Legislators reject financial impact request for prevailing wage bill
By Phil Kabler Democrats in the Legislature could be feeling like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day," reliving the same day over and over, as leadership on Tuesday again rejected their requests for data...
View ArticleCharleston man pleads guilty to heroin crime
A Charleston man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Thomas Jarrell, 20, faces a maximum 20 years in prison when he's sentenced May 4 by U.S....
View ArticleFamilies settle over Charleston's deadliest fire
By Kate White As Timothy Carter-Camp walked to take a seat on the witness stand last week, his short-sleeved shirt made it easy to see the faces of his three children tattooed on his forearm....
View ArticleDonors award more than $170,000 to West Side initiatives
By Elaina Sauber A group of donors recently awarded more than $170,000 to benefit local initiatives on Charleston's West Side. The Kanawha Valley Council on Philanthropy, an informal group of funders...
View ArticleNitro council approves demolition for two more houses
By Caitlin Cook Nitro City Council members approved using sales tax revenue to fund the demolition of two troubled structures at its meeting Tuesday night. Property Maintenance Inc. will bring down...
View ArticleAround WV: Feb. 3, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: ending homelessness, a random shooting, opposition to the "West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act," and more. n While police say most murders...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
The Raleigh County Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory for the entire Fitzpatrick System following a power outage at the Beckley Water Pump, resulting in the loss of water...
View ArticleKanawha school board, gas company settle case over incident at Capital High
By Andrew Brown The Kanawha County Board of Education and Mountaineer Gas have settled a case in which Mountaineer officials alleged that "a fire or explosion could easily have occurred" last month at...
View ArticleState Police credit governor's program funding for decrease in fatal crashes
By Staff reports West Virginia State Police are attributing a decline in traffic fatalities to increased patrols paid for by the Governor's Highway Safety Program In 2012, law enforcement agencies...
View ArticleProsecutors undecided on seeking jail time for Southern, Farrell
By Ken Ward Jr. Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto's office has not determined if it will seek jail time for former top Freedom Industries officials Gary Southern and Dennis Farrell when the men face...
View ArticleWV school board member Linger resigns
By Ryan Quinn A West Virginia Board of Education member at the center of the controversies over the firing of a former state schools superintendent and changes to the state's science standards...
View ArticleTeamsters to sue ahead of right-to-work vote
By David Gutman As the full House of Delegates prepares for a vote on the right-to-work bill on Thursday, the Teamsters Union announced it will file a lawsuit seeking full copies of redacted emails...
View ArticleJan. revenue figures show no hope for WV's economic turnaround
By Phil Kabler West Virginia's tax collections in January were not as bad as prior months but provided no real signs of hope for an economic turnaround, state Revenue officials said Wednesday. "We...
View ArticleLawmakers seek $1 billion for struggling coal states
By By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Lawmakers from Appalachian states hit hard by a downturn in the coal industry proposed a bill Wednesday that would set aside $1 billion from a...
View ArticlePrevailing wage: WV Senate nixes using federal Davis Bacon Act rates
By Phil Kabler Legislation to repeal West Virginia's 81-year-old Prevailing Wage Act (HB 4005) is one 18-16 vote away from heading to the governor, after the Senate rejected Wednesday, on party-line...
View ArticlePutnam high-schoolers compete in Math Field Day
Math Field Day returned to Putnam County on Wednesday, as students from the four public high schools (Buffalo, Hurricane, Winfield and Poca) and a private school (Teays Valley Christian) competed for...
View ArticleFeds worried about 'completeness' of Freedom official's story
By Ken Ward Jr. Federal authorities were concerned about the "completeness" of the assistance being provided by a former Freedom Industries environmental manager they helped to avoid prison time for...
View ArticleMan charged with felony child abuse; infant son on life support
By Rick Steelhammer A 55-day-old child was bleeding from the brain and from behind both eyes when taken to a local hospital, police said Wednesday after charging the boy's father with felony child...
View ArticleReport shows Charleston zoning permits down
By Elaina Sauber The number of zoning permits the city of Charleston issued last year was the lowest in the past decade, a planning department report shows. Neighborhood Planner Lori Brannon shared...
View ArticleElection panel reviews public financing complaints in Supreme Court campaign
By Phil Kabler State Election Commission members spent all day Wednesday reviewing 155 challenges of contributions to Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin's re-election campaign - objections that...
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