CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A settlement agreement that gives Catamount Wind, LLC the right to construct a wind farm in Grant and Tucker Counties was granted approval Friday by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
The agreement was filed with the commission on May 28 and it reduces the number of wind turbines from the original 72 to 37. It also extends the length of the blades from 499 feet to 640 feet.
The original certificate was issued when they were known as Mt. Storm Wind Force back in

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The funeral arrangements for former West Virginia lawmaker and businessman Doug Skaff were announced by Snodgrass Funeral Home Friday afternoon.
Those wanting to honor Skaff’s life and legacy are invited to the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston on Monday, 16, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. A private service and burial is set to be held Tuesday.
The family asks for donations to be made to local charities that Skaff was connected to, these include the St. George Orthodox

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The deadline to receive full funding from the Hope Scholarship for the 2025-2026 school year is set for this Sunday.
Hope Scholarship is given to eligible K-12 students to help with financial assistance for tuition, fees, and other expenses.
State Treasurer and Chairman of the Hope Scholarship Board, Larry Park was on MetroNews Talkline Friday morning to talk about the scholarship and the quickly approaching deadline.
Pack said that along with his administration, they are

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Greenbrier County deputies say a compliance check at a home in the Fairlea community led to a significant drug bust in their county this week.
The county’s adult probation office was doing a spot check on the home of Todd Brown who is on probation. The probation officers noticed several pieces of drug paraphernalia and possibly illegal drugs. They communicated their findings to the sheriff’s department who obtained a search warrant for the premises.
Some of the evidence seized

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A “very active investigation” is underway after an apartment building caught fire early Friday morning in Charleston.
According to emergency crews the blaze was reported at the Vista View apartments in the 100 Block of Renaissance Circle around 5 a.m. Charleston Fire Department Captain David Hodges said that flames that were on the seventh floor was extinguished by sprinklers and suppression efforts by firefighters.
He said that four people were injured in the blaze, three of

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Saturday is the 250th birthday of the United States Army and commemoration of the the 25-day, 600-mile march to Massachusetts to battle the siege of Boston in Shepherdstown.
U.S. Army Secretary Frank Vitale said that a militia of 98 riflemen was the start of what is now a world-class fighting force. A big leap from one of their first missions of mapping the United States during the Lewis & Clark expedition.
“Now, 450,000 soldiers are on active duty, making it the largest

RIPLEY, W.Va. — A series of 911 calls a week ago in Jackson County painted a chilling picture of a crime in the southern end of the county. Logan Willis of Oak Hill, W.Va. made the initial call to 911 and can be heard confessing to what he thought was a murder.
“I’m going to the Exxon in Kenna. I got into a fight with somebody really bad I think I might have killed them,” Willis told the 911 dispatcher.
The operator on the other end continued to communicate calmly with Willis getting his name

BECKLEY,  W.Va. — A Raleigh County man is facing over 150 charges on allegations of sexual abuse, incest, and gross child neglect.
Kenneth Cook
Law enforcement officials say Kenneth Ray Cook, 43, of MacArthur allegedly had a non-consensual, incestuous relationship with his daughter which resulted in the birth of three children who were found to be suffering from neglect.
Cook faces a total of 149 counts of Gross Neglect of a child creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury,