Earlier this year, lawmakers formed a task force to study the issue.

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.

WSAZ Investigates | False Security looks at a utility's reasons for wanting its hydrant maintenance policy to stay confidential.

“I have had a lot of phone calls from bus drivers and truck drivers. They are seriously worried about these bridges and how safe they really are,” said Jan Hite King.

Four districts have installed or are in the process of installing facial recognition technology.

A man behind bars for five years without trial -- its just one example of a worsening situation with criminal cases dragging for years in Cabell County.

Those high scores that have a lot of people talking about just when to say when.

As of Tuesday morning, there was still no response from more than 100 water districts -- more than 35 percent of districts statewide.

A Putnam County utility is serving notice on residents who block access to its fire hydrants, the direct result of an ongoing WSAZ investigation into the challenges firefighters face with hydrants.

More than 100 water districts -- 35% statewide -- missed a deadline to turn over hydrant records to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.

This comes more than 16 months after WSAZ submitted a FOIA request for the termination letter of former WVDHHR Deputy Secretary Jeremiah Samples.

WSAZ’s original investigation prompted West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to call for action.

WSAZ’s Adriana Doria sat down Monday with David Price, the new head of the WVSSAC, to find out more about the violations.

Crews were also patching the hole in the bridge.

More than a week after half of West Virginia’s water districts failed to comply with a state investigation, the state’s Public Service Commission is now threatening punishment for those that do not respond by Aug. 25.

"To be frank about it, nobody should have to go to these efforts to get any kind of bridges repaired,"

“The roads to Barboursville are great, and then once you get past, the roads are completely forgotten."

The West Virginia Public Service Commission had ordered the state’s 301 regulated water utilities to comply with an investigative order for information about hydrant maintenance and testing.

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.

Wednesday, the Groves finally had service returned to their home after 12 nights without landline Frontier service.

The incident is under investigation by the city's Use of Force Board.