Soon after West Virginia Media bought the station, it launched a news department. News broadcasts at 5 a.m., 6 a.m., noon, 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. are anchored and produced from the primary WVNS studios located in Ghent. The station also takes advantage of the statewide network to share news content from sister stations WOWK (for state government coverage and Marshall University sports) and WBOY (for West Virginia University sports). Nexstar Media Group produces a half-hour evening newscast that airs at 5:30 p.m. The newscast, titled "West Virginia Tonight", is broadcast live from the Charleston studios in high definition on all of Nexstar's West Virginia stations. Every night at 10, WVNS-DT2 offers a live, hour-long, 10 o'clock newscast known as "Fox 59 News" anchored by Riley Phillips. Weekday mornings at 7, there is a rebroadcast of the second hour of the main channel's weekday morning show.