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McDowell Co.'s Low Life Expectancy, Natural Gas Boom Brings Other Jobs, & Martinsburg's 4th Title

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McDowell County ranks the lowest in the country for life expectancy for men and women, Concord University students remember loved ones taken by cancer, plumbing and pipe fitting trades grow because of the natural gas boom, and Martinsburg High School makes history by bringing home their fourth state football title in as many years.

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