Hampshire County remains an enigma to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources in its campaign to track down and understand why Chronic Wasting Disease is haunting deer in that popular hunting region.

Machinery grinds and hums, moving in myriad directions across the expanse of a man-made flat mountaintop. Giant cranes lift concrete cell blocks in some locations and huge bundles of roofing materials in others. Craftsmen, skilled in a variety of building trades, move like ants through the maze of ongoing construction.

“I’ve never seen as much of a response not only from citizens, but from every branch of law enforcement and every agency of law enforcement responsible in this manhunt and investigation,” Lee said.

A fire chief in Tazewell County has been named in a 10 count indictment alleging aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties, police said.

Beckley, the coal industry and Mayor Emmett Pugh are coming in for some national attention this week.

West Virginia University’s faculty senate has again issued a vote of no confidence for Mike Garrison — for the second time in less than a year. It didn’t want him in the first place. Nobody was surprised by Monday’s balloting.

The nonprofit Center for Economic Options is partnering with eight universities across the state to research how West Virginia can become a hub for environmentally sustainable businesses.

Meet the Clinton clan — once more today across West Virginia — and be prepared for some return visits before next Tuesday’s primary.

To some, it’s an arcane reminder of a biblical plague of locusts swarming in ancient Egypt as a means of leverage for the eventual liberation of Hebrews from the oppressive hand of a pharaoh.