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October 1, 2025 14 mins
Today on MetroNews This Morning: 
--The federal government is partially shutdown this morning 
--Two people are dead and three hurt in a fire in Jefferson County
--A Putnam County plant is looking for additional workers fast as demand grows for their product 
--In Sports: Football coaches address the media and the MLB Wildcard Games are underway 
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is Metro News this Morning, bringing you this morning's
biggest news headlines from across the state.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
It is Wednesday, October first, twenty twenty five. Good morning,
I'm Chris Lauren sand It's time to get the days
started in West Virginia with all you're gonna need to
know this morning. First, the forecast. Look for a little
valley fog here and there to start at the day
in parts of the state, but that's gonna give a
way to warm sunshine and temperature stopping out in the
eighties later today. And that's pretty much the forecast for
the week. We'll run that down for you coming up

(00:31):
in just a moment. Right now, though, let's check news
from across the state at the Metro News anchored ask
this morning is Jeff Jenkins.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
Good morning, Jeff, Good morning, Chris. Thank you. There's a
partial shutdown of the federal government after Congress failed to
reach a funding agreement. In most cases, only essential services
are operating. Many other things are closed. Your Senator Shelley
mar Kapito says this is needless think.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
Its is an enormous dissurface to so many people, veterans, troops, otherwise,
people who need services here in West Virginia.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
Capito and fellow US Center Jim Justice both voted again
last night in favor of a continuing resolution to fund
the government into next month. Capital says that would have
given the Senate time to pass more funding bills.

Speaker 4 (01:11):
We've passed three appropriations bills. It's not twelve, but it's three.
So that's three more than we passed last year. So
that gives a certainty of the funding, prioritization of funding,
and where people in West Virginia can see what the
impacts of the funding for the next fiscal year could
be and should be.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
Justice says, quote, it is time for Democrats to stop
the games and work with us to reopen the government.
There are some federal employees working without pay, although existing
law does include back pay. You can read more on
the impact of the shutdown here in West Virginia at
wv metronews dot com. A man and a woman are
dead after a fire in Jefferson County. The blaze occurred
near Harper's Ferry Tuesday morning. State Police troopers say there

(01:50):
were five adults in that home. Of woman and her
two adult children got out and they're hospitalized. The bodies
of An adult man and woman were found inside the
burned house. They've not been identified. Their body sent to
the State Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy. No word
yet on what started the blaze. There were firefighters on
the scene for several hours from West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland.

(02:12):
An electric manufacturer in Putnam County is ready to hire.

Speaker 5 (02:15):
Invent Electric, which is located at the Industrial Park in Eleanor,
says they want to hire one hundred new workers by
mid January. Invent contributes to powering data centers, which is
becoming the popular method of producing energy in America and
across the world. The company develops large buildings that can
be shipped across the nation. The buildings serve as an
alternate power source for the data center.

Speaker 6 (02:35):
If the power goes down to the data center, these
things will tick on. They run the battery for a
while and then they will turn in. They will connect
to generators, so they ensure that they're the key component
to make sure that a data center's power never goes down.

Speaker 5 (02:47):
That was site controller of the Invent facility, Andrew Metz.
The company will be holding a job fair tomorrow from
three to six pm. And met says they'll make offers
right there if they meet qualified individuals. I'm Aaron Parker
for WV.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
Metro Tourism in West Virginia's top the nine billion dollar
economic impact level. The numbers discussed that this week's annual
Governor's Conference on Tourism being held this year in Morgantown.
State Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby says the olds, mixing with
the new in an impressive.

Speaker 7 (03:14):
Way, got the tried and true. We've got the new
River Gorge, We've got Harper's Ferry, Blackwater Fallows. But we
also have all kinds of new things. So we've got
a new mountain coaster in Mercer County. We've got a
bungee jumping place in Harper's Ferry. We've got all kinds
of new fairs and festivals. It's those experiences.

Speaker 3 (03:30):
Governor Patrick Morrisey spoke to those attending the conference on Tuesday.
The State Board of Education will have its regular monthly
meeting today as the board continues in a legal dispute
with the governor over school entry vaccination requirements. Morrisey's signed
an executive order earlier this year alying for religious exemptions.
Parents have challenged both existing law and the executive order
in court Metro, a new state wide course by A

(03:52):
Brad maclachaney says, someone a high profile Raleigh County case
to go to the Supreme Court on a certified question.
He says the Raleig County Square Board is waited.

Speaker 8 (04:00):
In Lawyers for the Raleigh County School Board agree that
certifying a question is efficient, but they disagree on the
specific phrasing.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Brad writes more this morning at wv metronews dot com.
State Board of Education meets at nine this morning. There
will be public meetings this month in Barbara County on
a proposed school consolidation plan. School Superintendent At Evincent is
proposing closing the county's middle schools, sending the students to
Philip Barbara High School, along with closing Junior and or
along with combining Junior and Belington Elementaries. Vincent says, unfortunately,

(04:33):
there's more than enough room in the high school building
for the middle school kids at up.

