Kristen Bentley
Assistant News Director
Huntington, West Virginia
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Kristen joined the WSAZ team in 2010. She started as an intern and has worked in several roles since that time - including photographer, producer and managing editor. Kristen is a graduate of Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
When she’s not working, Kristen enjoys spending time with her husband Ryan and their three children. Feel free to reach out with any and all story ideas!
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West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston has awarded projects involving hundreds of thousands of state and federal dollars to the consulting firm that employs his son.
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Deputies say they found the boy in the road when they arrived on scene.
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This comes more than 16 months after WSAZ submitted a FOIA request for the termination letter of former WVDHHR Deputy Secretary Jeremiah Samples.
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The Charleston Police Department and West Virginia State Police are investigating complaints involving former Charleston Police Chief Tyke Hunt.
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Those issues include -- the now head of the agency -- awarding projects with hundreds of thousands of state and federal dollars to the company where his son works.
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A possible suspect was in a black Nissan sedan, according to police.
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"There is a lot of slips, not just the holes, but there is a lot of slips like you see on the edges. It's slipping away pretty bad," said John Kelley.
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In 2017, West Virginia American Water added a surcharge to customer bills for infrastructure improvements.
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In January of 2022, WSAZ began reporting about a man with dementia who was taken to a hospital but was able to walk away and died. Now, a local school has taken WSAZ’s coverage and used it as a teaching tool in the classroom.
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We have been reporting about a number of notices sent to the state on behalf of women intending to file suit over the camera system.
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WSAZ confirmed Thursday that the state has now been sent notice of another forthcoming lawsuit -- this one on behalf of three minors.
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According to one of the suits, state police “intentionally and surreptitiously recorded nude and/or partially nude females in the women’s locker room and/or bathroom facility at the WVSP training academy.”
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NC3's Curtis Johnson asked about the allegations, specifically a hidden camera system in a women's locker room.
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The five-page letter details accusations including a hidden camera system that was placed in the women’s locker room at the West Virginia State Police training academy.
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Work on the estimated $12 million project will stretch from Marshall Avenue to Athens Avenue and involve multiple construction contracts through several years.
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Imagine every time it rains your home becomes surrounded by high water. For half a century, that has been the reality for much of one community in our region.
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According to the study, the North Charleston area has one of the highest cancer risks from ethylene oxide emissions in the country.
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Athletic Director Christian Spears confirms Offensive Line Coach Eddy Morrissey has left the team.
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Cabell County Sheriff Chuck Zerkle, Chief Deputy Doug Adams, and Circuit Judge Paul Ferrell, who presided over the ceremony, were among those present to recognize the officers.
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For months, WSAZ has been trying to figure out how a man with documented dementia was able to walk away from a hospital and die. Now, we have answers.
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When a high-ranking state official was fired from the WVDHHR, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out why.
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Thursday, Vice President Harris spoke with WSAZ’s Amanda Barren about this new chapter in US politics as well as the Biden administration’s sweeping, controversial executive actions to cut emissions to fight global warming, coal jobs, the national rescue plan and COVID-19 vaccinations.
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