PIPESTEM, W.Va. –A brand-new aerial tram is now up and running at Pipestem Resort State Park, offering guests an exciting new way to take in the park’s scenic views.
Brett McMillion
Park officials hosted an opening ceremony for the new tram on Thursday, followed by a ribbon cutting and a ceremonial first ride.
Key features include seating for six passengers, ADA accessibility, and a maintenance/luggage car for bikes, kayaks, sporting gear, and other items
WV DNR Director Brett McMillion said the

The state Supreme Court is preparing to review any intersection between West Virginia’s religious freedom law and its mandatory school vaccination law — but not until at least early next year.
Justices issued a scheduling order on Thursday evening, responding to a request for expedited review by lawyers for the state school board. Those lawyers had also asked to stay lower court proceedings.
The justices wrote that “upon consideration and review, the Court is of the opinion to, and does refuse

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — The Spartan Trifecta World Championship event will be held on U.S. soil for the first time in history this weekend, and it will be within the mountains of Fayette County.
The Spartan Trifecta is an honor athletes achieve when they complete three Spartan races within a calendar year: the Spartan Sprint, the Spartan Super, and the Spartan Beast. The event welcomes competitive athletes and those trying to finish the race in a non-competitive manner.
The Spring race is a 5k and

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As several cases related to vaccine exemptions—cases involving religious exemptions—are moving through the courts in Raleigh, Gilmer and Berkeley counties, two medical experts, one retired with pre-vaccine experience and another aligned with the American Academy of Pediatrics, are weighing in.
Dr.James McJunkins
Retired Dr. James McJunkins described his experience during the polio outbreak when those suffering from the mysterious illness needed the help of an iron lung to

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — The Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Department believes an attack, which turned into a murder and malicious wounding this week, may have been a vendetta, but what it was about is still very unclear.
“The perpetrator, Michael Loudermilk went there to do this. We’re unsure of what the vendetta was, but he believed he was there to do ‘God’s work’ in his words,” said Greenbrier County Sheriff Bart Baker.
Deputies were called to a home near Ronceverte early Wednesday morning where they

BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. — Multiple agencies responded to a single vehicle accident at mile marker 17 of I-68 eastbound Thursday morning.
First responders were called to the scene at 11:23 and found a vehicle pulling a gooseneck trailer went off the right side of the road and hit an embankment.
The slow lane of the interstate remained closed for an extended period for the investigation and clean up.
Bruceton Community Ambulance Service, Preston County Sheriff’s Office, and members of the Bruceton

CHARLESTON, W.Va – Testimony is underway in the trial of Barack Williams, the teenager charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the incident that resulted in the shooting death of tobacco store clerk Caden Martin.
Martin was shot and killed during the robbery by Bre’juan Williams-Hampton, the other teenager charged in the case who pleaded guilty last year, and prosecutors say Williams acted as a lookout at the Tobacco and Vape store on 7th Avenue in Charleston.
“The evidence