Tag: Fayette County
Adventures On! Freedom Festival continues, honors September 11th
GLEN JEAN, WV (WOAY) - Before a National Championship bike race begins at the Adventures On! Freedom Festival, host Tim Cottor and participants take...
Adopt a Duck! The First Ever Rubber Ducky Dash is Saturday!
GLEN JEAN, WV (WOAY) - Five thousand rubber ducks will be released on Saturday at the Summit Bechtel Reserve! Adopt yours TODAY at unitedwayswv.org...
Health officials share updated COVID-19 contact tracing guidelines
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) - As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, one county is stressing contact tracing more than ever.
Fayette County health officials say...
Fayette County preparing for booster shot approval
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) - The third vaccine booster shot could be nearing approval in Fayette County.
The Fayette County Health Department received guidance this...
Oak Hill City Manager says festival staff & volunteers likely had...
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - The City of Oak Hill's 22nd annual Oak Leaf Festival returned with the same excitement and familiar community.
"You just...
Masks Required at Bridge Day 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - The Bridge Day Commission has decided to proceed with Bridge Day 2021, despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
But there is...
Fayette County Health Department reports COVID-19 outbreak following Oak Leaf Festival
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - A weekend festival leads to a COVID-19 outbreak in Fayette County.
The Fayette County Health Department reports several of the...
Activated Body starting new Pilates teacher training course
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - Pilates is a posture-based form of movement that lengthens, strengthens, and balances every part of the body, and now...
Oak Leaf Festival celebrates its 22nd year
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - The 22nd annual Oak Leaf Festival is taking place right in downtown Oak Hill and people come out to celebrate...
Oak Leaf Festival returns to Oak Hill after cancellation last year
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - Thursday, September 2, marks the beginning of the 22nd annual Oak Leaf Festival.
The yearly festivities began in Oak...
‘It wasn’t what we expected’: Fayette County residents react to flooding...
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) - "It wasn't what we expected."
Susie Worley Jenkins was preparing for the worst. The Minden resident has seen this creek...
‘You might not get the care that you need’: COVID-19 rise...
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - "You might not get the care that you need at the time that you need it."
The alarming rise in...
Meadow Bridge High School becomes first Fayette County school to move...
MEADOW BRIDGE, WV (WOAY) - One high school is the first school in Fayette County to move to remote learning this school year.
Meadow Bridge...
Fayette County Home to Ninth Family Treatment Court
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - The Fayette County Family Treatment Court opened today with a ceremony at Smokey's On the Gorge Restaurant.
It is the...
American Pickers at Bon Bon’s in Mt. Hope airs Tonight!
MOUNT HOPE, WV (WOAY) - The popular History Channel series 'American Pickers' returns to West Virginia in an episode that airs Monday, Aug. 30.
The...
Worldwide leaders in competitive obstacle course racing come to the Summit-Bechtel...
GLEN JEAN, WV (WOAY) - Spartan Races have been testing competitors on endurance, agility, and warrior-like strength since 2010. Now growing to over 250 annual...
State Treasurer delivers $235,000 check to Fayette County Commission
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore made a stop in Fayetteville to present a check to the local government.
The check...
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine receives FDA approval
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) - After administering over 200 million emergency Pfizer vaccine doses and numerous studies citing the extremely rare side effects to...
Sergeant John Syner passes away at 52-years-old
FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (WOAY) - A community is in mourning after Sergeant John Syner passed away yesterday while working on his property in Fayette...
Fayetteville’s Pink Pig closes doors temporarily
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - The Pink Pig in Fayetteville is closed down after coming to the area just over a year ago.Â
The popular restaurant...
Fayette County superintendent speaks on behalf of COVID cases after first...
CORRECTION (8/17 @ 7:30 p.m.) - The five people who tested positive for the virus do have to quarantine.
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - Superintendent...
Flash mob started in support of school mask mandate decision
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - A flash mob dance party in support of the Fayette County Health Department's and Board of Education's decision to mandate...
Parents hold protest to oppose kids returning to school with masks
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - "Our children, our choice" rang the words of several concerned parents outside of the Fayette County Health Department on the first...
Fayette County students return to school in person
OAK HILL, WV (WOAY) - It's out of the car, off the bus and into school as Fayette County students return to the classroom...
An annual nature festival offers various weekend activities to get out...
FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WOAY) - This year's annual Wild Weekend in Fayetteville gave guests at the Fayetteville Visitor Center and the town, itself, a whole...
