A grassroots coalition in Tucker County says it’s hard to get a handle on what a controversial project in the area even is.
Is it an enormous data center?
Is it a power-generating microgrid?
Is it neither?
State officials have called it “conceptual.”
High Impact Data Centers, slippery like an eel.
As a representative of the grassroots organization Tucker United asked, “When does a project move from ‘conceptual’ to ‘real?'”
This week, West Virginia officials officials rescinded a violation notice

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Despite the heat, a large crowd turned out Thursday for the opening night of the 2026 Charleston Sternwheel Regatta in Charleston.
Rock singer Melissa Etheridge, known for songs including “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One,” and country music star Wynonna Judd, known for “She Is His Only Need” and “I Saw the Light,” kicked off the entertainment Thursday on the Moses Auto Group Stage on Kanawha Boulevard.
The regatta continues through Sunday, with a variety of musical

HARRISON COUNTY, W.Va. –A Harrison County man faces prison time after he admitted to making threats against President Donald Trump and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Cody Smith
Cody Lee Smith, 20, of Clarksburg plead guilty to making threats to kill Trump and to harm ICE agents, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Matt Harvey.
According to the release, on January 17, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department had reported that Smith posted threats on social media,

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite red-hot temperatures in the Capital City, the 2026 Charleston Sternwheel Regatta is off and rolling.
Vendors packed the Kanawha Boulevard Thursday to kick off the four-day celebration, selling food, Kona Ice, and much more.
Amy Shuler Goodwin
Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin joined Dave Allen on “580 Live” Thursday. She said city and Regatta officials have pivoted to adjust to the warm weather.
“It’s the hottest Regatta we will have had in the last five years,”

Democrats in West Virginia’s House of Delegates say a special legislative session should be called to address stresses on school funding.
Sean Hornbuckle
“In the state of West Virginia, education is in a state of emergency,” House Minority Leader Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, said in a press conference outside Piedmont Elementary School in Charleston.
State education officials have sounded an alarm for the coming school year, saying more school closures seem likely in counties around the state.
The

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Governor Patrick Morrisey is traveling across the state to attend West Virginia’s America 250 celebrations.
Morrisey began his tour in Kanawha County, where he rode the 230-foot Ferris wheel on the state Capitol grounds. He then traveled to Jackson County for the opening ceremony of the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes Conference Center.
Morrisey appeared on MetroNews Midday on Wednesday to discuss the importance of traveling across the state to attend

VAN, W.Va. — A group of 15 volunteers from an organization which specializes in disaster recovery will wrap up a week of work in Boone County this week. The members of Team Rubicon arrived Monday in Van and fanned out to a number of area homes to assess and help residents with their flood cleanup work.
“Right now primarily we’re doing what you would call ‘mucking out’ a house,” said Rubicon’s Incident Commander Paula Repka.
Team Rubicon is no stranger to West Virginia. They had teams in the

WHARTON, W.Va. — The heavy rains on June 22nd may have struck an area of Boone County called James Branch harder than any other. The small stream within less than an hour turned into a raging torrent. The water quickly left the banks of the stream and tore through the pavement of the only road in and out of this narrow southern West Virginia hollow.
“It came in quick. You only had an hour to save whatever you had to save if it was toward the creek,” said Joseph Cook who lives several miles up