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- Ihlenfeld steps down as U.S. Attorney for Northern West Virginia January 20, 2025WHEELING, W.Va. — U.S. Attorney for Northern West Virginia Bill Ihlenfeld resigned a minute before Donald Trump became President Donald Trump Monday afternoon. Bill Ihlenfeld “Serving as United States Attorney has been an honor and a privilege,” Ilhenfeld said. “I’m deeply saddened to leave, but as I walk out the door today, I do so…[email protected]
- Winter 2025 delivers latest blow January 20, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The latest storm of Winter 2025 delivered heavy bands of snow Sunday making driving almost impossible in some areas. This wreck on Interstate 68 Sunday near Cheat Lake. (Photo/Christian Miller) The southern coalfields and Kanawha Valley it first with 3-4 inches on the ground by noon. The snow moved east and north. Morgantown…[email protected]
- Two Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies injured in wreck while responding to call January 19, 2025MILL CREEK, W.Va. — Three people, including two Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies were injured in a car wreck Sunday morning. The accident was reported on Taylor Lane in Mill Creek. Deputies were responding to a call when they collided with a truck. The driver of the truck and Deputies A. B. Beverly and B. M. Roy…[email protected]
- Leer South to be sealed and idled for at least 3 months January 17, 2025PHILIPPI, W.Va. – Operators of a large coal mine in north central West Virginia have announced plans to extinguish an underground mine fire. Core Natural Resources will temporarily seal the longwall operation of the Leer South operation in Barbour County. The seal will starve the underground fire of oxygen. Core officials say the decision to seal…[email protected]
- Taylor County officials admits to smoking pot, driving county vehicle January 15, 2025GRAFTON, W.Va. — In Taylor County, the director of the Office of Emergency Management has been arrested after admitting to using marijuana before driving to a Emergency Medical Services Board meeting last week. Officers from the Grafton Police Department responded Jan. 9 on a report of a DUI at the Taylor County Court House. There, police…[email protected]
- Barbour County mine remains idled by fire January 15, 2025PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Investigators with the state Office of Miner’s Health, Safety, and Training along with federal regulators from MSHA are working to determine the caue of a fire underground at the Leer South Mine in Barbour County. The fire occurred on Monday forcing the evacuation of all miners underground and idled operations while emergency…[email protected]
- Man dies in Upshur County after falling into creek January 15, 2025ROCK CAVE, W.Va. — A man died Monday after falling into a creek in Upshur County after emergency personnel attempted to make a water rescue. According to the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, Roger Haymond, 44, fell into the creek near the 700 block of McDowell Lane in Rock Cave. Haymond reportedly fell in while attempting to…[email protected]
- Former WV Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh dead at 88 January 15, 2025CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former state Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh died Tuesday. Thomas McHugh He was 88-years-old. McHugh, a Charleston native, served two separate stints on the state’s highest court. The first began in 1980 and continued until his retirement in December 1997. McHugh was reappointed to the Supreme Court in 2008 following the death of…[email protected]
- One dead following head-on collision in Monongalia County January 14, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One person was killed in a vehicle crash Monongalia County Tuesday morning. Monongalia County sheriff’s deputies said the wreck occurred on Blue Horizon Drive when an SUV traveling northbound crossed the centerline and struck a semi-truck head on. The driver of the SUV died at the scene. The name of the victim hasn’t…[email protected]
- Underground mine fire reported in Barbour County January 13, 2025PHILIPPI, W.Va — There’s an underground mine fire in Barbour County that required temporarily suspending operations. The fire occurred at Leer Mine South near Philippi. The entire mine was evacuated, according to reports from local media. Mining operations at the site were shut down temporarily. No injuries have been reported.[email protected]