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Asian shares were mostly lower Friday after the latest shudder for artificial-intelligence stocks weighed on markets around the world, giving the benchmark S&P 500 its worst day since July. Oil prices were hovering at their highest levels since May on worries about the war with Iran, with Brent crude up 0.5% at…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — The Kanawha County Board of Education has renewed a policy allowing eligible retired school bus drivers to return to work as substitutes to help address an ongoing driver shortage. According to Kanawha County Schools Human Resources Executive Director Ronald Pauley, the district…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — The Kanawha County Board of Education has renewed a policy allowing eligible retired school bus drivers to return to work as substitutes to help address an ongoing driver shortage. According to Kanawha County Schools Human Resources Executive Director Ronald Pauley, the district…
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WOWK) — The sound of hammers and the sight of hard hats were at a house in St. Albans Thursday for a community partnership that has lasted for over two decades. The work is part of Covestro's 23rd annual Raise the Roof Build with Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam County.
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WOWK) — The sound of hammers and the sight of hard hats were at a house in St. Albans Thursday for a community partnership that has lasted for over two decades. The work is part of Covestro's 23rd annual Raise the Roof Build with Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam County.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Dr. Paula Potter discussed enrollment numbers for the 2026-2027 school year Thursday. The County saw a decline in enrollment, with a little more than 900 fewer students enrolled this school year. This is the same trend that is happening statewide, with…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Dr. Paula Potter discussed enrollment numbers for the 2026-2027 school year Thursday. The County saw a decline in enrollment, with a little more than 900 fewer students enrolled this school year. This is the same trend that is happening statewide, with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters that he had “heard something about” the Department of Justice investigating allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his past role as an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, after media reports of an investigation surfaced Thursday. Lewandowski…
BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WOWK) — The operator of a Boyd County farm at the center of an animal abuse investigation has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty. According to the Boyd County Sheriff's Office, Marlo Matheny, operator of Ohana Run Farm, was charged with Animal Cruelty, 2nd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor…
BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WOWK) — The operator of a Boyd County farm at the center of an animal abuse investigation has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty. According to the Boyd County Sheriff's Office, Marlo Matheny, operator of Ohana Run Farm, was charged with Animal Cruelty, 2nd Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor…
MASON CO., W.Va. (WOWK) -- Sandwiched between two planned high-impact data centers, West Virginia House District 17 could be a stress test for the consequences of HB 2014, the hotly debated microgrid legislation passed by the state's Republican supermajority in 2025. The rural House district lies just north of the…
MASON CO., W.Va. (WOWK) -- Sandwiched between two planned high-impact data centers, West Virginia House District 17 could be a stress test for the consequences of HB 2014, the hotly debated microgrid legislation passed by the state's Republican supermajority in 2025. The rural House district lies just north of the…
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — 102 years of life and enough stories to fill a library. That's what friends and family gathered to celebrate at the home of Jack Van Dyke. But more than eight decades ago, Van Dyke wasn't celebrating. He was surviving. Fighting as a young infantryman in the New Guinea Campaign during
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — 102 years of life and enough stories to fill a library. That's what friends and family gathered to celebrate at the home of Jack Van Dyke. But more than eight decades ago, Van Dyke wasn't celebrating. He was surviving. Fighting as a young infantryman in the New Guinea Campaign during
SOUTH POINT, Ohio (WOWK) — One team in the region is celebrating an accomplishment that hasn't been done in over four decades. The South Point Pointers are gearing up for a playoff run. The last time the Pointers beat the Portsmouth Trojans in football, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" premiered in theaters, MTV made its
There are hundreds of names on ballots across West Virginia’s 55 counties as well as a constitutional amendment. They include candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as well as county commissioner roles.
A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — helped defeat him at election time.
NextEra, one of the largest energy companies in the United States, plans to build a 500,000 volt transmission line running through 59 miles of West Virginia. Residents, from affected landowners to county commissioners, are speaking out against it.
The West Virginia First Foundation includes people with health expertise charged with dispersing money to groups that apply to fight the addiction crisis. Now, Attorney General JB McCuskey wants state lawmakers to give out the majority of the money.
To build our 2026 election voter guide, we reached out to more than 240 candidates asking them to share where they stood on issues that matter to West Virginians. 65 responded.
The new state fire plan has no description of how many vacancies fire stations have or how many firefighters would be needed for safety.
WV Invests has subsidized since 2019, college degrees for students who stay and work here. The state isn’t measuring what alumni are doing.
Over 180,000 acres of West Virginia national forests could be opened up for logging and road construction if the Roadless Rule is repealed. The rule protects certain forested areas from excessive human impact.