CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission granting a siting certificate Wednesday for a solar energy plant in Southern West Virginia.
The grant was made to Twisted Gun Solar, LLC, and Twisted Gun BESS, LLC. The PSC stated there was no need for a hearing because the plant will have no rate impact on West Virginia residents.
The decision comes after the New York based pair filed to operate a 140-megawatt solar generating plant in Mingo and Logan counties in October 2025.
The plant,

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The state Division of Motor Vehicles warned residents Wednesday of text scams claiming to be DMV personnel and demanding payment.
A release from the DMV stated scammers can use several different tactics including:
-Setting urgent deadlines
-Using language, logos, or images similar to DMV content
-Using texts to request money
-Playing on fear
The DMV reminds citizens they would never request payment via text, will let you know of DMV deadlines, and will never seek to make the

Senators argued over what kind of Bible should be made available to fourth, eighth and 10th grade social studies classrooms.
Senate Bill 388 would make the Aitken Bible available to classrooms for those age levels, with private donations being used to obtain them. Organizations like one called “The First American Bible Project” make such donations.
The Aitken Bible is the first complete English-language Bible printed in America, published in 1782 by Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken during the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Attorney General J.B. McCuskey says his office spent about $400,000 last year in the hiring of outside attorneys to help the state on big lawsuits. Now he’s asking the legislature to allow him to double his solicitor general’s staff to cut down on those outside costs.
J.B. McCuskey
McCuskey made his budget presentation to members of the House of Delegates Finance Committee Wednesday.
McCuskey said the six attorneys who now work in his Solicitor General’s office put in a

WAYNE, W.Va. — The water crises in the town of Wayne has drawn the attention of a noted environmental activist.
Erin Brockovich, whose work was made famous in a movie of the same name, posted to social media Wednesday she was aware of the oil spill which contaminated the town’s water system back on January 16.
“Wayne County, West Virginia — I see you.
I want you to know that I am seeing your messages and hearing your concerns. I didn’t want anyone to think they were being ignored. What you’re

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The man convicted in the November 2022 murder of a Fairmont resident will serve 25 years in prison.
Chance Williams (WVRJA)
Chance Williams, 26, of Morgantown, was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted last year of second-degree murder.
Williams stabbed and killed Jamey Corbin, 47, and then staged a traffic crash at the intersection of Green Bag Road and Luckey Lane jus outside of Morgantown.
Monongalia County deputies responded to a report of an accident and found Corbin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A Pennsylvania man has been charged in connection with a Morgantown armed robbery.
Derrick Perry (WVRJA)
Morgantown police allege Derrick Perry, 30, of Carmichaels, Penn., entered the CVS in downtown Morgantown Sunday morning at around 9 a.m.
Police said Perry entered the store without shoes and refused assistance offered by employees.
When employees followed him in the store he confronted them with a knife and demanded to get into the register.
During this exchange another

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia continues to face frigid temperatures following the ice and snow from the winter storm this past weekend and warming shelters are popping up to help residents escape the cold during the deep freeze.
The Kanawha Valley Collective is the one operating one in Charleston at the Bream Neighborhood SHOP located at 317 West Washington Street. The center operates from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
KVC Executive Director Traci Strickland said they’ve had hundreds of people come

HOUSTON, Tx. — Three years after first announcing plans to study a location for a power generation plant in West Virginia, Fidelis New Energy on Wednesday formally announced plans to move forward with the operation. The facility in Mason County, West Virginia has been in development for the past three years.
In a press release, company officials said the facility will be operated by the newly formed American Intelligence and Power Corporation or AIP Corp. The Mason County site will be AIP Corp’s