WESTON, W.Va. — Robert L. Bland Middle School students will start the school year at WVU Jackson’s Mill instead of starting virtually and transitioning to the school after flood damage is repaired.
Carolyn Long
The Lewis County Board of Education unanimously made the decision during an emergency meeting Friday morning for the middle school students to have classes at Jackson’s Mill from Sept. 8 through the end of May 2027.
Bland Middle School is in downtown Weston and sustained the most damage

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A class action lawsuit connected to unnecessary surgeries at Charleston Area Medical Center has settled out of court for $40 million.
The settlement was announced Friday in a news release from CAMC.
The lawsuit was filed in April 2025 against CAMC and doctors Robert Shin and Samuel Rossi alleging unnecessary hernia repair procedures were taking place during bariatric surgeries. The doctors were later fired.
The lawsuit was filed after CAMC began contacting patients about the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced an extension to the State of Emergency he declared in the wake of the July 21st storms in a dozen West Virginia counties.
“West Virginians have made tremendous progress cleaning up and recovering from these storms, but there is still a lot of work ahead in some of our hardest-hit communities. This extension ensures our state and local partners have the flexibility and resources they need to rebuild and recover,” said the Governor in a

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — A Hancock County man pleaded guilty Friday to second degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of his girlfriend.
Jordan Pager (WVRJA)
Jordan Pager, 34, who was scheduled to go on trial next week, killed Taylor in the couple’s Weirton home in September 2024.
Hancock County Circuit Court Judge Joe Barki sentenced Pager to 30 years in prison.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first signs of the $74 million Carter Bridge rehabilitation project on Interstate 64 in Charleston are starting to be seen with more prep work to be evident in the weeks to come.
Brent Walker
The state DOH has hired Triton Construction to replace the bridge deck on the state’s busiest bridge along with repairs to the bridge’s substructure and super structure.
What motorists will see first is construction work to create lanes of traffic to get around the work.
“Between now

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All indications are that Kanawha County’s next commissioner will be decided in fewer than two weeks.
The Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee has submitted three names for the county commission’s consideration to fill its vacant seat. The seat opened up with former commissioner Lance Wheeler’s resignation to become the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority executive director.
The nominees to serve out Wheeler’s remaining term, which is through December 31, are