CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Governor Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency for all 55 counties Friday ahead of the significant winter storm that is expected this weekend.
According to the governor’s release, the National Weather Service has forecasted snow accumulations between nine and twelve inches and ice accumulations of approximately two-tenths of an inch. The storm is expected to hit beginning Saturday afternoon and continue through Monday, January 26.
Morrisey urges residents to closely

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. –A teacher’s aide has been arrested and is facing charges after a juvenile brought a handgun to a St. Albans middle school earlier this week.
Heather Dawn Sherrod, 46, of St. Albans, has been charged with failing to report a firearm. She was arrested Friday afternoon.
The charges stem from an incident Wednesday afternoon when a student at Hayes Middle School was found with a handgun on a bus around 3:15. A teacher on board confiscated the weapon and turned it over to school

Weeks before the regular legislative session began, House Speaker Roger Hanshaw and members of the Republican supermajority gathered to describe an agenda of economic development and workplace development policies they called the “Jobs First — Opportunity Everywhere” agenda.
Today, at the conclusion of the first full week of the session, a couple of those policies reached passage in the House. They would still need to be passed by the Senate and signed by the governor to become law.
Vernon Criss

KINGWOOD, W.Va. — First responders across the region and the Preston County community are mourning the loss of former director of the Preston County Emergency Management Agency Duane Hamilton.
Duane Hamilton
Hamilton died at the Cleveland Clinic this week. Visitation was underway Friday afternoon at Bolyard Funeral Home in Newburg.
Preston County EMA Assistant Director Justin Wolfe said Hamilton began as a volunteer four decades ago, then worked to become a firefighter, then a paramedic and

The West Virginia Legislature is delaying its Monday activities because of the storm expected to hit the region over the weekend.
The House of Delegates, which normally has morning meetings and then 11 a.m. floor sessions, is bumping the floor session to 1:30 p.m. Monday. Most committee meetings have been delayed until Tuesday at this point, although there are a few exceptions.
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw
“It is our intention that no meetings be held on Monday morning. Please monitor your email

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power is preparing for possible power outages in connection with the weekend winter storm.
“The greatest concern is the likelihood of up to 10 inches of wet snow and light-to-moderate ice (about 0.2 inch) in southern West Virginia, with ice accumulations up to 0.5 inch across much of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia,” a news release from the utility said. “Ice accumulations over 0.25 inch can weigh down trees and electric lines and cause utility