The state school board released Randolph County from a state of emergency, extended a state of emergency in Roane County for six months and declared a state of emergency in Harrison County.
The actions took place during a state Board of Education meeting on Wednesday.
Now under state intervention are: Roane, Mingo, Logan, Upshur, Nicholas, Tyler, Hancock, Boone and Harrison.
With Harrison County, the state action now limits the the local board’s authority, delegating financial and personnel

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The University City will move forward with an effort to remove infrastructure from municipal property that is deemed ‘hostile architecture’ towards residents and visitors.
Brian Butcher
Morgantown City Council approved a resolution Tuesday, 5-2, that bans the architecture and requires the making of an inventory and working toward removing city infrastructure that may restrict people from resting, sitting or other uses of benches. The resolution was approved about a week after

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–A southern West Virginia cop killer is sent to prison forever
–The massive fire at a Wood County warehouse is finally out
–Lawmakers say they must tread carefully on suggestions of legislation regarding church policy
–In Sports: It’s WVU’s day at the Big XII media days
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Sunday, July 8, 2001 was a dark day for many in the southern West Virginia coalfields. Rainfall poured that night and dumped 5 to 8 inches of rain in parts of Raleigh, Wyoming, and McDowell Counties. The steep hillsides of the region provided nowhere for the water to drain and it rose up into homes and businesses across the three county area.
Entire towns in Wyoming County were flooded like Mullens and Oceana. Along U.S. Route 52 in McDowell County Elkhorn Creek came out of its banks. The

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Marshall University Athletic Director Gerald Harrison addressed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the NCAA’s new eligibility rule, which was filed by 12 former student-athletes from multiple sports.
Gerald Harrison
News broke Monday that 12 former student-athletes are suing over the NCAA’s new “five years to play five seasons” eligibility rule, which was approved in June. The plaintiffs have asked the Cabell County Circuit Court for an injunction. Similar lawsuits have been filed

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Division of Highways Tuesday awarded Triton Construction the contract for the first of several projects to extend Corridor H from Wardensvile to the Virginia state line.
The full contract was for $85,425,000. This is for them to build an approximately 3.74 mile section of Corridor H from the Trout Run Cutoff Road to Waites Run Road.
In the contract it includes grading and drainage work, the construction of the twin bridges at Trout Run, and paving for

SUMMERS COUNTY, W.Va. –The body of swimmer who disappeared Sunday in the New River in Summers County was recovered Tuesday morning.
According to the Summers County 911, a swimmer had gone underwater near Brooks Falls just before 5 p.m., which prompted a massive search and rescue operation that involved several agencies.
After the reports of the disappearance, a search was conducted using boats, drones, and search and rescue personnel around the last known contact point.
Crews returned Tuesday

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Governor Patrick Morrisey has appointed a new member of the state House of Delegates.
Shane Thomas Stack, of Triadelphia, was appointed Tuesday to represent District 4. Stack replaces former Delegate Bill Flanigan who resigned to join the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia following his election to the Division 2 seat.
“Shane Stack is an outstanding choice to represent the families and communities of the fourth district,” Morrisey said in a release. “With his deep roots