Bob Aaron

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MCDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — West Virginia’s governor on Tuesday outlined the scope of the state’s efforts to help bail out flood-ravaged McDowell County and other hard-hit spots from February flooding. Gov. Patrick Morrisey said the state has identified more than 100 locations in McDowell County still dealing with major impacts from the mid-February flooding.

2 weeks ago | wchstv.com | Bob Aaron

BELLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — It's been over four years since a deadly chemical plant explosion in Kanawha County killed a worker and injured three others, starting a large fire and dumping car-damaging debris nearly half a mile away. The Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency charged with investigating chemical incidents and hazards, found the cause of the 2020 explosion and fire in Belle along with a variety of mistakes that contributed to the explosion in a chemical dryer.

2 weeks ago | wchstv.com | Bob Aaron

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WCHS) — Protests were held Thursday in Morgantown and at the U.S. Capitol in hopes of salvaging hundreds of jobs cut from the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health. While 110 Morgantown NIOSH workers were called back, others are only a few days away from being fired and many are living with uncertainty. Mine workers, steelworkers and others joined NIOSH employees still facing termination.

2 weeks ago | wchstv.com | Bob Aaron

RIPLEY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A dump truck driver somehow walked away without injury after his heavily-loaded rig suddenly burst into flames as he drove along Interstate 77 Wednesday. What the driver first thought was a blowout turned into a blaze big enough to close down the busy southbound highway in Jackson County. A huge plume of smoke covered the interstate five miles north of Fairplain as firefighters started to gain the upper hand on a blaze that destroyed a dump truck.

2 weeks ago | wchstv.com | Bob Aaron

Following Tuesday's public hearing, the Parkersburg Utility Board is moving ahead with plans to build a $21 million replacement for its water treatment plant, capable of removing forever chemicals that carry health risks. A state-managed federal fund and Chemours, which now owns the former Dupont plant where PFAS, or C8 was discharged, are expected to pay for it.