Jul. 3—FAIRMONT — Two Marion County residents allege they were harassed by employees at North Central Regional Jail after their arrest due to their connection to Charles Echols III who was shot and killed in August 2023. Michael Joseph Costello, one of the correctional officers at NCRJ, told police he killed Echols in self defense. […]
Jul. 1—FAIRMONT — It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice‘s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University. When Justice signed the Campus Carry bill into law this past March, he parsed it down in his trademark folksy manner. “For crying out loud, the […]
Jul. 1—A dead person discovered under a bridge in Fairmont is the third set of human remains found in Marion County in the last month and the fourth found in counties surrounding Monongalia. On June 3, a woman later identified as 30-year-old Courtney Nicole Martin was found by a creek bed near Oakwood Road. Her […]
Jun. 22—FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Woman’s Club will soon sit on an even firmer foundation. Literally. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is close to wrapping up a project on 1st Street where crews have been using concrete to fill empty voids underneath the Woman’s Club left there by coal mining in the area. […]
Jun. 22—FAIRMONT — While Fairmont suffers under an oppressive heat wave in the 90-degree range, one business owner is doing her part to ensure the city’s most vulnerable can survive it. Chelsie Washington, owner of Braids and Beauty by Chelsie on Cleveland Avenue, placed a cooler filled with water outside her door. A sign posted […]
Jun. 21—FAIRMONT — An outlay of $2, 000 will take you places when your robot is planning the road trip. That’s how much money Falcotronix, the robotics club of Fairmont State University, received this week from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The club will use the grant to fund future trips to regional […]
Jun. 1—FAIRMONT — Consider the number of kids in foster care in West Virginia. Right now, there are 6, 094 children and teens here in that circumstance, according to numbers culled by the state Department of Health and other sources. And this is in a place that only has a total population of 1.7 million […]
Jun. 1—FAIRMONT — Apathy robbed the Donald Trump verdict of impact among residents of Fairmont on Friday. “I don’t keep up with politics because there’s never been anybody worth keeping up with,” Lena Maxwell, 28, said. “The only person I’ve kept up with so far that has ever ran is Kennedy. Other than that, nobody’s […]
Apr. 17—FAIRMONT — Travis Blosser, incoming Fairmont city manager, took a break from watching paint dry inside his new home in Fairmont to attend a special session of Fairmont City Council on Tuesday. “I haven’t attended any meetings since my contract was approved, this was the first one,” Blosser said. “I’ve watched the council meetings […]
Mar. 23—FAIRMONT — Poca High School student Kayda Legg envisions using the Air Force as a way to pay for a future career as a marine biologist. The 18-year-old Putnam County resident has already scored an 86 on her AVSAB, the entry test for enlisted personnel. With her mechanical mind, she plans on doing an […]
Mar. 23—FAIRMONT — The City of Fairmont will pay incoming City Manager Travis Blosser an annual salary of $125,000, according to documents presented to city councilors for next Tuesday’s meeting. Council will vote on approving Blosser’s contract and bringing him onboard officially at the March 26 meeting. Blosser negotiated his salary and contract with Mayor […]
Mar. 6—FAIRMONT — The first step toward plugging the sinkhole on the Woman’s Club of Fairmont lawn began on Tuesday. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection began drilling holes and taking core samples around the sinkhole, which will help their engineers figure out their plan of attack toward sealing the hole. “They have come […]