CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The newly-created Washington Center for Civics, Culture and Statesmanship at West Virginia University, led by Dr. Patrick Miller, is adding staff and preparing to complete their mission of educating students about the founding principles of our country, according to WVU President Michael T. Benson.
WVU President Michael T. Benson
Benson was asked to give an update on the center during WVU’s budget presentation to members of the House of Delegates Finance Committee last week.

MARMET, W.Va. – One person is dead following a fire in Marmet that officials say was preceded by “loud booms.”
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office indicated the call came in for a structure fire on Creek Alley around 7pm on Saturday.
Efforts to fight the fire led to the closure of Lens Creek Road as units from the Kanawha Coutny Sheriff’s Office, Marmet Fire Department, and Chesapeake Fire Department responded to the scene.
The West Virginia State Fire Marshals Office is investigating.
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NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — Nearly one month after the West Virginia Board of Education seized control of Hancock County Schools, new leaders are in place, and efforts to pull the school system out of financial ruin are underway.
Walt Saunders
The state board elected to fire the county’s superintendent and assistant superintendent while installing Walter Saunders, the director of Federal Programs and Assessment for Ohio County Schools, as the new superintendent. He said that meetings with state

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There are currently two pieces of legislation in Charleston that would restore higher education board of governors voting rights to all or some classes.
Joey Garcia
House Bill 3279, passed last year, made several changes to boards of governors across the state including taking away voting rights from student and faculty representatives.
Marion County state senator Joey Garcia, D-Marion, is the co-sponsor of two pieces of legislation that would at least restore voting rights

An immigration sweep that resulted in more than 600 arrests in West Virginia was built on collaboration with a growing number of local law enforcement agencies, which in recent months have been rewarded with hard-to-pass-up incentives to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“We couldn’t have done it without the help of the state and locals,” Michael Rose, the acting field office director in the Philadelphia region for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, said this past week

WAYNE, W.Va. –– The Mayor of Wayne has given the green light to municipal water customers to resume full use of the town’s water service.
Mayor Danny Grace on Friday announced the protective orders issued to residents over the town’s water service has been fully lifted.
“As of today, I am fully lifting my protective order on the Town of Wayne’s water supply. This decision follows recent lab results that show no detections of mineral oil or PCBs in our water plant or distribution system, as well

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth indicated two members off the West Virginia National Guard shot in the line of duty in Washington D.C. will be awarded the purple heart.
The acknowledgement came as Hegseth addressed a group of guard troops in a re-enlistement ceremony Friday at the Washington Monument. Hegseth referred to West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and West Virginia Air Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe as “soon to be Purple Heart recipients.”