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LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Education officials have pushed back the first day of classes for Logan County Middle School two days, citing a need for campus cleanup due to recent construction. A letter from Logan County Schools announced LCMS students will report back on Wednesday, Aug. 21 while...

MASON/ROANE COUNTIES, WV (WOWK) – Some students may struggle with the stress of returning to the classroom or arriving for the first time, but one West Virginia program is helping by having man’s best friend step in to help. Two more West Virginia schools were introduced to their new Friends With Paws therapy dogs on […]

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Buying new tech can seem daunting, especially right now when it seems like the prices of our every day essentials – like food – have increased. For many of us – our phones have become part of our essentials, including our kids. A lot of parents allocate their back-to-school budgets to tech.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Volleyball team is set to begin its 2024 season. It all starts with the team's Fans First Match on Saturday in a Green & White Scrimmage. The Herd is led by Ari Aganus, who is entering her sixth season at the helm in...

Fifteen West Virginia University (WVU) School of Nursing graduates have earned one of the highest degrees a nurse can achieve. Among them, eight have accepted positions within West Virginia. According to the West Virginia Hospital Association’s 2023 workforce report, nursing professions have a vacancy rate of 19.3 percent and a...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission is adjusting the classifications for more schools for the 2024 football season. According to the WVSSAC, the Review Board initially reversed the WVSSAC Board of Diectors’ reclassifications of 11 schools, and now 11 more have been reclassified. The initial 11 schools included Frankfort, John […]

Huntington, W.Va. – Abdul Muhsen Abdeen, M.D., has been named the August Resident of the Month for the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, announced Paulette S. Wehner, M.D., vice dean for medical education. “Dr. Abdeen makes everyone around him better,” Wehner said. “He will be a...

What some leaders call a "childcare crisis" in West Virginia could be the subject of a special legislative session.

PENDLETON COUNTY, W.Va. (WHSV) - West Virginia State Police are preparing to close the case in the disappearance of Cassie Sheetz.

Calling all rising West Virginia high school juniors and seniors! You have the chance to experience a day inside the FBI. The 2024 FBI CJIS Division's Teen Academy will be held at the FBI’s CJIS Division on Tuesday, October 15. Interested students must submit their applications by Friday, September 13.

Tonight features increasing clouds and it’s a warmer night as a result with low temperatures in the mid 60s. Once again, it’s a great evening to enjoy outside for dinner or if you’re checking out the Bailey Zimmerman concert here at the State Fair of West Virginia!  Friday brings a better chance for scattered showers […]

ST ALBANS, WV (WOWK)– Eleven West Virginia high schools are reclassified after they submitted an appeal to the WVSSAC after the creation of a new class caused changed breakdowns. However with the timing of these decisions, schedules have already been confirmed, meaning that these 11 schools will be playing a higher class schedule for the […]

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginians will see American Water contractors in towns and cities across the state to perform lead pipe inspections. The inspection requires contractors to find the water service line point of entry, determine the material of your water line, perform a scratch test, and fill out a survey for the Customer Service Line Material Map.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTRF) — With the full legalization of marijuana in Ohio, what does this mean for use in West Virginia?  Currently there is a strict medical marijuana policy in place, but in terms of recreational use – that’s yet to be determined.   West Virginia House of Delegates Shawn Fluharty says 60% of Ohioans […]

Natural disasters cost property owners and businesses millions of dollars each year. Insurance covers much of the repairs necessary to get individuals and businesses back on their feet, but often insurance alone is not enough. Organizations such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provide assistance in many cases, but even those organizations don’t provide enough to make the damaged property or business whole and return them to pre-disaster conditions. Fortunately, other organizations such as the Small Business Administration (SBA) can provide assistance in the form of low interest loans and other programs.

In the first week of legal non-medical marijuana sales in Ohio, dispensaries eclipsed $10 million statewide on the recreational side, according to data from the Department of Commerce’s Division of Cannabis Control. From Tuesday through Saturday last week, dispensaries with dual-use licenses sold $11.53 million worth of products to...

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. (WSAZ) -Structural issues are believed to be the reason behind a partial structural collapse at a Barboursville church on Wednesday, according to first responders. Matt Waskey, the Senior Pastor at Elmwood Missionary Baptist Church, said he was shocked when he got word that part of the church collapsed.