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HARRISON COUNTY, W.Va (WDTV) - The West Virginia Division of Highways announced that the southbound Interstate 79 on-ramp at WV 58, will close at night for paving next week. The road closure will be on WV 58, on the Interstate 79 southbound on-ramp, at the 117 exit (Anmoore), from 6:00 P.M. Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, until 6:00 A.M. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.
CLAY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The random spinning region wheel landed on Clay County for this week’s edition of Backroads and Backstories. The county is home to an attraction that offers a unique way of taking in peak fall colors. Rail Explorers has divisions in six states. Their Elk River...
Road Closure on County Route 20, Sunny Lane, to Begin Thursday, November 12, 2026. Marshall County, WV – A portion of County Route 20, Sunny Lane, will be closed at milepost 0.20 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2026, for a culvert installation. Traffic signs will be used to maintain traffic. Local traffic, school buses, and emergency vehicles will be accommodated.
The problem envisioned in August came like a slowly approaching storm that could be seen, the thunder rumbling heard, but no solution preventing its onset possible. Jamie Kosick reported that the school system, after attrition, would for 2026 “run short of drivers” for school buses. In early October, Rosie Linton, a fifth grade student at Mountaineer Elementary School, shared that “in the past two weeks, so the last 10 days of school Mountaineer Elementary has had a bus issue five of those days. So whether a bus did not run at all during the day or it was able to run in the morning and not in the afternoon.”
A section of Route 997 (Cumberland Highway) in Greene Township will close while a contractor replaces the railroad crossing north of Chambersburg, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Weather permitting, the closure will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and continue through 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. The...
W.Va. (WTRF) – West Virginia ranks 10th in the nation for fatal road crashes during the month of Thanksgiving, recording 30 deaths over a five-year period, or 0.34 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to a new 50-state analysis by Grigor Law Injury and Car Accident Lawyers. Mississippi leads the nation at 0.45 per 100,000, just […]
Changes in the rules about how we approach and drive by traffic incidents have met some success in reducing the number of injuries and fatalities among crash scene responders. But there is still a danger to those whose job is to help. During this Crash Responder Safety Week, Mountain State...
FROM THE WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, DISTRICT FOUR OFFICE. Triton Construction will be setting up a temporary single lane closure on the left most southbound lane on Interstate 79, at mile marker 142, Mehringer Bridge, from 6 p.m., Monday, November 2, 2026, to 6 a.m. Thursday, November 5, 2026, to remove sections of the parapet wall and begin existing bridge demolition.
WASHINGTON — Kanawha River Railroad has filed to keep leasing and operating 309.45 miles of Norfolk Southern in West Virginia and Ohio. The notice, in Finance Docket No. FD 36028 (Sub-No. 2), was published in the Federal Register on November 4. The Board has not set the day the exemption takes effect.
W.Va. (WTRF) – West Virginia ranks 10th in the nation for fatal road crashes during the month of Thanksgiving, recording 30 deaths over a five-year period, or 0.34 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to a new 50-state analysis by Grigor Law Injury and Car Accident Lawyers. Mississippi leads the...
West Virginia (WOAY) The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program is joining emergency response agencies across the state to recognize Crash Responder Safety Week, November 2-6. The week is designed to raise awareness about the dangers faced by first responders and roadside workers, including law enforcement, firefighters, EMS personnel,...
State officials are asking drivers to be aware of their role in keeping roadside responders safe. The West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) is joining the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and emergency response agencies across the state to observe Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW) from Nov. 2–6, 2026.
There will be a traffic delay on County Route 48, Johnstown Road, from the junction of County Route 25, North Streetcar Way, to WV 20, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, November 2, 2026, to Friday, November 13, 2026, for ditching and shoulder work. Daytime operations only. One lane...
OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) – Officials are responding to an accident on I-70 westbound near the 9-mile marker, just past the Highlands. Traffic is currently backed up. Stay with 7News for more updates.
Information is limited, but the Reynoldsville Volunteer Fire Department stated in a Facebook post that Route 50 West near Marshville is completely shut down as of 7:30 a.m. The fast lane of Route 50 East has also been shut down.
SALEM, W.Va. — U.S. Route 50 is back open after a major incident shutdown the highway’s west bound lanes for hours Thursday morning. An electric transformer fell off a truck in the west bound lanes around 4:45 a.m. The incident happened on a bridge near the Marshville Road intersection. The situation became even more complicated when the transformer ruptured and spilled oil over the bridge deck. An initial report to Harrison County 911 indicated the transformer had caught fire, that turned out to not be the case when the fire department arrived. The incident did create a haz-mat situation which closed the highway.
Late fall is a good time to sit back and watch the mountains go by. Some West Virginians save a scenic train ride for the end of the season, before the holiday trains take over. Here’s where to catch a ride while there’s still time. 1. New Tygart...
Tires, brakes, batteries and visibility checks can help West Virginia drivers prepare before snow.
Temporary Road Closure on County Route 24 (McCausland Hill Road), to Begin Monday, November 2, 2026. Marshall County, WV – A portion of County Route 24 (McCausland Hill Road), will be closed, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., from milepost 2.0 to milepost 2.13, on Monday, November 2, 2026, for installation of a culvert and ditching. School buses, mail delivery, local traffic, and emergency vehicles will be accommodated. Traffic signs will maintain traffic.
This is a Subscribers-Only area. If you are a subscriber, please login. If not... Pennsylvania Turnpike Completes Expressway Extension Outside Pittsburgh. Sections 53A1 and 53A2 of the Mon/Fayette Expressway will open just south of Pittsburgh on November 20, according to a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) news release. The opening will extend the current 54-mile facility five miles north as part of the Mon/Fayette PA Route 51 to I-376 Project.
