Government News

Gov. Justice thanks Mitch Carmichael for service as Economic Development Secretary, announces Mike Graney as replacement

​CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia Department of Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael, who has served in the position since its creation in 2021, is stepping away to move into the private sector. Mike Graney has been appointed acting secretary for the department. “I want to thank Secretary Carmichael for his Read More…

Health News

Bonnie’s Bus to offer mammograms in Clendenin, Dawes, Union, and Glenville

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Kanawha, Monroe, and Gilmer counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women. A service of WVU Medicine – WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus will be at: The screening mammograms are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if available. Patients who Read More…

News

Hope Gas hopes to make drastic changes for farm-tap users in 22 W.Va. counties

By MetroNews Staff CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Over 600 gas customers in West Virginia across 22-contes may soon be forced to give up their natural gas service which is produced on their property. The state PUblic Service Commission on Friday set the schedule for hearings in a case filed back in August by Hope Gas. The petition seeks Read More…

Health News

New guideline: Preventing a first stroke may be possible with screening, lifestyle changes

Guideline Highlights: Embargoed until 4:00 a.m. CT/5:00 a.m. ET Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 October 21, 2024 – DALLAS — Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being physically active, along with routine health screenings and managing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke with medication, can help prevent individuals from having a first stroke. Screening for Read More…

Guest Writers News

Creston News Week of October 21st

Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church. The Creston area is having beautiful fall weather with leaves turning and frost covered windshields in the morning.  However, tomato & pepper plants have not been nipped. The former Joe Echard place is now on the market. Some Creston folks participated Read More…

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A Message to Malcontents and a Shout Out to the Lightening Rod

This is a shout out to my wife, Crystal Laughlin Mersh. She is a lightening rod in her home county, Calhoun. She always knew that would happen after we bought the old high school in Grantsville and planned a project to try and breathe life into a poor, deprived and depressed place. Change is a Read More…

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School Bus Safety Week is October 21-25

In support of National School Bus Safety Week, October 21-25, 2024, the West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is working with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to remind drivers about the importance of school bus safety. In West Virginia, it is illegal to pass a school bus while Read More…