FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Despite the federal government shutdown, the Canyon Rim and Sandstone visitors centers within the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve are open today. Governor Patrick Morrisey and state Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby last week announced the state would cover the costs of keeping those facilities open as the government is halted in Washington D.C.
The announcement was a huge boost to the Friends of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Executive Director Boog

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Rep. Carol Miller was home in Huntington as the federal government shutdown moved through its sixth day.
Carol Miller
Miller (WV-1), by her choice, isn’t being paid her congressional salary.
“It’s just making the point, ‘Don’t pay me. We’re in a shutdown. I’m at home,'” Miller said Monday on MetroNews Midday.
Miller and some other members of the U.S. House are refusing their salaries. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito has also taken that step.
Miller said it’s time for the

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Hospitals are worried about the potential increase in cost for the H-1B visas in the recruitment of foreign doctors
–State lawmakers are in Charleston for interim meetings
–Senator Capito says the threat of federal job losses is real as the government shutdown continues
–In Sports: WVU Coach Rich Rodriguez says each member of the Mountaineer family needs to look within to determine if they are doing everything they can to win
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MADISON, W.Va. — A 28-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a car in Boone County.
State police troopers said Kaitlyn Gilliam died from the injuries she suffered Saturday morning on Pond Fork Road near Madison.
Troopers said witnesses told them Gilliam ran into the road shortly before the collision.
The driver has not been charged. An investigation continues.
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MERCER COUNTY, W.Va. — It’s been just over a year since Hurricane Helene made landfall, and Appalachian Power is reflecting on the long road to recovery.
Helene ripped up multiple towns in North Carolina and Tennesse and killed at least 250 people. At the peak, 282,000 Appalachian Power customers were without electricity across its zone in West Virginia and parts of Virginia and Tennessee. That’s more than a quarter of the utility’s entire customer base.
In West Virginia, the most significant