MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A portion of Interstate 79 northbound in Monongalia County will be closed overnight due to repairs after a tractor trailer wrecked Monday morning. The semi wrecked on the bridge just past the Goshen Road Exit and caught fire. Crews put the fire out, but part of the pavement was damaged. Crews will be…
CANONSBURG, Pa. — Core Natural Resources has announce it has sealed up its Leer South mining operation for a second time after a mine fire broke out underground at the facility in Barbour County back in January. The company, in a press release Monday, gave an update on the steps taken in the wake of the…
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A summer outing at the lake turned tragic in Barbour County Sunday afternoon. West Virginia Natural Resources Police say Dustin Lee Nixon, 19, of Clarksburg drowned while swimming across the cover of a backwater of Tygart Lake. Investigators say Nixon was at the lake with several friends and there were several other…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Two state senators are expressing concerns following the state budget presentation during interim legislative meetings. Mike Oliverio Senators Mike Oliverio and Joey Garcia were guests this week on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.” Oliverio said revenues have been flat for the last few years except for two spikes around the pandemic. The influx…
GRAFTON, W.Va. — A Preston County woman charged with killing her mother with insulin at her Grafton home in 2023 has pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter. Kelly Moore (WVRJA) Taylor County Prosecutor John Bord said Kelly Moore, 61, of Arthurdale, pleaded guilty to killing her mother, Ethel Moore, by injecting her with 20…
HUNDRED, W.Va. — A head-on crash in Wetzel County has claimed two lives. Authorities said it happened in the Hundred area of Wetzel County on state Route 7 Wednesday afternoon at around 2 o’clock when a driver crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle. Both the driver and the passenger in the vehicle that…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A large, targeted drug operation was completed in Monongalia and Marion Counties last week. The Mon Metro Drug Task Force and the Three Rivers Drug Task Force arrested 14 people in total last Monday. Six search warrants were executed in Marion County and three were executed in Monongalia County. Five other people were…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear and uphold the State of West Virginia v. B.P.J. J.B. McCuskey McCuskey wants the Supreme Court to reverse the injunction from 4th circuit after they issued a landmark decision in United States v. Skrmetti last week, which upheld Tennessee’s law restricting…
SALEM, W.Va. — The kayaker who died Friday in the Salem area has been identified as a former standout football and track star from Robert C. Byrd High School. Jermodd Rashod “Rha Rha” Garrett, 31, of Clarksburg, went missing on Dog Run Lake late Friday morning, first responders were dispatched after witnesses reported Garrett calling…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state School Building Authority awarded approximately $20 million for Major Improvement Projects (MIP) in 18 West Virginia counties during a meeting Monday in Charleston. Andy Neptune (WVSBA) SBA Executive Director Andy Neptune said they were able to increase the original amount of money available after some previous projects came in under budget.…