CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A labor union based in Clarksburg has agreed to just under $270,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 596 (IBEW Local 596) was one of four labor organizations to settle allegations of falsely obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
The PPP loans, which were part of the federal CARES Act, gave loans to small businesses during the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been sentenced after he admitted to obstructing mail.
Brice Allen Pomeroy, 26, of Hernshaw, was sentenced to two years of federal probation.
Pomeroy was formerly employed by a United States Postal Service vendor as a mail handler in Charleston. While he was employed, Pomeroy knowingly disposed of over 200 pieces of mail outside of a gas station in Charleston,
Inside the mail he threw away were graduation, Mother’s Day and birthday cards containing

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango says that the expansion and redesign of the Judicial Annex is now under the original proposed price after previously being 60% over the $10 million dollar budget.
Ben Salango
Last October, the price for the project, which aims to expand for the addition of new magistrates and judges, came in at $16.2 million dollars however, Salango says after the bids came in on Wednesday, they have got that price down by $5.5 million dollars.

NITRO, W.Va. — As the pickleball sport itself continues to grow, so too does an annual pickleball tournament in Kanawha County.
The third annual Metro 911 Serving for Safety Pickleball Tournament will get underway Friday and last through Sunday at the Nitro Athletic Complex.
Event organizer Johnny Rutherford joined professional pickleball players Susannah Barr and Dominic Catalano on 580 Live Thursday to talk about the tournament. They both came from Boise, Idaho to participate.
The Metro 911

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — This time last year, farmers in the Eastern Panhandle were gearing up for a significant drought that didn’t see relief until late summer.
Last year with a struggle with the drought. This is what it looked like in Jefferson County. (WVU Extension Service)
This year, it looked like it was trending that way for the first three or four months of the year.
The US Drought Monitor had listed Martinsburg and Charles Town as D2 or Severe Drought areas only a few weeks ago, but later