MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The community is encouraged to attend a public meeting Tuesday night regarding the proposed transmission line from Pennsylvania to Virginia to power a data center there.
Morgantown area resident Juliet Marlier said the 500,000-volt line would go through Monongalia County property that has been in her family for four generations. The line would originate in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and go to Frederick County, Virginia, going through portions of Monongalia, Preston,

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A member of the West Virginia National Guard received a medal for his actions during Operation Allies Refuge in 2021.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William K. McGraw received the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony Sunday at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston. This award is given to individuals who display a single act of heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight.
McGraw was a part of the largest noncombatant evacuation in

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin announced the launch of a new opioid settlement grant funding opportunity to local outreach programs and appointed members to the Opioid Community Council during their meeting Monday.
Goodwin announced the Charleston Opioid Settlement Grant which is funded through the opioid settlement funds. This grant program is in partnership with United Way of Central West Virginia.
The grant is designed to support initiatives that demonstrate

LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. –A former Logan County coffee shop owner will spend five years behind bars after previously pleading guilty to three criminal charges in April.
Michael Cline
Michael Cline, who was the owner of Hot Cup Coffee in Logan, was sentenced to two years on each of the two counts of distribution and exhibition of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, which will run concurrent with each other.
He was then sentenced to three years for the one count of