locations
–In Sports: a recap of North-South All Star weekend and recruiting news for Mountaineer football and baseball
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