WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Officials with the City of Fairmont were on Capitol Hill in recent days seeking federal support for ongoing projects.
Travis Blosser
“So we’re here in D.C. to just talk with our congressional leadership about what we’re dealing with, but also to talk with some of those federal agencies,” Fairmont City Manager Travis Blosser told WAJR’s “Talk of the Town during last week’s visit. “About what we can do to improve our grant applications if maybe we weren’t successful the first

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia National Guard Brigadier General Mike Cadle turned 60 Saturday and retired Sunday after a 40-year career serving his nation and the Mountain State.
Brigadier General Mike Cadle (Photo/WVNG)
Cadle, who was honored at the Guard headquarters in Charleston Sunday afternoon, said his first job in the Guard was as a mail clerk.
“I never dreamed I’d be an officer and certainly never dreamed I’d get an opportunity to be a Brigadier General,” Cadle told MetroNews. “Once

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — With the dismantling of around 85% of AmeriCorps staff and the termination of nearly $400 million dollars in grants through the program recently authorized by DOGE, a Jackson County museum says they are really feeling the blow.
The AmeriCorps program at the Great Bend Museum in Ravenswood has been terminated after a directive from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, for short.
This comes after the Trump Administration had the federal agency for volunteer

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One WVU student is in custody and another is recovering following a stabbing Friday night.
Police responded to a report of a fight at 10:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Price Street and found the victim with a stab wound to the leg.
Police arrested Kaden James Vinar, 21, of Champlin, Minnesota, and charged him with felony malicious wounding.
Vinar has been arraigned in Monongalia County Magistrate Court.
UPD Chief Sherry St. Clair said the two subjects were acquainted and the

CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — Three people are in jail after troopers uncovered hundreds of grams of illicit drugs following a traffic stop in Logan County Saturday.
The West Virginia State Police say their Logan Detachment was conducting a traffic stop in the Chapmanville area Saturday when they noticed the odor of marijuana emitting from inside a vehicle.
During an investigation, troopers utilized a police K9 to locate the drugs where they discovered approximately 408 grams of illegal narcotics and

Story by Savannah Jones 
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — The North Central West Virginia Airport is finishing up construction on its new terminal, aiming to open in October, according to Airport Director Rick Rock.
Rick Rock
Rock said the terminal construction is complete and now outside infrastructure is being finalized. The new terminal will allow for increased parking for aircraft and cars.
Initially the plan was to open the new terminal in May but that date has been pushed tentatively to Oct. 1.
“It’s