Nominations sought for 'Living The Dream' awards
Commission seeks nominations for awardThe Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission seeks nominations of people and organizations for the 2016 "Living the Dream" awards.Nomination categories for...
View ArticleGreenbrier County tire collection set for Saturday
Greenbrier sets tire collection for SaturdayThe West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan program is hosting a local tire collection to rid...
View ArticleReunions: Sept. 16, 2015
11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Quick Community Center in Quick. The reunion is for those who rode the train to school from Hitop, and all the communities down Blue Creek to either Quick Junior...
View ArticleNo charges against Muslim teen after clock mistaken for bomb
By By DAVID WARREN Associated Press IRVING, Texas (AP) - A Muslim teenager detained by police after a teacher at his North Texas high school decided that a homemade clock he proudly brought to class...
View ArticleMurray to pay $3.3m to resolve violations at ex-CONSOL mines
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Murray Energy has agreed to pay more than $3 million to resolve safety violations at five coal mines in northern West Virginia that occurred under previous owner CONSOL Energy...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 17, 2015
SCHS parade/pep rallyThe South Charleston High Homecoming Parade will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday on D Street in South Charleston. A pep rally will follow at the Mound. Senior danceSouth Charleston...
View ArticleWest Virginia groups receive labor grants
By Staff reports Two West Virginia organizations have received more than $2 million combined from the U.S. Department of Labor. Both the Southern Appalachian Labor School in Kincaid and the Human...
View ArticleAG says last of Dirty Girl refunds are coming
By Staff reports The remaining people who signed up for the canceled 2014 Charleston Dirty Girl Mud Run and did not get their money back will be receiving refunds, according to a news release from...
View ArticleSobriety checkpoint
State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on from 7 p.m. today through 1 a.m. Friday on W.Va. 34 in front of Chapman Funeral Home in Hurricane. An alternate checkpoint site has been designated...
View ArticleBoone County school consolidations loom, superintendent says
By Samuel Speciale Because of millions in lost property tax revenue and declining enrollment, Boone County officials are considering consolidating several of the county's smaller schools.Amid rumors...
View ArticleWest Virginia's uninsured falls below 10 percent
By Lydia Nuzum Nearly 100,000 West Virginians gained health insurance between 2013 and 2014, one of the largest drops of uninsured residents in the country, according to new information from the U.S....
View ArticleBoone ambulance director's $103K personal loan violated ethics act
By Eric Eyre The state Ethics Commission has advised Boone County ambulance director Randy Lengyel that he shouldn't have solicited and accepted a $103,000 personal loan from his agency's board.The...
View ArticleFormer secretary accuses Logan County ex-judge of assault, harassment
By Kate White The secretary for a former Logan County family court judge has accused him of sexually assaulting her, two months after the judge resigned and agreed never again to seek judicial office...
View ArticleMercer judge selected for US Magistrate position
By Joel Ebert A Mercer County judge has been selected to replace retiring U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Clarke VanDervort, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Mercer County Circuit Court Judge...
View ArticleMason residents pleased with Lakin decision, unhappy about prison expansion plan
By Rick Steelhammer Neighbors of the Army National Guard armory in Mason County have launched a petition drive to halt plans to re-use a portion of the facility as a satellite branch of the nearby...
View ArticlePolice, Insurance Commissioner agents descend on Putnam funeral home
By Joel Ebert Agents from the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner and the State Police descended on a Poca-based funeral home Wednesday afternoon. At around 2:30 p.m. several agents...
View ArticleKroger hires veterans, looking for more applicants
Kroger has hired 50 veterans and their family members in six states as part of a larger effort to employ military service members and their families. The Cincinnati-based grocery chain announced...
View ArticleKRT making changes to bus routes
The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority is changing "a majority" of bus routes beginning Oct. 11, according to a news release from KRT. "These route changes coupled with their new fast...
View ArticleCapito opens office in Morgantown
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has opened a new office in Morgantown.The new office will be located in Suite 504 at 48 Donley St. in Morgantown."Our Morgantown office establishes yet another location for...
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