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19-Year-Old Man Named as Victim of West Virginia Floods as Death Toll Rises to 8: 'He Was Gone Too Soon'
Travis Creighton, 19, who died in the recent flash floods in West Virginia, is remembered by his family as a loving, bright individual. Travis helped his mother swim to safety after they'd been swept ...
West Virginia labor community mourns UMWA couple killed in flooding, public viewing scheduled
Connie and Mike Veronis, longtime members of the United Mine Workers of America, lost their lives in the recent flooding in ...
Death toll rises from devastating flash flooding in West Virginia as rain threat continues
The death toll climbed to eight on Wednesday from the devastating flash flooding in West Virginia, the governor said, as the ...
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Jason Landers: Tackling fatalism with a new approach (Opinion)
I’m the son and grandson of coal miners with deep generational ties to West Virginia. Growing up here instilled in me the ...
Local family loses mother, three year-old daughter in West Virginia flooding
According Sheriff Nelson Croft of Ohio County, Jeremy Shotton and his newlywed wife of two weeks Kyleigh Minch Shotton were together with their kids when the waters began to rise. Jeremy took their ...
West Virginians rally against proposed $700 billion Medicaid cuts at press conference
WCHS ABC 8 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Charleston and nearby towns and ...
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Sistersville Farmers Market Opens for the Season
The summer season officially began in Sistersville as the first Local Farmers Market of the year drew a large and ...
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Tyler Childers performs old song by rebel West Virginia fiddler "Devil Sol"
In 2020, Kentucky fiddler Tyler Childers released his fourth studio album, Long Violent History, a collection of traditional ...
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West Virginia teen’s family accepts settlement in wrongful death lawsuit
PUTNAM COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A West Virginia family has accepted a settlement in a wrongful death ... The law firm says this low rate of speed combined with alleged poor lighting on the truck as it was ...
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10 Fascinating State Parks In West Virginia You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The picnic shelters scattered throughout the park make ideal spots for family gatherings, with the lake providing both a stunning backdrop and post-lunch entertainment. Related: This Charming Diner in ...
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One-third of West Virginia's roads are in 'poor or mediocre conditions': report
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Research Nonprofit, or TRIP, released its "Keeping West Virginia Moving Forward" report of April 2025, which showed that nearly one-third of West Virginia's ...
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Report finds nearly 1 in 5 West Virginia bridges “poor or structurally deficient”
The report, released Tuesday, said 19 percent of West Virginia’s roughly 7,200 bridges are considered to be in poor or structurally deficient condition, meaning they have at least one major ...