Affordable healthcare advocates urge lawmakers to adjust state budget funding for Medicaid recipients

Story by Kat Skeldon, MetroNews CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amid nearly one-third of West Virginians relying on Medicaid, the state-federal affordable healthcare insurance program could face over a $100 million dollar shortfall if lawmakers don’t act. State healthcare experts met on Monday morning in Charleston advocating for West Virginia legislators to vote to preserve and protect Medicaid…

Body pulled from Monongahela River in Monongalia County

Story by Mike Nolting, MetroNews GRANVVILLE, W.Va. — Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department recovered a body from the Monongahela River near Granville Wednesday afternoon. Granville police were called to Lazzelle Union Road near Scotts Run Road for a body found in the river at around 1:09 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene.…