Moorefield Volunteer Fire Company Chief Doug Mongold said some counties in southern West Virginia already have burn bans in place, and he expects more counties to follow suit.

Emergency personnel worked to contain a brush fire in Jackson County, West Virginia that burned between 50 and 60 acres of ...

Tyler Mountain Volunteer Fire Department members met for more than four hours on Thursday to get the department back on track. After a mass resignation of ...

Sep. 18—bluefield — Rain is expected today and until Thursday evening, but forecasters with the National Weather Service said Tuesday it will not be enough to end ongoing drought conditions and reduce ...

West Virginia remains in a drought, with little or no rain in sight. Despite this, and combined with high fire danger, there is still no burn ban in the state. This ...

Fall fire season is fast approaching in West ... of our state’s most valuable assets,” said Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Commerce James Bailey. “We ask the public to be ...

(Photo by Brett Dunlap) The fire departments who attended Wednesday were Waverly, Vienna, Washington Bottom, Parkersburg and East Wood, airport officials said. West Virginia Fire Academy Deputy ...

KENNA, W.Va. — A woman was killed in a fire that happened early Wednesday morning in Jackson County. The state Fire Marshal’s Office said the 76-year-old woman was unable to make it out of the ...

A contentious, four-hour-long Tyler Mountain Volunteer Fire Department meeting may have finally given the community a new ...