MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University freshman move-in for the fall 2026 semester begins Thursday and runs through Saturday.
WVU Vice President for Student Life Gary Furbee said move-in schedules have been drafted and they are ready to welcome a new class to the Morgantown campus.
Gary Furbee
“This is the calm before the real flurry starts,” Furbee said Monday on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.” “Yes, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the bulk of our students will all be moving in.”
The process

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–A Monongalia County man is headed to prison for life for a murder conviction
–West Virginia continues to see a rebound from leading the nation in overdose deaths
–More discussion in Huntington about Flock cameras from city council
–In Sports: the battle for the starting quarterback job continues at WVU
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OAK HILL, W.Va. — A military banner honoring the military service of embattled former Fayette County Delegate Elliott Pritt is coming down.
Oak Hill City Council voted unanimously to remove the banner during its Monday night meeting.
Pritt served in the United States Air Force from 2008 to 2014, eventually rising to Staff Sergent. He went on to become a state delegate and a schoolteacher at Oak Hill High School in Fayette County. A banner recognizing his service to the country had been placed in

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — With Flock cameras at the forefront of many legislative discussions this week, the City of Huntington continues on how to implement its $2.1 million contract with the surveillance company.
Two ordinances were brought before Huntington City Council Monday night, one from Mayor Patrick Farrell and another from Councilwoman Tia Rumbaugh. Both ordinances had to do with what the Flock Technology cameras could and couldn’t do, if implemented in the city. Flock cameras have been a

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The start of the school year in West Virginia is just around the corner, and classrooms in several districts are poised to look a bit different.
In the Eastern Panhandle, Jefferson County education workers returned to work Monday, with the first day of school next Monday. Meanwhile, Kanawha County Schools workers head back to work on Tuesday, with the first day of school set for next Wednesday, August 19.
Those two counties are taking a step back from technology this year.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power said more than 4 000 customers in central and southern West Virginia were without power Monday night after storms moved through earlier in the day.
Nicholas County reported the most outages at just more than 2,000.
Appalachian Power’s Virginia service district had higher outage numbers from Monday’s storms.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Transportation Secretary Todd Rumbaugh says 37 DOH workers personally impacted by the July 21 flood in Lewis and Upshur counties took their first days off this past weekend.
Todd Rumbaugh
Rumbaugh told state lawmakers Monday they had to force them to do it.
“We had to mandate that they take either Saturday or Sunday off. They’ve been working seven days a week and a minimum of 10 hours a day for 14 to 16 days,” Rumbaugh said.
Rumbaugh supplied a flood response update

BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. — Two people have been indicted in connection with an alleged attempt to smuggle methamphetamine into the federal prison at Hazelton in Preston County.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Shaquana Gary, 40, of Greenville, South Carolina, was indicted on one count of providing a prohibited object to a prison inmate.
Robert Polk, 47, an inmate at FCI Hazelton, was indicted on one count of possession of a prohibited object by an inmate.
The attempted exchange happened