West Virginia State students excavate Tams coal town
By By Daniel Tyson The Register-Herald INSTITUTE, W.Va. - Over the summer, several students from West Virginia State University spent hours in the hot sun, chilly rain and soggy field trying to...
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Humane associationThe Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Panera Bread, Charleston Town Center. For information, call 304-342-1576.Dunbar Housing AuthorityThe...
View ArticlePutnam Circuit Clerk employees appeal grievance denial
By Laura Haight Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk employees and custodial staff are continuing their fight for higher wages. Circuit Court Clerk employees first filed a grievance in August, but were...
View ArticlePhotos: Car enthusiasts brave snow to see Auto Show
Lucas Blankenship, of Ripley, sits in the driver's seat of a purple Dodge Challenger at the annual West Virginia International Auto Show Sunday at the Charleston Civic Center. In Friday and Saturday's...
View ArticleInnerviews: Old-time fiddler found his muse in West Virginia
By Sandy Wells He hitchhiked around the country. He lived in a cabin in Maine. A quest for warmer weather lured him to West Virginia. A back-to-the-lander from Pennsylvania, he found his sweet space...
View ArticleMoundsville officials ban ATVs from city streets
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. -Moundsville officials are tackling a countywide issue involving all-terrain vehicles with a new city ordinance.Moundsville police Lt. Steve Kosek said the ordinance took effect...
View ArticleManchin: Legislation stresses states in coal ash disposal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Sen. Joe Manchin says legislation he's introducing would create an enforceable program for states to oversee the disposal of coal ash.The West Virginia Democrat has introduced the...
View ArticleSchool's out in 53 of West Virginia's 55 counties
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Schoolchildren are getting another day off from classes across West Virginia.Public schools are closed in 53 of West Virginia's 55 counties on Monday.The exceptions are in the...
View ArticleDelays likely in South Charleston as interstate exits cleared
Drivers should expect delays near the on- and off-ramps of Interstate 64 at MacCorkle Avenue in South Charleston. Because of vehicle crashes on the Interstate near the Dunbar-South Charleston Bridge,...
View ArticleWV keeps digging out; flea market roof collapses
By Elaina Sauber Laura HaightLaura Haight The snow from last weekend's winter storm might have stopped Saturday, but West Virginia residents are likely to feel the effects for a while.As of Monday...
View ArticleBeckley Water lifts boil-water advisory
Beckley Water Company has lifted a boil-water advisory for customers on Hart Street in Beckley.
View ArticleMost Tent City residents sheltered, but not secure
By Erin Beck The majority of Tent City residents, if not all, were able to stay warm over the weekend.About 11 of them stayed at the Motel 6 in Kanawha City, thanks to donations, according to Stacy...
View ArticleMorrisey will not appeal Buffey case
By David Gutman State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will not file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of a Clarksburg man who has been in prison for 14 years because prosecutors...
View ArticleSnow accumulation brings moment of fame to Shepherdstown man
By Rick Steelhammer On Sunday, Shepherdstown resident Karl Hafer Jr. retweeted a BBC Weather story about his hometown officially recording the most snow accumulation from this weekend's winter storm,...
View ArticleDeputies searching for car-jacking suspect
By Staff reports A man car-jacked two vehicles in Kanawha County on Sunday, deputies say. The man stole a car in Putnam County, then drove into Kanawha County in the stolen vehicle and car-jacked a...
View ArticleWV lawmakers seek to ease home-school regulations
By Eric Eyre For the second consecutive year, state lawmakers are seeking to ease restrictions on home-school students in West Virginia.One bill (HB 4175) would remove the requirement that home-school...
View ArticleStagnant salaries, benefit cuts would be 'perfect storm' for teachers
By Phil Kabler A combination of no salary increases and $120 million in health insurance benefits cuts would create a "perfect storm" for teachers in West Virginia, the state superintendent of schools...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds MSHA dust rule
By Ken Ward Jr. A federal appeals court has rejected coal industry challenges to a landmark Obama administration rule aimed at reducing miners' exposure to coal dust that causes deadly black lung...
View ArticleHouse OKs lawyer hiring, fee bill
By Staff reports The state House of Delegates passed legislation Monday that restricts fees to outside lawyers hired by the Attorney General's Office and prohibits those lawyers from contributing to...
View ArticleSCHS students again win robot competition on space station
By Ryan Quinn Seeing the robot he programmed compete live in no gravity against robots from other states and countries onboard the International Space Station seems exciting, but the competition began...
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