West Virginia
Schools closures in West Virginia continue into Thursday, Jan. 29
WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — Schools across West Virginia continue to either remain closed or move to non-traditional learning on Thursday in the wake of the winter storm that passed through the state over the weekend.
The West Virginia Department of Education announced that the following counties that will have its schools closed on Jan. 29 (as of 11 p.m. Wednesday):
- Berkeley
- Clay
- Fayette
- Grant
- Hancock
- Jefferson
- Mason
- McDowell
- Morgan
- Pendleton
- Pleasants
- Pocahontas
- Raleigh
- Randolph
- Roane
- Wayne
The following schools announced that they will have a non-traditional learning day on Thursday (as of 11 p.m. Wednesday):
- Barbour
- Boone
- Braxton
- Brooke
- Cabell
- Calhoun
- Doddridge
- Gilmer
- Greenbrier
- Hampshire
- Hardy
- Harrison
- Jackson
- Kanawha
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Logan
- Marion
- Marshall
- Mercer
- Mineral
- Mingo
- Monongalia
- Monroe
- Nicholas
- Ohio
- Preston
- Putnam
- Ritchie
- Summers
- Taylor
- Tucker
- Tyler
- Upshur
- Webster
- Wetzel
- Wirt
- Wood
- Wyoming
For the latest updates on school closures, click here.
West Virginia
$450,000 announced for Clendenin Streetscape project
CLENDENIN, W.Va . (WSAZ) – Gov. Patrick Morrisey visited Clendenin West Virginia Saturday during Summerfest.
10 years ago a devastating flood swept through the community.
The governor announced $450,000 of funding for a Streetscape project during a commemoration for the June 2016 flood. The funding will go toward Clendenin’s main street – improving sidewalks, landscaping, and other pedestrian amenities.
Funding for the project comes from the Transportation Alternatives Program – a federal initiative to fund smaller scale transportation projects.
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History Made: WVU Has Two First-Team All-Americans in the Same Season
It was a phenomenal year for the West Virginia Mountaineers on the diamond, and even with the season having been over for over a week now, the honors continue to roll in.
On Friday, second baseman/catcher Gavin Kelly and left-handed starting pitcher Maxx Yehl were both named First-Team All-Americans by D1Baseball.com. It is the first time in program history that two Mountaineers have been recognized as First-Team All-Americans in the same season.
Gavin Kelly
Kelly was essentially everyone’s pick to have a breakout season for the Mountaineers in 2026, but I’m not sure anyone expected him to do it the way he did. He hit nearly .400 all year and went on a power surge out of nowhere toward the end of the season, becoming one of the top home run hitters in the country over the last month or so of the year.
Kelly was named a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, the MVP of the Morgantown Regional, and is currently participating in the Team USA Collegiate National Team training camp in Cary, North Carolina. For the year, he hit .382 with 19 home runs and 63 RBI, cementing himself as a top draft prospect in 2027.
Maxx Yehl
Maxx Yehl was one of the best stories in all of college baseball that didn’t get talked about nearly enough. He was forced to sit out the 2025 season as he was recovering from Tommy John surgery, and prior to this season, Yehl worked exclusively out of the bullpen. The plan all along was to eventually stretch him out into a starter, and in his first year in the role, he was one of the best in the entire country.
Steve Sabins and Co. did a good job of playing it safe with him early, letting him only go two and four innings in his first two starts before turning him loose. There were a couple of moments where Mountaineer fans had to take a deep breath after he was removed from two starts, one of which was in the Morgantown Regional against Kentucky. He bounced back strong and two days later, pitched a gem against the Wildcats, helping the team advance to the super regionals for the third straight season.
Yehl finished the season with a 9-3 record, an ERA of 2.13, and 112 strikeouts to just 26 walks. He was also the first WVU hurler to win Big 12 Pitcher of the Year since Alek Manoah, who did it in 2019.
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