CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wednesday marks the last day you can get your REAL ID.
The REAL ID is a heightened security measure following the Real ID Enforcement Act of 2005– being put into place two decades later– and it’s required for passengers to board domestic flights at airports or enter some government buildings.
Everett Frazier, Commissioner for the WV DMV
The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles is encouraging everyone who hasn’t already done so to make their way to their local DMV by

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After it was recently announced that the future Capital Sports Center project in downtown Charleston was being put on pause due to high costs and funding issues, Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin says its final design may start to look a little different moving forward.
Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango said last week that they had to pause the major project underway at the former Macy’s location downtown due $7 million in congressionally-directed spending not going

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The man killed in Jefferson County during Saturday afternoon’s storms in the Eastern Panhandle has been identified.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Victor Lupis said Tyler Sigler, 28, of Charles Town died after a tree fell on the golf cart he was in at Locust Hill Golf Course.
Despite life-saving efforts on scene, Sigler was transported to Jefferson Medical Center and pronounced dead, Lupis said.
Lupis says Sigler and Tyler Browning, 29, of Harpers Ferry

MOUNT NEBO, W.Va. — A Tennessee man died after his car slammed into a state Division of Highways truck in Nicholas County Monday morning.
According to a news release from the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department, Ronald Carelli, 54, of Hixson, Tennessee, was traveling south on U.S. Route 19 at Mount Nebo when his car hit a DOH dump truck at the stoplight at the intersection of state Route 41 at around 9:20 a.m.
Deputies said Carelli was pronounced dead a short time after the crash at

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Revenue Secretary Eric Nelson says revenue collection numbers are headed in the right direction with two months left in the fiscal year but there are a lot of moving parts that will impact where the state ends the budget year on June 30.
Eric Nelson
The state reported last week it collected nearly $643.8 million in taxes in April, which is $136 million above the estimate. Nelson said during an appearance Monday on MetroNews “Talkline” the number was higher than