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- So far, so good with REAL ID requirement May 14, 2025CHARLESTON, W.Va. –– The Director of West Virginia’s largest airport said the first days of a REAL ID requirement for boarding a plane have been fairly smooth. However, Dominque Raineri suggested travel numbers will pick up as we head into the weekend and you will still want to get there early. “With more passengers needing…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Marion County Schools adjusting after DOGE cuts May 12, 2025FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Members of the Marion County School System are already working to adjust after-school programming as a result of the DOGE cuts. Donna Heston A recent announcement that the AmeriCorps Flipside Afterschool Program would be a part of large-scale federal cuts has resulted in at least a 50 percent planned drawback of the number…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Former correctional officer sentenced for his role in the March 2023 death of an inmate May 11, 2025BECKLEY, W.Va. – A former correctional officer at Southern Regional Jail has been sentenced for his role in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate. Steven Nicholas Wimmer, 25, of Bluefield has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the death of inmate Quantez Burks in March 2022. His sentence will…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Brennan: New Pope Leo’s ability to serve the church more important than being from U.S. May 10, 2025History was made Thursday afternoon, as the conclave of Catholic Cardinals chose Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church. Prevost, who will now go by the name “Pope Leo XIV,” is the first American-born Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, as he is originally from the Chicago area.…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Nicholas County shooting investigation leads to three being charged with child neglect May 9, 2025BELVA, W.Va. — Three people in Nicholas County are charged with child neglect as a result of a shooting investigation. Bobby J. Moore (WVDCR) Bobby J. Moore, 28, Caroline A. Stewart, 32, and Connie S. Moore, 58, were all arrested Thursday and charged with felony child neglect. According to the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Judge asked to force NIOSH to keep miner health programs in place at least for now May 8, 2025CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Testimony before U.S. District Judge Irene Berger in federal court in Charleston disputed whether the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and its black lung screening program is actually shut down. Lawyers representing a West Virginia coal miner contend staff layoffs announced for NIOSH have made black lung screening programs impossible to…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Second person dies from injuries after Monday crash on U.S. 19 May 8, 2025MOUNT NEBO, W.Va. –A second person has died as a result of injuries suffered in a crash Monday in Nicholas County. According to Nicholas County Sheriff Johnny Evans, Misty Carelli, 52, of Tennessee, died at CAMC in injuries suffered in the wreck Monday. Her husband, Ronald Carelli died a short time after the crash at Summersville…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Morrisey says Harrison County track team girls should not be punished because sports-trans law is on hold May 8, 2025CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey says girls in Harrison County should not be disciplined by their track coaches if they decide not to compete against a biological boy in a track meet. Patrick Morrisey Morrisey put out a release saying the girls should be applauded for taking a stand. “I am hearing that high school…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- REAL ID required beginning Wednesday May 6, 2025CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wednesday marks the last day you can get your REAL ID before it starts being checked for domestic travel at airports around the country. The REAL ID is a heightened security measure following the Real ID Enforcement Act of 2005– being put into place two decades later– and it’s required for passengers…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com
- Remaining NIOSH employees told jobs will be cut July 2 May 6, 2025MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The remaining employees at NIOSH in Morgantown who were told last month they may lose their jobs in federal budget cuts were told Friday evening they will lose their jobs July 2. The first notices on April 1 were sent to 185 members of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3430.…alex.wiederspiel@wvradio.com