CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man died after being hit by a CSX train Sunday afternoon in Charleston.
The collision was reported at around 3 p.m. on CSX tracks near Chesterfield Ave. in Kanawha City.
Charleston police responded and the man’s body was recovered.
An investigation is underway.
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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The first West Virginian to appear on the long-running CBS competition show ‘Survivor’ hits screens this week with Charles Town’s Maggie Nestor participating in the show’s 51st season.
Raised in Middleway and living in Charles Town, Nestor is proud to represent the Mountain State.
“West Virginia is so full of such lovely people and wholesome people, and I am so blessed that I got to be the first one,” she said last week on MetroNews Midday.
Nestor spent 26 days competing in

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — There will soon be a noticeable change at the Monarch Compute Campus construction site north of Point Pleasant.
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Nscale Site Manager Jason Bechtle says vertical construction will begin soon on the site where data center buildings are planned.
“We’re continuing with civil work and nearing the point where we’ll be going vertical with construction,” Bechtle told MetroNews. “Everything is going well, hitting those milestones and continuing to move forward.”
The

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A pilot program through the Morgantown-based Mountain Line Transit Authority to use propane autogas buses on routes has now been expanded.
Mountain Line General Manager Maria Smith and officials with Ferrellgas as well as ROUSH CleanTech, have announced that the five-bus fleet of propane autogas buses will be doubled within the next year after positive results from the pilot program.
“We’ve had that period of time of analysis, and we’ve come to the conclusion with the board

ATHENS, W.Va. — GEAR UP Southern West Virginia is celebrating another year of bringing information and opportunities to high school students interested in college with National GEAR UP Week.
GEAR UP is a national initiative to provide resources and guidance to students pursuing higher education, and National GEAR UP Week celebrates that with school events and awareness efforts.
“National GEAR UP Week is just a chance for GEAR UP programs across the country to celebrate what we do—the work that

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service issued flash flood and flood warnings Sunday with heavy rained camped over central counties.
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A flash flood warning was extended into the 10 a.m. hour for parts of Boone, Kanawha. Clay, Roane and Gilmer and surrounding counties.
A general flood warning was posted until 2 p.m. for parts of Gilmer, Calhoun, Jackson, Wood and Doddridge counties.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell County circuit judge and former longtime prosecutor Chris Chiles has died, according to a social media post from current Cabell County Prosecutor Jason Spears.
”Chris had a tremendous impact on the legal community of Cabell County and throughout West Virginia. He devoted much of his life to public service—first as Prosecuting Attorney and later from the bench—and leaves behind a legacy that will endure for many years,” Spears said in a Facebook post. “If you can think