LOGAN, W.Va. –Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (SWVCTC) is heading in the right direction following the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical Education’s takeover of the Board of Governors.
Interim President Dr. Corley Dennison, who was appointed after former President Pamela Alderman was placed on administrative leave in April, provided an update to the council during a meeting Thursday afternoon.
The CCTC assumed control in April following repeated instances

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite a recent hurdle, the state is set to finalize the sale of four state-run healthcare facilities.
The Marx Development Group will be purchasing the John Manchin Center in Fairmont, Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta, Jackie Withrow Hospital in Raleigh County and Lakin Hospital in Mason County for $60 million.
Earlier in the week, a Marion County judge ruled that the sale of the Manchin Center was legal. Marion County Senator Joey Garcia and others filed a lawsuit on behalf

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County jury has convicted a man of second degree murder in a 2021 shooting death.
Michael Wayne Smith
The 12-member jury found Michael Wayne Smith guilty Thursday afternoon in the shooting death of Cheyenne Johnson. Her body was found in a well in the Sissonville area.
Prosecutors were seeking a first degree murder conviction but the panel returned a guilty verdict on the lesser charge. The jury also found Smith guilty of concealment of a dead body, malicious

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority says it’s cancelling its contract with Highmark BlueCross/BlueShield after failing to reach a new agreement focused on raising reimbursement rates.
Tom Susman
KCEAA said the current contract will expire Jan. 1, 2026 and at that time those covered by Highmark BCBS will be considered uninsured including those with Medicare Advantage plans.
“We don’t want to be in this situation but they, BlueCross/BlueShield, has the