WV seeks to close pain clinic loopholes, track cash payments
By Eric Eyre State lawmakers are seeking to crack down on rogue pain-pill clinics by adding reporting requirements and closing loopholes the clinics use to skirt state laws.For the first time, the...
View ArticleRights at center of debate on religious freedom bill
By Erin Beck About 60 people turned out to speak at a public hearing Thursday morning on a bill that would allow businesses, individuals and others in West Virginia to argue that civil rights laws...
View ArticleKanawha health agency explores response to budget cuts
By Lydia Nuzum The Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health discussed ways its health department could address the severe budget cuts facing local health during its regular meeting Thursday.Gov. Earl Ray...
View ArticleKanawha commissioners enact self-imposed spending moratorium
By Daniel Desrochers The Kanawha County Commission enacted a self-imposed moratorium on all community and recreational projects at their meeting Thursday. The moratorium is part of a budget plan put...
View ArticleFreedom's Herzing hopes to avoid jail time
By Ken Ward Jr. One of the former owners of Freedom Industries is hoping federal prosecutors will help him avoid any jail time, despite his having admitted to a water pollution crime that carries a...
View Article'Night to Shine' offers prom experience for teens who have special needs
By Laura Haight SCOTT DEPOT - A local church is hoping to make a night to remember by giving a group of young adults the royal treatment. Church at The Depot is hosting "Night to Shine," a prom at...
View ArticleMount Hope areas under boil-water advisories
Mount Hope Water has issued a boil-water advisory for customers on Doboy Hill, South Fed Street and Lincoln Street -- including Mount Hope Elementary. The advisory follows a water main break.Customers...
View ArticleAll-female drug rehab facility to open in Raleigh County
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Construction is underway for an all-female drug rehabilitation facility in Raleigh County.WVVA-TV reports Leon Brush and his wife, Donita Brush, decided to create The Sparrow's...
View ArticleFreedom's Reynolds gets probation in spill case
By Ken Ward Jr. The former environmental manager of Freedom Industries was sentenced Monday to three years probation and a $10,000 fine - but no prison time - for his role in the January 2014 chemical...
View ArticleMarshall president wants improved enrollment, pay raises for employees
By Samuel Speciale On a quest to improve the way Marshall University is marketed, President Jerome Gilbert wants to give pay raises to faculty and staff and enroll 2,000 more students by 2020.During a...
View ArticleWV American Water customer surcharge request still pending
By Andrew Brown West Virginia American Water's hope of receiving a customer surcharge for water main replacements and other infrastructure improvements as part of its ongoing rate case may have hit a...
View ArticleBig Brothers, Big Sisters requesting more mentors, business collaboration
By Ryan Quinn One out of every four children live in poverty in the state of West Virginia, which has been working to bring down its juvenile incarceration rate. Meanwhile, half of the state's working...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Feb. 2, 2016
The Kanawha Valley WVU Fan Club will meet 7 p.m. Thursday at Harding's Restaurant off Interstate 79, Exit 1 to hear Assistant Director of Football Operations Quincy Wilson discuss the team's new class...
View ArticleHouse rejects Democrats' proposal to fund PEIA
By Eric Eyre The Republican majority in the West Virginia House of Delegates rebuffed a Democrat-led proposal Monday to put off paying the state's bills due this week and instead help fund a $120...
View ArticleAlpha lays off 93 workers in Fayette County
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Bankrupt coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says it has laid off an additional 93 miners in southern West Virginia due to the industry's downturn.Bristol, Virginia-based...
View ArticlePrevailing wage repeal passes WV Senate committee
By Phil Kabler Legislation to repeal the state's 81-year-old Prevailing Wage Act roared through its only committee assignment in the Senate on Monday, after calls for a jobs impact study, a Fiscal...
View ArticleNew West Liberty president says school can improve
By Samuel Speciale Stephen Greiner has been president of West Liberty University for less than a month, but he's already identified ways the college can improve."We need to work within ourselves and...
View ArticleWV Senate President Bill Cole speaks at retreat organized by Koch brothers
By David Gutman Senate President Bill Cole spent the weekend at a Palm Springs resort with about 500 high-spending donors, where he spoke at a retreat organized by the conservative mega-donors Charles...
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