CROSS LANES, W.Va. – A long-awaited Kanawha County roads project is marking a major milestone as a newly widened section of Big Tyler Road in Cross Lanes is open.
The stretch of road from Andrew Jackson Middle School to the intersection of US Routes 62 and 622 opened with four lanes on Monday, completing a significant phase of the larger widening project that has been in the works for over two years.
“That section of the project, although it is not fully complete, is a very crucial step, and I

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The state Fire Marshal’s Office is on the scene of a triple fatal fire in Huntington.
It happened at a house in the 300 block of West 8th Street at just before 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Authorities said the house was supposed to have been abandoned.
There was no immediate information released about the victims.
The Huntington Fire Department and Huntington Police Department are also part of the investigation.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — MetroNews This Morning for Tuesday morning, Dec. 23, 2025 gets you caught up on what’s going on across the state.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has released a preliminary report in connection with a coal miner’s death last week in Wyoming County.
Investigators said Robert White, 63, died at the Lower War Eagle Mine Thursday after he was pinned against the mine wall by a moving supply tractor.
White, who had 41 years of experience as a coal miner, was the outby foreman at the mine. He had been at Lower War Eagle for the past 10 years.
The investigation into the