Manchin will oppose Trump mine safety nominee
By Ken Ward Jr. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said today that he will oppose President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. In a statement,...
View ArticlePolice locate vehicle of woman found dead in river last week
By Staff reports Charleston police have located the vehicle of a woman who was found dead in the Kanawha River last week. Investigators were searching for the black Ford Focus that last was driven by...
View ArticleMedicare stops payments for care at Sharpe Hospital in Weston
By Phil Kabler Medicare won't pay for patients at one of West Virginia's two state-run psychiatric hospitals as of Thursday, according to a termination notice from the federal Department of Health and...
View ArticleHighland Hospital sale becomes final
By Erin Beck A Tennessee-based company has bought Highland Hospital and plans to increase drug treatment services. Meridian Behavioral Health Systems, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based for-profit company,...
View ArticleWV American settles with insurance company in water crisis case
By Ken Ward Jr. West Virginia American Water Co. has reached a deal with one of its insurance carriers, a move that provides the water company an additional $22 million to cover the payments it has...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories: Sept. 28, 2017
West Virginia American Water has issued a boil-water advisory for customers on Pinnacle Drive from Box 11 to Box 50. Timberline Place, Pinnacle Woods Drive and Valley View Drive in Charleston. The...
View ArticleMan accused of breaking into plane at Yeager not competent for trial
By Lacie Pierson A Charleston man who allegedly broke into an airplane at Yeager Airport "just to see" how it felt isn't competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Daylen Wayne Brightwell, 21,...
View ArticleFlags to fly at half-staff for late Delegate Tony Lewis
By Staff report Flags around the state Capitol and in Preston and Tucker counties will fly at half-staff Thursday from dawn to dusk in remembrance of the late Delegate Tony Lewis. Lewis, 59, died...
View ArticleNo Capital High rooms left closed due to mold
By Ryan Quinn No Capital High rooms remain closed due to mold, carbon dioxide or air quality issues as of Wednesday, according to the Kanawha County public school system's communications director....
View ArticleCity officials refuse to meet with West Side groups
By Lori Kersey Charleston city officials say they won't hold public meetings about the progress of a 2008 plan to improve the city's West Side, despite a request from some of the city's black leaders...
View ArticleHigher ed, state officials unveil report to 'move WV forward'
By Jake Jarvis Industrial energy costs have steadily risen in recent years in West Virginia, a trend which potentially threatens the state's efforts to rebrand itself as a business-friendly state....
View ArticleGrievance of Huntington teacher who wrote anti-Muslim tweets denied
By Lacie Pierson An administrative law judge with the West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board has denied a grievance filed by a former Cabell County Schools teacher whose racist and anti-Muslim...
View ArticleWV firefighters gather for first Fall Training Summit
By Giuseppe Sabella Firefighters from every corner of West Virginia gathered in Charleston for a lengthy training event that ended on Wednesday. It was the first Fall Training Summit, an event by the...
View ArticleHino Motors announces plan to move, expand in WV
By Carlee Lammers By Carlee LammersStaff writerHino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. will invest $100 million into expanding its manufacturing and assembly operations in West Virginia. In a news conference...
View ArticleScholarship fund in Myers' name to be announced at WVSU event Friday
By Douglas Imbrogno Lydia McLeod attended West Virginia State College in Institute at the same time as Cabin Creek native Lou Myers. She did not know him well, but characterized him as "a regular guy...
View ArticlePanel discusses opioid crisis in WV
By Jake Zuckerman A panel of experts and recovering addicts offered their takes Wednesday on where West Virginia is amid the national opioid epidemic and where it might be going. In a forum hosted...
View ArticlePlayboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner dies at LA home
By By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 28, 2017
The YMCA Montgomery is hosting a free "Splash Party" to celebrate the opening of the facility from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the YMCA Baisi Center, Montgomery. The event is free to attend. The...
View ArticleEmail suggests offer to trade legislation for WV road bond support
By Jake Zuckerman An internal email from the West Virginia Municipal League appears to detail a trade between the association and Gov. Jim Justice - the municipalities' support for the road bond...
View ArticleInstructor steals federal body armor in West Virginia case
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A 30-year-old Virginia man has admitted to stealing government property as a contractor at a federal facility in West Virginia. Federal prosecutors say...
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