CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The number of Kanawha County School workers who will actually lose their jobs from last school to this school year has been drastically reduced.
Paula Potter
Natural attrition including resignations and retirements has opened up jobs for those originally on the RIF (Reduction In Force) list. The list was long this year because the county school system continues to lose student enrollment.
The Kanawha County Board of Education learned at its Monday evening meeting that 37

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–A man who killed four members of his family is headed to prison for life plus 80 years
–A man who killed a state trooper learns his fate today
–Firefighting efforts and air quality monitors are up around the People’s Cartage Fire in Wood County
–In Sports: Two Mountaineers are on the Big XII’s preseason all conference team
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Eleven players in various Marshall University sports are suing the NCAA over its new eligibility rule.
The student athletes are seeking an injunction in Cabell County Circuit Court over the new five years to play five seasons rule approved last month.
The lawsuit was first reported by the West Virginia Record.
The players say the new rule cuts them off because they graduated high school in 2022 and played four seasons and are now being denied a fifth season.
The lawsuit

ELKVIEW, W.Va. — The West Virginia Association of School Administrators will meet Tuesday to discuss its new “I Love WV Public Schools” campaign, which aims to celebrate the students, staff, families and communities that make public education a cornerstone of the Mountain State.
Paula Potter
The WVASA executive committee will meet at Herbert Hoover High School at 10 a.m. Tuesday to provide details about the campaign.
Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Paula Potter briefly discussed the

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. –The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says air monitoring will continue as crews continue battling the People’s Cartage warehouse fire in Parkersburg.
A release sent to MetroNews by the DEP, stated that on Sunday they began using five-gas meters that monitor for carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, oxygen, and lower-explosive limits and no elevated readings of concern were detected.
The DEP stated they requested air monitoring

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –The Kanawha County Board of Education voted Monday to transfer the former Herbert Hoover High School property, including its athletic fields, to the town of Clendenin for public use
The vote was unanimous by the board.
The property, which housed the former high school along the Elk River, was damaged in the June 2016 floods that destroyed homes, businesses and other facilities.
Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Paula Potter told board members the transfer was agreed to

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The winner of the Republican House of Delegates primary race in District 71 will be determined by the Harrison County Commission at its July 15 regular meeting.
Laura Kimble, R-Harrison
Del. Laura Kimble, R-Harrison, is contesting the result after her six-vote loss to challenger Tim McNeely was affirmed in a recount.
The county commission met Monday afternoon to receive the final pieces of evidence in connection with the case. The commission heard testimony last week.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer Larry Pack’s office has released more details about ongoing investigations into several Hope Scholarship schools.
Larry Pack
Pack, who is chairman of the board, announced last Thursday that Tygart Valley Christian Academy was permanently disqualified from participating the Hope Scholarship program.
Pack’s office told MetroNews Monday that the academy “failed to repay funds due back to the Hope Scholarship Program despite repeated attempts and violation of the