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Hometown News

Auditor Launches New Website

CHARLESTON, W.V.- The West Virginia State Auditor’s Office is proud to announce the launch of its fully redesigned official website, scheduled to go live on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. The updated platform will provide West Virginians with improved access to…

Wreathes Across America

          A Wreaths Across America ceremony will be held at New Cumberland Cemetery on Saturday, December 13, 2025.  The second Saturday in December is set aside every year for volunteers to gather and honor our veterans at thousands of cemeteries…

WVU Medicine News

WVU Medicine highlights advances in COPD care MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – More than 11.7 million Americans live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and West Virginia has one of the highest rates in the country, with more than 186,000 adults affected. Rachel Leonard, M.D., WVU Medicine pulmonologist, recently outlined COPD prevalence…

Patterson’s Perspective

By Mark Patterson Customarily, network execs, the people who decide what tv shows to roll the dice on, offer at least perfunctory applause after viewing prospective programs for the first time. As a courtesy to the creative forces sitting nervously…

OBITUARY: Rusty “Mary Irene” Cline

Rusty “Mary Irene” Cline, a cherished resident of Newell and Chester, peacefully departed this life at Bethany Nursing Home in Canton on Friday, November 28, 2025, after a courageous battle with illness. She was 84 years young, having been born…