BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Multiple agencies and partners, including representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), continue recovery efforts from the July 21 in flood in Buckhannon.
Randy Sanders
President Donald Trump issued a federal disaster declaration not long after the flood and FEMA soon moved into an office on the second floor of the Upshur County Development Authority. City spokesman Randy Sanders said FEMA has been meeting with residents, business owners and city

Ross Adkins Jr.
HOLCOMB, W.Va. — A dispute between neighbors left one dead and one jailed in Nicholas County.
State Police were called to the home in the community of Holcomb which is near Richwood around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to witnesses Ross Adkins Jr, 31, of Richwood and Nathan Facemire, 44, of Richwood got into an argument which escalated into gunfire.
Troopers says Facemire was fatally shot in the incident. Troopers arrested Adkins and he’s lodged in the Central Regional Jail.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The impact that the late country music star, philanthropist, and actress Dolly Parton had on West Virginia and the entire world is hard to measure.
Parton died Tuesday at 80 years old. Beyond her larger-than-life career as a singer-songwriter and movie star, the Tennessee native gave back to communities all around the world. Beginning in her rural hometown, she launched a program to provide books to young kids from birth until age 5 for free, regardless of socioeconomic

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Supreme Court has dismissed a case against Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers stemming from her comments made on statewide radio in March 2025.
Judge Maryclaire Akers
Akers issued an administrative order last year for then-Department of Human Services Secretary Alex Mayer to come before her and discuss how housing was determined in the state’s foster care system. This came after she learned that children were being housed in hotels and 4-H camps.

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — An emergency room in Point Pleasant is growing along with Mason County.
Marshall Health Network-Rivers Health cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new 12,000 square foot emergency department, which is more than twice the size of the previous ER at Rivers Health.
The project was financed in part by with $7 million that came from the state’s Rural Hospital Grant program that was established while current U.S. Senator Jim Justice was governor.
Justice told those at the ceremony