Speaker 8 (04:36):
Buildings built for twelve hundred kids, and it's so we're
not We're using about thirty eight percent of the building
and that's very typical of all of our buildings right now.
Or you know, not just our student enrollment, but our
the general population in Barbara County has declined.

Speaker 3 (04:49):
Barbara County joins a long list of county school districts
in West Virginia that are closing schools because of reduced
student population. At Cappoll County, teacher is the winner of
a national teaching price. Hugh Roberts, who teaches carpentry at
Capo County Career Technology Center, is one of five grand
prize winners of the twenty twenty five Harbor Freight Tools
for Schools Price for Teaching Excellence. Roberts got a one

(05:11):
hundred thousand dollars check in a Tuesday ceremony. The Career
and Technical Center received seventy thousand dollars and he gets
thirty thousand dollars. Today is October first, the beginning of
fall outdoor burning regulations in West Virginia beginning today through
the end of the year. Outdoor burning is only allowed
from five pm to seven am. Now, there's no significant
rain in the forecast for West Virginia. Expected to get

(05:33):
into the low eighties in many areas today.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
All right, thank you, Jeff, coming up in our background,
are you as Senator Shelley Moore Capito on talk line
talking about the government's shutdown. We'll hear what she had
to say, and then Daniel Woods says check on sports,
all still ahead, Stay with us.

Speaker 1 (05:49):
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Speaker 2 (06:03):
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Speaker 8 (06:05):
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Speaker 6 (06:10):
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Speaker 1 (06:15):
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Speaker 9 (06:21):
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Speaker 1 (06:24):
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Speaker 7 (06:26):
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Speaker 4 (06:31):
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Speaker 1 (06:34):
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Speaker 2 (06:50):
Daniel Woods will join us in a moment with a
check on sports. But right now on our background are
US sentator Shelley Moore. Capito appeared on Metro News talk
Line talk about the government shutdown, says as hinders progress.

Speaker 4 (07:02):
I think this shutdown just stalls everything out. And gosh,
I don't blame you for being sick of it. I'm
sick of it. I say every single time, it's a
misery march. It's a march to nowhere. It's once you
close the government, what do you have to do reopen it?
I mean, that's just how do you do that? And
so you know, I went through today in my areas

(07:24):
of responsibility, what things are going to be shut down?
I mean probably to at least half the federal workforce
is going to be furloughed starting at midnight tonight, which
disrupts services in all kinds of areas well. I think
I said it's around three hundred and sixty billion over
ten years but let's that's only part of what the
ask is here from the Democrats. They're asking for an

(07:46):
additional on top of that trillion dollars of spending. They
want us to undo the big beautiful bill. They want
us to make sure that healthcare goes to people that
it's not intended for aside from these ACA premiums. So
you know, if maybe the only thing we were dealing
with were the ACA premiums, you know, that would be

(08:07):
a different story. We're talking about another trillion dollars on
top of this that's just unsustainable. And I think it's
a big ask because they know they know it won't
it won't be accepted, and they just want to play
the political game, which they're doing us.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
Senator Shelley Moore Capitou. Now to the sports desk. Daniel
Woods is in, and Daniel, the wild Card is underway,
and well, the Reds are down to the do or
die territory tonight.

Speaker 1 (08:39):
That's right, Chris.

Speaker 9 (08:40):
Four games yesterday in the Wildcard Series from Major League Baseball,
starting with that Red's game last one of the day yesterday,
the Los Angeles Dodgers taking Game one ten to five.
Dodgers hit five home runs with two apiece from Shoheo
Tani and Taoscar Hernandez. Also in the National League, the
Chicago Cubs scored three unanswered runs to beat the San
Diego po Andres three to one. Saya Suzuki and Carson

(09:02):
Kelly with back to back home runs in the fifth
inning that gave the Cubs the lead for good. In
the American League, a dominant performance from Tarik Scooble in
Game one between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians. He
struck out fourteen over seven to two thirds innings in
the tigers two to one win, and the Boston Red
Sox came from behind to beat the New York Yankees,
scoring two in the seventh and a third in the
ninth to win three to one. Garrett Crochet went seven

(09:25):
to two thirds, struck out eleven, and Eraldus Chapman worked
out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth inning
to earn the save. Postseason baseball continues this afternoon with
Detroit and Cleveland at one o'clock, additional games following at three, six,
and nine. In that one o'clock game, Hedgesville High School
alum Chase de Latter could make his major league debut
after being added to the playoff roster for Cleveland. He

(09:47):
battled injuries most of the season, but did reach Triple
A before breaking a bone in his wrist in July.
The latter hit two seventy eight with five home runs
in twenty one RBI in thirty four games for Triple
A Columbus, but hasn't appeared in a live game more
than two months. The WVU football team is on to
BYU after Saturday's blowout loss against Utah. Head coach Rich
Rodriguez says they need to learn and then move on.

