Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe have been supported by federal financial programs after they were shot while on duty in Washington, D.C., the state’s adjutant general told state lawmakers.
Beckstrom, 20, and Wolfe, 24, were shot Nov. 26 while on duty in Washington, D.C. Beckstrom died on Thanksgiving Day, and Wolfe continues to recover from serious injuries.
During a budget hearing before the state House Finance Committee, Maj. Gen. James Seward was asked about ongoing

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There’s a new look outside the CAMC hospitals in Charleston.
New signage with the Vandalia Heath logo has been installed outside of CAMC General, CAMC Memorial, and CAMC Women and Children’s Hospitals.
CAMC and Mon Health officially merged in 2022 to create Vandalia Health.
A release from Vandalia said this is the first round of identity change to come.
“This is a long process, with the Charleston hospitals being the first CAMC signs to change. It will take several months to

Maj. Jim Mitchell
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police Maj. Jim Mitchell stood before legislators Monday for a budget hearing and faced questions on the partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In August, Governor Patrick Morrisey signed a Memorandum of Agreement with ICE on the 287-G programs, which trained law enforcement, military, and corrections leaders assist ICE with identifying and removing illegal aliens found in the state.
Mitchell

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Revenue Secretary Eric Nelson says Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants to work with he legislature on ideas about how to come up with enough revenue in the state budget to cut the personal income tax by a total of 10-percent.
Eric Nelson
Morrisey announced his plans for a 10-percent cut during his State of the State Address last week but his proposed state budget only funds a five percent cut. Members of the House Finance Committee brought Nelson back before them Monday to ask

MELLVILLE, W.Va. — Today marks 20 years since a high profile mining accident claimed two lives in Logan County.
An underground fire on the mine’s conveyer belt broke out on the night of January 19th at Massey Energy subsidiary Aracoma Coal Company’s Alma #1 mine in Logan County. Miner’s Elvis Hatfield and Don Bragg, both roof bolters at the mine, died when they were overcome by thick smoke from the fire. The two men became separated from the rest of the miners on the crew and were unable to find

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– All of West Virginia will be in a deep freeze for the next 24 hours and beyond. An Arctic front is pushing into West Virginia and will cause temperatures this evening and overnight to plunge.
“We’re going to see low temperatures statewide drop into the single digits across the lower elevations. Across the mountain counties the air temperature is actually going to be in the lower single digits to just below zero,” said Meteorologist Simone Lewis at the National Weather

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Nearly 62 years ago, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood before the congregation of Charleston’s First Baptist Church and West Virginians gathered in the same sanctuary to honor his life on the holiday bearing his name.
Ericke Cage
The West Virginia Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission presented its annual ecumenical service on Monday, with speakers describing the impact that King still has today.
“His words continue to ring very clearly, and over the