Fayetteville, WV

FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WVNS) — The Fayetteville Fire Department is rescuing people floating down a stream on Fayette Station Road in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. According to dispatch, the call came in around 7:45 a.m. on Monday, June 27, 2022. Dispatchers told 59News while there is an unknown amount of people needing […]

Hinton WV (Hinton News) - Local police recently arrested Stanley Chris Walls Jr., 37, of Hinton, who allegedly stole a four-wheeler from a Summers County home. According to the criminal complaint, Walls was supposed to be working on the victim's farm at the time of the alleged theft. The criminal complaint states the victim contacted police about a missing yellow four-wheeler. According to the complaint, Walls was supposed to stay overnight on the victim's farm on June 24 but was not on the property when the victim went in search of him. At that point, the victim began to search for...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said he wouldn’t be surprised if a bomb threat which forced the clearing of his Greenbrier Resort on Sunday was tied to his comments about the overturning of Roe v Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. “It’s awfully suspicious that it all...

Arriving at the lake mid-afternoon on a blue-bird day, the lighting was not the best. The lake however was absolutely stunning! Crystal clear water, waterfalls surrounding the lake - the setting was incredible. Unfortunately, I did not have much time to spend photographing the area, but captured what I could.

BECKLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Pennsylvania man and a West Virginia woman pleaded guilty today to roles in a conspiracy to traffic over 130 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia. Derrick Woodard, also known as “D,” 26, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to interstate travel with the intent to...

FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) – The community is invited to take part in four whole days of festivities this year for the Town of Fayetteville’s annual Heritage Festival. Including a parade, food and craft vendors, live music, fireworks, and more, the town provides activities for the whole family to do to celebrate the 4th of July.

SHADY SPRING, WV (WVNS) — Multiple crews responded to a structure fire at the Saint Colman Catholic Church in Shady Spring. According to the Beaver Volunteer Fire Department, the call for a structure fire at the Saint Colman Catholic Church in Shady Spring came in at 10:16 A.M. on Sunday, June 26, 2022. When crews […]

BECKLEY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Raleigh General Hospital announced Monday plans to combat the ongoing nursing crisis through a collaborative initiative with West Virginia Junior College for the establishment of the WVJC School of Nursing at Raleigh General. The partnership will see the strategic alignment of resources and working knowledge...

MT. CARBON, WV (WOAY) – Former Private First Class (Pfc.) Billy Keith Ford got the recognition he deserves 54 years later. A bridge dedication ceremony was held for Ford on Saturday, June 25, 2022. It was held across Armstrong Creek in Mt. Carbon, not far from where he was born in the small town of Boomer, WV.

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – The city of Beckley has big plans coming up for this 4th of July weekend. Join Beckley Events on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 at Word Park on Neville Street, to reminisce about the groovy 70s and the awesome 80s during a special 70s and 80s Evening. The action kicks off Friday […]

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – We’re now just a week away from independence day and fireworks tents are popping up all across the region. Kaleb Mills is getting his first taste of running a business in his first year managing a fireworks tent.He and his co-worker Jasmine decided to open a tent on Harper Road in […]

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — The best course of action to protect a local school is to place a school resource officer on site, the founder of a law enforcement training program said Monday, June 27, 2022. Rick Arrington, CEO of Crime Prevention Center for Training and Services, trained local police at Beckley Police Department on […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says he and colleagues in the U.S. Senate will use a procedural move to stop a commission from recommending a cut in medical services at Veterans Affairs facilities in West Virginia. Manchin made an announcement Monday on the state Capitol Complex...

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BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – Two more pleas have been made following the federal indictment against 13 people allegedly involved in trafficking guns from Southern WV to Philadelphia. A federal indictment consisting of 19 charges against 13 different people was made in March. The case involved the conspiracy to traffic more than 130 guns from Southern […]

CABIN CREEK, WV (WOWK) — One person is injured after an ATV and a car collided in Cabin Creek on Sunday. Kanawha County dispatch tells 13 News that the accident happened around 7:03 p.m. in the 5000 block of Cabin Creek Road. One person is being transported by Kanawha County Emergency Medical Services. The extent […]

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS)– College is a time of excitement and new beginnings, and on Monday, June 27th, Raleigh General Hospital gave the community a taste of that excitement as it stood on the brink of something new.The hospital is partnering with West Virginia Junior College to bring new life into the hospital and into the […]

BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – More than 100,000 people died from a drug overdose in the U.S over the course of a year in 2021, according to the CDC. It was an increase of 28.5% of overdose deaths in the country from a year prior with 78,056 deaths. West Virginia,...

A Jeep and a Saturn vehicle collided at Main and Centre streets in Mount Carbon and a Honda SUV also sustained front-end damage after being hit on Sunday afternoon. Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Responding at the scene were the Yorkville Hose Fire-Rescue, Good Intent Fire Company, American Hose Company, all of Pottsville; Schuylkill EMS, fire police, state police and Womer’s Garage.