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Stanely "Butch" Metz, age 82 years, a resident of Elkins, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2026 in the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Stanely "Butch" Metz.  Read More

State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Willis slammed U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Monday, calling federal coal funding in West Virginia “a fraction of what’s actually needed” to sustain the state’s coal industry. Read More

 West Virginia Del. Larry Kump, a Berkeley County Republican and longtime public servant, has died at age 78 following a recent hospitalization during the legislative session. Read More

Libretta Leombruno Howell age 96 years, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday, February 27, 2026 in the Emergency Department of the Davis Medical Center.  Arrangements are incomplete. Read More

Sen. Chris Rose (R-Monongalia, 2) has introduced legislation aimed at changing how wind power projects are taxed in West Virginia, arguing the measure would create a more equitable energy tax structure. Read More

Tom Willis, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, visited the site of the former Cleveland-Cliffs plant in Weirton, calling for stronger federal trade enforcement and economic policies aimed at protecting domestic manufacturing jobs. Read More

Anna Ruth Harper, 85, of Elkins WV, died February 20,2026 at Valentine Assisted Living, surrounded by family. Read More

The West Virginia Senate Committee on the Judiciary will host a special listening session on child welfare and Child Protective Services on Monday, February 23. Read More