CHARLESTON – Energy demands are growing, and all types of power generation are going to be necessary moving forward.  
That was the response from the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia to Tuesday’s news conference by the United Mine Workers of America, in which the union claimed that natural gas projects in West Virginia could destabilize communities and cost jobs. 
Rebecca McPhail
“We view all of West Virginia’s energy workers as partners in powering America, but efforts to frame our

RANGER, W.Va. — A Lincoln County man and woman are in custody in connection with a stabbing and outstanding warrant.
State police troopers said they went to a residence in the Ranger community Tuesday night to serve a domestic battery warrant on Larry Tomblin, 45, of Ranger. Tomblin wasn’t there. Troopers said he left the night before after being stabbed by Christal Adkins, 49, also of Ranger.
Troopers found Tomblin, got his treatment at a hospital and then took him into custody. He’s charged

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Capital Sports Center is back on track thanks to $7 million in congressionally-directed spending secured by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito after federal funds were held up last year.
Capito said it makes her proud to use taxpayer dollars to help the project move forward.
Shelley Moore Capito
“I know as a citizen, a resident, of Charleston, how great this will be for our downtown area–what a draw it will be–so this is really our tax dollars coming back into our own community,

Ronald Stroupe Jr.
SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — An unruly fan at a Nicholas County basketball game finds himself in serious trouble.
According to Summersville Police the fan, Ronald Stroupe Jr., 57, of Princeton, was engaged in a verbal argument with a Nicholas County fan at a girl’s basketball game at Nicholas County High School Tuesday night. A Summersville Police officer repeatedly asked Stroupe to calm down. But officers say he became more enraged and they began to escort him out of the gym.
“The

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–The Senate’s budget bill is out, but likely to change
–Senator Justice says Democrats don’t want to fund homeland security
–A Charleston pastor remembers the late Jesse Jackson
–In Sports: WVU welcomes Utah to Hope Coliseum tonight
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Charleston pastor Matthew Watts took time Tuesday to speak about civil rights activist, politician and ordained Baptist minister Jesse Jackson.
Matthew Watts
Jackson passed away Tuesday at his home in Chicago.
Watts, pastor of Grace Bible Church, said Jesse Jackson positioned himself as a successor to Martin Luther King Jr. after King was assassinated in 1968.
He said Jackson went on television shortly after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death
“He had some things to say that were