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CHARLESTON —Despite not being ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll all season long, the Tug Valley Lady Panthers left zero doubt that they are the best girls basketball team in Class A in West Virginia as they easily defeated Cameron 63-45 on Saturday morning in the Championship Game of the WVSSAC 2021 Girls Basketball Class A State Tournament at the Charleston Coliseum. The Lady Panthers (15-2) claimed the first girls state championship in school history and only the second in the history of Mingo...

The Week in W.Va. History West Virginia Encyclopedia CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. April 25, 1863: About 1,500 Confederate soldiers under Gen. William ‘‘Grumble’’ Jones advanced through Greenland Gap, a deep pass through New Creek Mountain in Grant County. The Confederates encountered 87 Union soldiers who held off several assaults before finally su...

1 of 8 One hundred seventy-four men died on April 28, 1914 during an explosion at the Eccles No. 5 Mine in Raleigh County. Nine additional miners died of injuries and afterdamp while working in the No. 6 Mine during the explosion. Watt Powell Park opened in Charleston on April 28, 1948. The personal library of Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, was among the sites destroyed by Confederate forces in Fairmont on April 29, 1863. WVU ...

COVID-19: This is the Most Dangerous County in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area Samuel Stebbins © Provided by 24/7 Wall St. Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 31,708,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide -- and that number is growing every day. In the Cincinnati metropolitan area, which covers parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, a total of 21...

Unemployment rates fall in all 55 West Virginia counties April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties in March. WorkForce West Virginia said Jefferson County’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.8% was the lowest in the state, followed by Pendleton County at 3.9% and Monongalia Counties at 4.3%. Calhoun County had the highest unemployment rate at 14.9%. Roane County was next at 11% and Mingo County was...

Pendleton County runs streak to 34 games with win over Petersburg By April 15, 2021 - 10:49 pm FRANKLIN, W.Va. — The state’s longest winning streak in boys basketball added another notch Thursday evening as Pendleton County improved to 11-0 with a 72-28 win over Petersburg. The Wildcats are the lone unbeaten boys team in West Virginia and they have won 34 consecutive games dating back to the end of the 2018-2019 season. “Occasionally, I have to remind them that we have done nothing yet,...

Close More than a year since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, health officials in Fayette and surrounding counties continue to stage vaccination clinics and testing events, such as one pictured earlier in Gauley Bridge. Fayette County Health Department officials urge continued vigilance in performing mitigation protocols. File photo By Steve Keenan The Fayette Tribune Apr 12, 2021 2 hrs ago More than a year since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, health official...

Gusty rain chances tonight Share Updated: 7:14 PM EDT Apr 10, 2021 Share Updated: 7:14 PM EDT Apr 10, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AND AS WE SAID, THERE’S A LITTLE RAIN, SO THAT HAD IMPACT. ALLISON: WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT EARLY ENOUGH THIS MORNING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MISS THE RAIN. BUT AS WE GOT HOME, THAT’S WHEN THE RAIN STARTED TO MOVE IN. YOU HAD TO GET OUT EARLY TO AVOID THE RAINFALL. IT’S HERE TO STAY FOR A LOT OF THIS EVENING EVEN THOUGH WE ARE...

jashley@theintermountian.com Photos by Joan Ashley Redeeming Grace Outreach Center is now in the building designed as a dance hall and evolved into grocery/sandwich shop, into a restaurant, to a strip joint into a community church. The Tree painting at the church features leaves made of hand prints of church children. From left to right, Pastors Scott Combs, disciplinary leader; Jason Lee Boggs, founder of church; and Joe Embleton, leader of the AAAANA Community Support Ministry; a...

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 30,030,084 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 545,022 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world. In the Cincinnati […]