Boone County

Education Chris Schulz, Jan. 14, 2026

State Board Of Education Urges School Funding Formula Update

Education leaders have been sounding the alarm for years now that declining enrollment has fundamentally broken the formula.

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Education Chris Schulz, Jun. 11, 2025

State Board of Education Challenges Morrisey’s Vaccine Order, Declares Two More States of Emergency

The board voted unanimously to direct the state superintendent to advise schools to follow current vaccination guidelines without religious exemptions, and moved to intervene in two more county school districts.

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Economy Jack Walker, Apr. 23, 2025

FEMA Denies 7 Counties Individual Aid For Destructive February Flooding

The governor announced Tuesday night that FEMA denied his request for individual disaster aid to residents of Boone, Cabell, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Lincoln, Monroe and Summers counties affected by February's severe flooding.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Feb. 11, 2025

Coal Miner Was Killed By Falling Rock In Boone County: Report

Stephen Fields of Chauncey was drilling a test hole in a coal seam when the rock came loose from a highwall due to freezing and thawing.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jan. 30, 2025

State Reports First Coal Mine Fatality Of 2025, In Boone County

Gov. Patrick Morrisey said late Wednesday that 55-year-old Stephen Fields of Chauncey died of his injuries at the Twilight surface mine.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Nov. 07, 2024

Fall Fires Prevail Despite Burn Ban

Residents of the Kanawha Valley may have noticed smoke in the air. Emily Rice reports that the Division of Forestry is fighting about 82 fires in the state’s southern coalfields.

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