BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — A new $40 million skilled nursing facility is coming to Cabell County to improve the region’s rural healthcare capabilities.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey, House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw, and other state and local leaders attended the groundbreaking of the 60,000 square foot CommuniCare facility Thursday. The facility is expected to bring 150 jobs to Cabell County, with 124 beds inside the building.
Ronald Wilheim
CommuniCare’s Long Term Care Division President Ronald

Ahead of an August recess, the U.S. Senate has plenty piled up.
Shelley Moore Capito
“We have lots on our plate,” Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said in a briefing with West Virginia reporters.
That has included a heavy slate of legislation, nominations, and policy packages.
The Senate’s top priority is passing a continuing resolution to extend government funding through the middle of December, taking a shutdown off the table before a Sept. 30 deadline.
The Senate is working to pass a

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Multiple agencies served search warrants at Harrison County vape shops Thursday.
David McCormick
The operation is a result of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal THC products and potential violations of the new state law, the Vape Safety Act, approved by state lawmakers earlier this year.
Thursday’s raids included the state Tax Department, the state Alcohol Beverage Control Administration, the state Department of Agriculture, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office

Several residents of The Greenbrier Sporting Club have written letters admitted into the record of a federal court case to express their concerns about the current management.
One of them, Douglas Van Scoy, wrote to the court, “I am a resident of the Sporting Club at the Greenbrier. I would ask that you come in unannounced to visit the Greenbrier. The lack of long term maintenance is frighting.”
The letters were directed to U.S. District Judge Frank Volk in a case about control of the historic

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Hope Gas has filed a request with the state Public Service Commission for a rate increase to support their Pipeline Replacement and Expansion Program (PREP).
Morgan O’Brien
The Morgantown-based company will invest about $115 million in the upgrades, which are expected to increase by about four percent effective Nov. 1.
Hope Gas President and CEO Morgan O’Brien said PREP has been important to ensure safety in some of the older networks they’ve acquired over the last four

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One person is being treated for burns following a fire on Glen Abbey Lane in Morgantown Thursday.
Firefighters from Granville and Morgantown were called to the scene at 7:10 a.m.
The fire was reported extinguished within minutes.
No other injuries were reported.
The cause is under investigation.
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MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — A 54-year-old woman died in an apartment fire early Thursday morning in Kanawha County.
Fire marshals said the blaze happened at the Rivermont Presbyterian Homes in Montgomery. The woman was the only person inside the apartment, investigators said, but other people at the scene inhaled some smoke and were treated.
According to initial investigation, the blaze may have started when the woman, using an oxygen tank, began smoking.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office is conducting an