CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state higher education chancellor had plenty of good news to report at August’s West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education meeting.
Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker
Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker outlined some of the developments at CTC’s meeting last week. She reported that more recent high school graduates are choosing to enroll in the West Virginia Invests Program. That program is a tuition-free, state-funded last-dollar-in program that pays for the

MILLWOOD, W.Va. — A pilot of a single-engine plane survived a crash landing in Jackson County Sunday.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department said the crash happened near the new TIMET facility in Millwood. Deputies and other emergency crews responded to the scene and removed the pilot, the only person inside the plane, from the wreckage.
HealthNet transported the pilot from the scene to a medical facility.
The pilot’s name, along with the extent of their injuries, has not been released.
The

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Heavy rainfall has once again touched down throughout West Virginia.
The National Weather Service has issued Flash Flood Warnings in Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, and Raleigh counties through 2 p.m. Sunday. Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor and Upshur counties were under warnings through 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Alan Coberly, on-air personality with MetroNews affiliate WDNE in Elkins, reported that emergency crews responded to two calls in Barbour County about potential

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s most promising secondary school students are getting the chance to make an impact on the state’s public schools.
State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt named the first 15 members of the Super STARS (Students Taking Action for Readiness and Success) Council at last week’s state board of education meeting.
Michele Blatt
“We’re excited really about that and the students. All the students that applied and sent in their videos were phenomenal,” she said.
The

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — A longtime air maintenance contractor at the North Central West Virginia Airport in Bridgeport has a new nine-year, $1 billion defense contract that will further boost its operations in Harrison County.
Anthony Hinton
Pratt & Whitney Canada will overhaul engines used in the planes that train military pilots. More specifically, the work will be done on PT6A-68 engines that power the U.S. Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) T-6 trainer fleet.
The T-6 Texan is

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A man is dead after a bar fight in Kanawha County.
Putnam County sheriff’s deputies confirmed that Cecil Pomeroy, Jr. was found unconscious in the parking lot of the EZ Street Bar in St. Albans at 12:46 a.m. Saturday. Deputies talked with witnesses and examined video surveillance from the scene, determining that Pomeroy got into a heated argument with Tyrone Washington, Jr., 24, of Culloden.
Tyrone Washington, Jr. (WVRJA)
According to deputies, the argument escalated and

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County Board of Education approved an Autism Classroom Workforce Initiative during its recent meeting aimed at strengthening recruitment, retention, and long-term support for educators serving students with autism.
Berkeley County Schools Superintendent Dr. Ryan Saxe
The initiative is part of Berkeley County Schools’ 2026–2031 Strategic Plan and supports the district’s stated commitment to “ensuring every student has the opportunity to Reach Individual Success