This week the governor announced a new head for the state Department of Health and Human Resources. Gov. Tomblin chose Beckley resident and Mullens native Karen Bowling to replace current acting Secretary Rocco Fucillo.

For the 50th season, the asphalt track in Ona near Huntington will host races starting tomorrow night.

West Virginia First Lady Joanne Tomblin and Commissioner of Culture and History Randall Reid-Smith traveled to Raleigh County Thursday to congratulate the 2013 winners of the West Virginia State History Bowl.

Friends of Wheeling remembered their dead in a celebration of their heritage recently with a tour of the Mount Wood Cemetery.

Authorities have identified a woman killed earlier this week. The woman was hit by a train in Fayette County.