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

Construction on the Coalfields Expressway is moving forward with a new $72.5 million contract awarded to Triton Construction Inc. The project will build a three-mile connector between Pineville and Twin Falls State Park, including a half-mile link into the park. Once complete, the expressway (U.S. 121) will stretch from Beckley to Pound, Virginia, opening new routes through Raleigh, Wyoming, and McDowell counties. ( Banner provided by the West Virginia Department of Transpor

At a minute past midnight, the government shut down after the U.S. Senate failed to reach a continuing resolution to fund the government...

A pair of men admitted to their part in a scheme that air dropped contraband into a federal prison in McDowell County. CHARLESTON Two...

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito meets with local leaders in Welch on Monday, April 14, 2025. WELCH On Monday, U.S. Senator Shelley...

ELKHORN  State Police arrested a suspect in connection with two structure fires. According to the West Virginia State Police,...

WVOW News THREE FORKS One suspect died as a result of an officer involved shooting in McDowell County over the weekend. County deputies...

WVOW News BLUEFIELD A federal prisoner in McDowell county was sentenced Monday to one year and three months in prison for possession of...