BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The Vietnam Veterans of America’s national headquarters could be moving to Harrison County.
Kris Warner
Bridgeport’s Charles Point and Pittsburgh are among four finalists to be the new home for the VVA, according to Secretary of State Kris Warner.
Warner said he brought a group of local leaders together to meet with a VVA delegation that included President Tom Burke. The organization is seeking to exit their current headquarters in Washington D.C. due to the high cost of

WESTON, W.Va. — Both hospitals in the flood zone in North Central West Virginia enacted disaster plans and maintained operations through during the flood last Tuesday and continue services in the aftermath.
John Forester
WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital President and CEO John Forester said he left the hospital to drive home north on I-79 when the storm hit last Tuesday. He said at times it felt as if he were “driving through a tornado.”
Forester made contact with hospital staff, who reported

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Conversations have begun and plans are coming together for the warming shelter that will serve the Morgantown area in the coming year.
The director of Grace Shelter, operated by Catholic Charities at Hazel’s House of Hope, told the Morgantown City Council last week the shelter will likely be on Scott Avenue this year. The final decision could come in August, which would provide Mindy Thorne and her team more time to prepare than in years past.
“As of right now there’s a

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Stairway access from the town of Harpers Ferry to the C&O Canal Towpath will be shut down beginning Monday.
The closure is expected to last ‘several weeks,’ according to information from the The National Park Service.
Work has been ongoing to improve the Goodloe Byron Memorial Footbridge with a more user-friendly stairwell connecting the Byron Bridge to the towpath at mile 60.6.
During the time of the closure, a shuttle will run between the C&O Canal and Harpers

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A Harrison County resident with a helicopter is donating his services and equipment to help the residents of Upshur and Lewis counties in their hour of need.
Justin Prickett operates a hangar for his aircraft in Buckhannon and uses the MD-500, a light utility helicopter that can get into tight places to conduct searches.
First, the drive from Harrison County to the hangar in Buckhannon would normally take about 20 minutes, but during last Tuesday’s storms the drive was more

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey is seeking federal disaster assistance for seven West Virginia counties in the aftermath of last Tuesday’s storms that included tornadoes and disastrous flooding.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey
Morrisey’s request to President Donald Trump for both individual and public assistance covers Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, and Upshur counties.
Morrisey has filed for an expedited request for a major disaster declaration in hopes getting action