Turnpike’s $25 million toll system upgrade will get first significant test in Thanksgiving travel period

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Motorists traveling the West Virginia Turnpike during the Thanksgiving holiday are going to have a new option when it comes to paying their $4.25 toll. West Virginia Parkways Authority Executive Director Jeff Miller said the recent completion of the Turnpike’s new tolling system will allow a ‘toll by plate’ option. Parkways Authority Executive…

National Weather Service issues Winter Storm Watch for state’s highest elevations

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for West Virginia’s mountain counties beginning Thursday with heavy snow accumulation possible. The Winter Storm Watch covers the state’s higher elevations. (Graphic/NWS) The watch covers parts or all of Grant, Mineral, Pendleton, Greenbrier, Preston, Tucker, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Randolph counties. The winter storm could…

Salem Wastewater Treatment Plant to pay $25,000 fine for Permit Violations

SALEM, W.Va. — Clean Water Act violations will cost the City of Salem $25,000, according to a Consent Agreement and Final Order from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Among other violations, the city is accused of failing to comply with the effluent limits contained in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and…

Barbour County teen missing

PHILIPPI, W.Va. — A Barbour County girl is missing, according to the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office. Mikayla Sheets, 15, hasn’t been seen since November 11 in Barbour County. Her last known precise whereabouts have not been released. Sheets is listed as 4-foot-11, 110 pounds with half blonde/half black hair. Anyone with any information on her whereabouts…