FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Residents in Marion and Ohio counties who are still working toward recovering from damages caused by the Father’s Day floods still have a chance to be recipients of low-interest disaster loans from the federal government.
Representatives with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that a 60-day grace period for applicants wishing for a physical damage loan is underway for anyone that missed the initial

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One in every four West Virginia adults is serving as a primary caregiver to an aging loved one.
Tom Hunter
The figures from West Virginia AARP show the numbers are cultural in West Virginia where the long held tradition is to care for family members as they age and offer them the dignity and grace to stay in their own homes until they die.
Tom Hunter with AARP West Virginia said those individuals may also continue to hold down full time jobs while providing the care either

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Superintendents from 31 county school districts will make their best pitches for funding when they appear before the state School Building Authority Monday and Tuesday in Charleston.
Andy Neptune (WVSBA)
The SBA is in its annual process of granting funding for “NEEDs grants.”
SBA Executive Director Andy Neptune said the total requests from the 31 counties are for more than $170 million. He said the SBA has $43.5 million to hand out.
“There are a lot of good projects and how

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Kanawha County murder case that stretched more than four years reached a conclusion with the conviction of Michael Smith on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Cheyenne Johnson last Thursday.
Smith was originally charged in connection with Johnson’s death in 2021, but several factors delayed his trial until last week. Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Debra Rusnak said it took a long time, but this is why her office exists.
“This case is the very essence of

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State workers will get a chance to comment beginning Monday on the proposed changes to their health insurance through PEIA.
The PEIA Finance Board hits the road for public meetings, two a week for the next three weeks. The first stop is Monday night at the Highlands Event Center in Wheeling.
PEIA is proposing a 3% aggregate premium increase for both employees and employers and a $200 monthly spousal surcharge increase. The changes would begin next July 1.
Dale Lee
Education

PIPESTEM, W.Va. — State lawmakers are on the road for this month’s interim committee meetings taking up residence at Pipestem Resort State Park in Summers and Mercer counties.
Meetings begin Sunday. The three-day schedule includes several off-site tours.
Lawmakers will get a look at Bluestone Dam and take part in a walking tour of Hinton Sunday. The Joint Committee on Education will meet on the campus of Concord University Sunday. Committee members will also tour the campus.
Meetings Monday