ELKINS, W.Va. –Three police officers from the Elkins Police Department are set to be honored Thursday evening with Lifesaving Awards and decorations for their heroic acts in helping to save an elderly man in June.
Senior Patrolman D. Coffman, WVSP Senior Trooper Anthony Petrella, and Patrolman Seth Davis will be honored for their role in saving Harold Wayne Simmons, 80, who was found submerged in water.
Simmons was reported missing from his Gorman Avenue home on the afternoon of Wednesday, June

ELKVIEW, W.Va. –Emergency personnel responded to a crash involving two Kanawha County school buses Wednesday afternoon.
According to EMS, one bus rear-ended the other along Husky Way near Herbert Hoover High School a little before 4 p.m.
There were students from Hoover High and Elkview Middle School onboard at the time. According to deputies, 14 students had reported minor injuries, however no one was taken to the hospital.
This crash marks the second in the county in less than a week. On Friday

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A recent ammonia leak in Kanawha County has prompted the company involved to take more preventative action.
Last Saturday, a small leak in an ammonia storage tank was noticed in a storage tank. Arclin, the company over the facility had safety sensors alert operators immediately after the issue came about.
Kanawha County Emergency Management officials issued a shelter-in-place order out of an abundance of safety. The issue was resolved and the all-clear was given about an hour

EXCHANGE, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man is behind bars after allegedly firing shots at a residence in Braxton County Monday night.
State Police say William E. Selph, 23, has been arrested and charged with nine counts of attempted murder and nine counts of wanton endangerment.
Troopers responded to a reported drive-by shooting at around 10:25 p.m. Monday in the Exchange area of Braxton County. Multiple people were occupying the residence at the time of the shooting, including a small child.

DAVIS, W.Va. — On Tuesday, the state Department of Environmental Protection approved an air quality permit for a data center coming to Tucker County.
The Virginia-based Fundamental Data LLC submitted the permit application, and the DEP determined the company met the necessary requirements. The DEP heard and read comments from over 1,600 residents about the process, many urging the department not to sign off on the permit.
Al Tomson
Davis Mayor Al Tomson says he believes data centers, in general,

MILLWOOD, W.Va. — Along Route 2 in Jackson County the lonely drive through the country makes a radical transformation when you travel through the community of Millwood. Headed north the right hand side the road is former farm fields covered in solar panels in various stages of assembly. The left side of the road is heavy construction for industrial growth. It’s the first steps of what many hope will be the future of West Virginia manufacturing.
The microgrid solar array will provide 70 percent