About one-third of West Virginia's 55 counties have less than two-thirds of an addressing and mapping project completed as the deadline for state funding draws closer.

Schools in West Virginia now know if they passed the Average Yearly Progress, and some near the Valley didn't. In Pendleton County, three of four schools passed.

Gas industry officials met Thursday with more than 60 local landowners whose property in this gas-rich section of Pendleton County, W.Va., is being eyed by gas companies for potential drilling operations.