Salem, WV

HARRISON COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK (UNEXPIRED TERM) Steve Johnson (R) – 9,476 (54.4 percent) Doug Cornelius (D) – 7,934 (45.6 percent) HARRISON COUNTY COMMISSIONER Susan Thomas (D)* – 9,455 (54.1 percent) Martin Howe (R) – 8,035 (45.9 percent) HARRISON COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE LEVY (60 percent threshold) Against – 7,247 (42.1 percent) For – 9,961 (57.9 percent)…

Joyce Marie Friel McLaughlin, 80, of Marlinton, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. Born January 3, 1946, in Marlinton, she was a daughter of the late Guy and Gladys Irvine Friel. Joyce resided in northeast North Carolina for 35 years and practiced as a RN there in… Read the full story

NUTTER FORT, W.Va – Deputies in Harrison County are investigating a crash involving a police cruiser that injured two and a police K-9 officer. At 7:45 a.m. the Nutter Fort Police Department cruiser was traveling southbound on Route 20 and collided with a vehicle that attempted to turn onto Route 98. The police officer and…

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Harrison County is moving from Bridgeport City Hall to the Harrison County Courthouse. The new location opens Monday morning at 7:30 a.m. Residents who were victims in the August flooding in Harrison County are able to speak with representatives from FEMA and the Small Business Administration…

SALEM, W.Va. — U.S. Route 50 is back open after a major incident shutdown the highway’s west bound lanes for hours Thursday morning. An electric transformer fell off a truck in the west bound lanes around 4:45 a.m. The incident happened on a bridge near the Marshville Road intersection. The situation became even more complicated…