The new Interstate 64 bridge is moving across MacCorkle Avenue in South Charleston at the rate of about eight feet a week, causing few delays to commuters using the riverside thoroughfare that passes beneath the new span.
Folks who like to listen in on police and fire calls won't have to get rid of their police scanners just yet.
An invasive species of algae - commonly known by the unpleasant but descriptive nickname "rock snot" - has been found in the Elk River near Webster Springs, the Division of Natural Resources announced on Thursday.
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