April is National Donate Life Month, dedicated to raising awareness of the rising need for more registered organ donors. On Wednesday, April 1st, Boone Memorial Health celebrated National Donate Life Living Donor Day with a display of materials from the Center for Organ Recovery and Education, as well as a dinner in honor of a recently successful donation story that happened locally. Robert Fields | WVOW News MADISON While many recognize April 1 st  as April Fool's Day, Boo

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is defending its oversight of a Boone County coal mine permit that federal regulators have been reviewing for months. State officials are defending their handling of violations at the Twilight Surface Mine after a federal review was launched over environmental concerns. The state says it has taken enforcement action and argues the state, not federal regulators, has authority over the permit. WVOW News TWILIGHT State o

Customers of Hope Gas could soon be paying much more to heat their homes by February, but not as much as proposed in the company's original request to the state PSC. Robert Fields | WVOW News CHARLESTON A partial settlement agreement has been reached in a gas company’s request for a nearly $80 million rate hike. The company Hope Gas had asked the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to approve a base rate increase of about $79.6 million. During evidentiary hearings th

Troopers say 28-year-old woman was struck and killed in Boone County after she ran into the roadway. The driver remained at the scene....

FOSTERVILLE  A two-vehicle crash resulted in one death this morning in Boone County. According to Boone County dispatchers, a call came...

MSHA issued its final report following the investigation into a miner's death that occurred in January at the Twilight Surface Mine in...

A coal miner from Logan County died following an accident at a Boone County mine on Wednesday. BOONE COUNTY   A coal miner died Wednesday...

BOONE COUNTY   A Boone County judge has granted a mental evaluation request for the mother charged in connection with the starving death...

BOONE COUNTY The trial of Julie Miller, Donna Stone, and Jerry Stone, the parent and grandparents accused in the death of 14-year-old...

CHARLESTON Wednesday’s evidentiary hearing regarding a requested rate adjustment for West Virginia-American Water has been canceled....

ETHEL A man is in jail on a charge of murder following an early morning shooting in the Ethel area of Logan County. 23-year-old Daris...

CHARLESTON A Boone County man sentenced in Charleston federal court Thursday for a felony gun crime According to the US Attorney’s...

WVOW News PEYTONA Investigators say the drowning death of a 64-year old Boone County man over the weekend was an accident. Timmy Hager,...

Robert Fields | WVOW News CHARLESTON Governor Jim Justice’s administration discussed their findings Thursday in the investigation of...

CHARLESTON A flood watch has been issued for thirteen counties in the Mountain State. The National Weather Service has issued a flood...

PHOTO | WVRJA BOONE COUNTY, WVa A single vehicle crash in Boone county early Sunday morning claimed the life of a seventeen-year-old...

MADISON All Star Wrestling’s Nathan Rumble match pays tribute to passed commentator, fan, and friend. Saturday, November fourth is the...

METRO NEWS MADISON A missing man in Boone County was found dead Monday afternoon, according to the sheriff. Boone County Sheriff Chad...

PHOTO | SWRJA BOONE COUNTY A man is accused of fatal weekend in Boone County. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office,...

WVOW News Storms knock out power in the Southern Coalfields Sunday night. Heavy rain and gusty winds Sunday night left hundreds in the...