Category: State News
Agency asks to deny workers time off for grievance hearing
Tyler BarkerSep 17, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – An attorney for the West Virginia Division of Highways has asked for permission to deny paid time off for employees who plan to attend an...
Coal miner dies in Kanawha County
Tyler BarkerSep 17, 2019
CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY) – Gov. Jim Justice and First Lady Cathy Justice issued a statement today after learning of the death of coal mine electrician Steven Vernon...
West Virginia University retention rate improving
Tyler BarkerSep 17, 2019
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia University says it’s seen an increase in retention over last year. Provost Maryanne Reed says preliminary figures...
Schools across West Virginia to wear maroon to honor Alex Miller
Tyler BarkerSep 16, 2019
WEST VIRGINIA (WOAY) – Schools across West Virginia will be wearing maroon to honor Alex Miller, a Roane County High School football player who died Friday night...
Bishop: $1.2M from sale will go to help sex abuse victims
Tyler BarkerSep 16, 2019
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say $1.2 million from the sale of the diocesan home of former West Virginia Catholic Bishop Michael J. Bransfield will go to assist...
West Virginia Weekly Gas Price Update
Tyler BarkerSep 16, 2019
WEST VIRGINIA (WOAY) – West Virginia gas prices have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.51/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily...
WV High School football player dies
Tyler BarkerSep 14, 2019
ROANE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – A student dies after collapsing at a football game Friday night in Clay County. The Roane County community suffered a tragic loss last...
Report: Over 38% of W.Va. schools missing attendance goal
Tyler BarkerSep 13, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia education officials say they’ve found a problem with the state’s school system: many students aren’t...
Bluefield to serve free lemonade after hitting 90°
Tyler BarkerSep 12, 2019
BLUEFIELD, WV (WOAY) – The Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias will be serving free lemonade on Friday, September 13, 2019. The temperature hit 90 degrees on...
Third family comes forward in probe of VA hospital deaths
Tyler BarkerSep 12, 2019
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A third family has come forward in an investigation of multiple suspicious patient deaths at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia....