CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Appalachian Power customers in the state saw an increase to their bills as the calendar turned to June on Monday.
Appalachian Power announced May 12 that the Public Service Commission (PSC) approved its inflationary increase proposal of $4.84 per 1,000 kilowatts used, effective June 1. The approval was contingent upon Appalachian Power not filing for a base rate increase again until after June 2027.
Emmett Pepper
Energy Efficient West Virginia Legal and Policy Director Emmett

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Earlier in the year, Fairmont State University was granted $2,300 from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars to aid in increasing student participation in a campus wide immersion survey. The survey was created to help the university in assessing students’ understanding of civic discourse, misinformation, and collaborative problem-solving.
“Our goal for our first year of this is to really get a baseline to see where our students are in those three areas that were mentioned,

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Conversations continue between local officials and the West Virginia Department of Highways in preparation for next year’s bridge deck replacement of the Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge on Interstate 64 through the Capital City.
Eugene A. Carter Memorial is one of the heaviest-trafficked bridges in the country, and the deck replacement project follows emergency pothole fixes in the summer of 2025,
Charleston Mayor’s Chief of Staff Matt Sutton told MetroNews the city has met

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — The City of Buckhannon has been awarded nearly $50 million for construction of a new water treatment plant. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has confirmed the city has been awarded $47.31 million in loans and grants for the work.
The nearly $50 million approval is the second-largest USDA financing package ever approved for a water or sewer project statewide and is certainly one of the largest infrastructure projects in the history of

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged incident involving security for The Beverage Market, a picketing employee, and an employee’s mother.
Teamsters Local 175 put out a statement Monday afternoon, claiming that a picketing employee for The Beverage Market was tossed to the ground by a member of the company’s security team during a protest last Thursday.
The union also said another employee’s mother was pushed down during the heated incident, and 911

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County woman pleaded guilty in court Monday to providing access to children that her boyfriend allegedly sexually abused.
Vanessa Beauvais
Investigators alleged Vanessa Beauvais, 38, ran an in-home daycare in South Charleston and allowed her boyfriend, Christopher Rush, 50, to sexually abuse the kids.
Beauvais pleaded guilty to employment or use of a minor to produce obscene matter.
Beauvais must register as a sex offender for life because of her guilty plea. She’ll

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– A teenager sought for the murder of another teen in Charleston is in custody. Charleston Police arrested the 15-year old juvenile on a charge of first degree murder.
Police had been looking for the teen with a juvenile pick-up order ever since the May 25th shooting death of a 17-year old on Charleston’s west side. The victim was shot multiple times while sitting in a car on West Washington Street near the Family Dollar store.
“He was in the North Charleston area, there’s not

West Virginia’s state tax revenue was ahead of monthly projections by $44 million, driven largely by strong returns in personal income and consumer sales taxes.
General Revenue collections for May totaled $381,488,880, exceeding the monthly estimate of $336,962,000.
Headed toward the end of the fiscal year, year-to-date figures show a surplus of more than $313 million.
Total year to date general revenue collections are $5,124,126,155.
Overall, the state has collected 96% of its total estimated