Deputies looking for man allegedly using stolen credit card
Deputies are asking the public's help in locating a man believed to be using a stolen credit card in the Cross Lanes area.The victim made a purchase Sept 2 at Go-Mart on Goff Mountain Road but...
View ArticleLogging company fined for workplace violations
Logging company faces fines for violationsA logging company that operates a facility in Elkview has been fined $42,000 for exposing its employees to the possibility of "severe lacerations and...
View ArticleWVU student's text led to Roane lockdown
By Jake Jarvis All six schools in Roane County were put on lockdown for nearly two hours earlier this month, after a West Virginia University student sent a text message to an elementary school...
View ArticleDelegate Bob Ashley picked to fill W.Va. Senate vacancy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Delegate Bob Ashley has been appointed to fill the 3rd District state Senate seat vacated by David Nohe.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Ashley's appointment Tuesday.Ashley, a...
View ArticlePulitzer winner visits UC next week
By Staff reports A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author and Huntington native will speak at the University of Charleston next week.Julia Keller will speak at the monthly UC Builders Luncheon on...
View ArticleLifeline program offers qualifying residents home phone discounts
By Staff reports The Public Service Commission wants low-income families and elderly West Virginians to know about discounts for home telephone services that are offered through the federal Lifeline...
View ArticlePutnam school custodian killed in car wreck
By Staff reports A Putnam County custodian died in a car accident Monday, the school district's spokeswoman confirmed.Mike Arnold died in an accident on U.S. 60 in Hurricane near Lakeside Elementary,...
View ArticleFormer Trivillian's owner sentenced to one year, one day in federal prison
By Joel Ebert The former owner and lead pharmacist of Trivillian's Pharmacy was sentenced Tuesday to just over a year in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge John Copenhaver ordered Paula...
View ArticleDHHR says new child psychiatric facility is necessary
By David Gutman A new proposed psychiatric treatment facility in Logan County will allow kids currently being treated out of state to come back to West Virginia, and hopefully, transition out of...
View ArticleTwo more assistants to leave Kanawha prosecutor's office
By Kate White Two more assistant Kanawha County prosecutors are leaving the office, Prosecuting Attorney Charles Miller said Tuesday. John Hardison notified Miller on Tuesday he was going into private...
View ArticleDrug bill goes before Charleston council committee
By Rachel Molenda A city committee will consider a bill regulating the sale of drug paraphernalia, as well as permitting a needle exchange within Charleston."The only thing the city code is doing is...
View ArticleNew Boy Scout center to triple current facility's size
By Rick Steelhammer The Charleston area's new $3.7 million, 13,000-square-foot Buckskin Council Boy Scout leadership center will be named in honor of a philanthropist recognized as "West Virginia's...
View ArticleCoalition argues for tax changes 'that work'
By Phil Kabler Offering a counterpoint to the ongoing meetings of the legislative Joint Committee on Tax Reform, a coalition of education, faith, labor and community-based organizations called on...
View ArticleKanawha school board to vote on sexual orientation policy
By Ryan Quinn After dropping the issue amid backlash in 2009, the Kanawha County school board is set to vote Thursday on adding specific protections regarding sexual orientation to its cultural...
View ArticleWest Virginia's reliance on 'sin taxes' questioned
By Phil Kabler West Virginia ranks third in the United States in the percentage of state revenue that comes from so-called "sin taxes," lawmakers considering ways to revamp the state's tax system were...
View ArticleCat stranded in tree rescued Tuesday
By Erin Beck Sylvester the house cat was saved on Tuesday, after spending 12 days up a tree by his home near Loudendale.Clifton Moss, owner of Moss Tree Service, found out about Sylvester from his...
View ArticleSummit seeks to find solutions to child poverty in W.Va.
By David Gutman Lacrisha Rose's husband leaves their Cabin Creek home every day around 3:30 p.m., just when their two sons are getting home from school. He drives an hour to his shift at Alpha Natural...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity CEO visits West Virginia, talks housing
By Lydia Nuzum "So what do you think?" Standing in the donation drop-off center of Charleston's Habitat for Humanity ReStore, cashier Elizabeth Brunelli waited for Jonathan Reckford's answer. He'd...
View ArticleKRT routes changing
By Staff reports The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority will be changing routes starting Oct. 11, according to a news release.The route changes, along with the recent change to a flat...
View ArticleDemolition struggles dominate discussion in Nitro
By By Ashley Carnell For the Gazette-Mail Struggles accompanying the demolition of selected houses in Nitro dominated the discussion during the City Council meeting Tuesday. Mayor Dave Casebolt said...
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