HUNTINGTON, W.Va – With Thursday being the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Marshall University is marking that with its 9/11 Days of Service with projects benefiting local veterans, first responders, campus beautification, and honoring Dr. Paul W. Ambrose, a Marshall University graduate who died in the attacks.
“Back in March, I saw a website for 9/11 Day. It’s a nonprofit organization that’s helped continue community service since the 9/11 events have happened and they were taking

INWOOD, W.Va. —  It was the culmination of decades of planning, and hope, when the community met recently on the site of the future Inwood Park for a groundbreaking ceremony.
Conceptual drawing of Inwood Park
The park, which will be located in what is now a wooded parcel of land across the road from Musselman High School and adjacent to the W Randy Smith Rec Center, will be developed in phases.  
The first features to be developed at the new park will include pickleball courts, a multi-use

CHARLESTON, W.Va – West Virginia leaders are hoping to soon have dollars flowing for broadband expansion through the federally funded BEAD program, but Senator Shelley Moore Capito isn’t yet content with what’s been put on the table.
Shelley Moore Capito
The state was one of the first to be approved for the Broadband Equity and Access Development (BEAD) program in 2024 with an allotment of $1.2 billion to be put toward deploying or updating high-speed internet around the state, but that program

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–The debate over school vaccinations goes to court in Beckley
–Lawmakers hear suggestions on shoring up PEIA
–The 2026 West Virginia Teacher of the Year hails from Ohio County
–In Sports: WVU Coach Rich Rodriguez and Marshall Coach Tony Gibson address the media about this weekend’s games
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The 2026 Teacher and Service Personnel of the Year were announced Tuesday during the ‘Celebration of Excellence in Education’ ceremony at the West Virginia Culture Center.
TOTY Tiffany Barnes
The TOTY program, which began in 1964, is West Virginia’s longest-running teacher recognition program. The award is given to a teacher who exemplifies the positive qualities of public education.
This year the award went to Ohio County teacher Tiffany Barnes. Barnes works as a special

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Department of Transportation and Division of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday that a DMV worker had passed away.
In a news release, they said that Marvin Smith Jr, passed away after car accident on September 2.
The release said that Smith worked as a Dealer Inspecter a the DMV and had worked in that role for years.
“We are heartbroken to hear of the loss of on our own,” Commissioner of the DMV Everett Frazier said. “His comitment to public service exemplified