PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Mining operations have resumed at Leer South Mine in Barbour County more than 11 months after the mine was sealed due to a fire. It took $30 million to mitigate the issues, according to the company. The mine was originally sealed January 13, 2025. Original estimates for the closure were expected to be…
PENNSBORO, W.Va. — The Mayor of Pennsboro said an order from the PSC to block the connection of his town’s water line extension into the West Union water system came too late. Mayor Robert Riggs tells MetroNews, the tie-in was done last week and upgrades to the Pennsboro system are substantially done to complete a year…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The attorney representing the suspected president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club in a Marion County murder case and her private investigator have been arrested for witness intimidation. Wheeling attorney, Elgine McArdle, and former Bridgeport City Council Member, Lowell ‘LJ’ Maxey, were arrested by state police Tuesday morning. McArdle is representing Ryan Lane in…
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A 26-year-old Fairmont man on home confinement has been arrested in connection with selling illegal drugs. Deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department searched the home of Brandon Scott Harding on Valley Forge Circle December 15 during a home confinement check and located more than three pounds of marijuana in 30 indivdual…
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission issued an order to block the connection of the water systems of West Union and Pennsboro in Doddridge and Ritchie Counties. The order was issued last week as a result of a petition filed by the town of West Union. Officials say the order comes to avoid the…
MASONTOWN, W.Va. — A Preston County man is facing charges after his daughter was injured during a fight with his wife on Bull Run Road. West Virginia State Police said Jeffrey Greathouse, 49, of Masontown, was angry and began breaking things and threatening to kill people in the home around noon when his mother refused to…
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ELKINS, W.Va. — The head of the Corridor H Authority believes 2026 will be a big year for the highway’s development and could create the momentum needed to push the construction closer to the finish line. State Senator Robbie Morris who heads up the Authority said they recently learned from the West Virginia Division of Highways…
GRAFTON, W.Va. — U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest with full military honors during a ceremony Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton. Beckstrom, 20, died from a gunshot wound while on duty in Washington D.C. on Thanksgiving Day. “As you look across these hills and out onto the rows…