Speaker 6 (10:09):
Last game is over, try to get better from and
learn from what we did in our last game, which
wasn't good, and get ready to play a top twenty
five team on the road.

Speaker 9 (10:17):
The Mountaineers kickoff this Friday night at ten thirty against
the Cougars. The Week five edition of the wv SSAC
playoff ratings is here. Is one of two unbeaten teams
in Class Quad A, Morgantown has the top spot, followed
closely by George Washington. In TRIPA A, Bridgeport is in
the pole position again and Independence is number one in
Double A despite being four and one Wheeling Central Catholic

(10:37):
is ahead of undefeated Muhamma in Class A, holding the
number one spot in that class this week. You can
find the full ratings at wv metro News dot com.
And the West Virginia men's soccer team is moving up again,
now ranked number eight in the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
The Mountaineers drew number seven high point last week and
one on the road at UCF number six. Georgia Southern
up next for the Mountaineers Saturday. It's the first ranked

(11:00):
conference opponent for Dan Stratford's team this season. Marshall falls
out of the top ten top twenty after losing to
Georgia Southern, down to number twenty two. That's still the
only loss of the season for the Herd.

Speaker 2 (11:11):
Hi you Daniel tonight, get caught up well what's been
happening in high school athletics across West Virginia. It's the
Metro News High School Sports Line. They'll be on the
air from seven until nine tonight. You can catch them
live on the radio throughout the state or the live
stream at Wbmetronews dot com. Now the commentary of the
day brought to you by Metro News Talk Line co
host t Jymeadows Chris.

Speaker 10 (11:32):
Some folks say I preach when it comes to America's
fiscal mess. They're right, but let's be honest. Fiscal prudence
has completely vanished in Washington. You don't wake up with
a thirty seven trillion dollar debt by accident. That takes
decades of reckless choices by Republicans and Democrats alike. But

(11:53):
it isn't just Congress. We the American people are living
beyond our means too. Household dead topped one hundred eighteen
trillion by mid twenty twenty five. The average family carried
more than one hundred five thousand dollars in debt last year,
a thirteen percent jump since twenty twenty. The average credit
card balance is over sixty three hundred dollars, and we

(12:15):
haven't even touched on retirement savings or emergency funds. Spoiler alert.
Most of us are unprepared now layer that reality onto
Washington's brinksmanship. Republicans blame Democrats, calling it the quote Schumer shutdown.
Democrats say they're protecting healthcare. Both sides point fingers, and
both sides are guilty. If God went searching for just

(12:38):
ten fiscally responsible members of Congress. Like he once searched
for ten righteous men in Sodom, he'd struggle to find them.
And here's the connection that stings. If we don't practice
discipline in our own homes, how can we expect it
from Capitol Hill. Congress hasn't passed all twelve appropriations bills
on time since nineteen ninety six. That's twenty nine years

(13:01):
of failure, and we've let them slide. Think about your
own job. Would your boss let you ignore your most
basic duty for nearly three decades? Of course not Yet,
we keep re electing the same people over and over.
Congress fears only political death, not getting reelected, and as
long as voters look the other way, they feel safe

(13:23):
keeping the status quo. There's no incentives change. So yes,
shame on Congress, but shame on us too. Until we
demand real accountability, nothing will change. The deck grows, the
shutdown threats continue, and America sinks further into the pits.
Is this the moment we finally say enough? Sadly? I

(13:45):
doubt it.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
Chris, thank you, TJ, and It'll be back at ten
oh six this morning on Metro News talk Line along
with co host Dave Wilson. Now the West Virginia weather
for the day. Get ready for some beautiful autumn weather.
High pressure going to bring plenty of sunshine and dry
conditions for the next seven Expect warm afternoons with temperatures
in the upper seventies to lower eighties, followed by cool
and crisp nights lows in the fifties for the lower elevations.

(14:08):
Biggest impact going to be some patchy fog in the
valley areas during the early morning hours. There could be
some it could be dense fog in spots, and some
of the coldest mountain valleys might see a little patchy
frost on Thursday and Friday morning. Otherwise, quiet and pleasant
right into the upcoming weekend. And now you are up
to date, have yourself a great day for TJ Metas,

(14:30):
Daniel Woods and Jeff Jenkins. I'm Chris Lawrence and this
is Metro News for forty years, the voice of West Virginia.

Speaker 1 (14:37):
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