Things to do today: Feb. 7, 2016
MusicCOMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. No experience necessary. Some instruments provided. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 520 Kanawha Blvd. W. EtcVEGAN POTLUCK: 6:30...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Nearing midway point, session still hasn't dealt with most...
By Phil Kabler For years, at about this time every session, longtime Daily Mail political columnist Richard Grimes would write about how the session is almost halfway over, and nothing's happened yet....
View ArticleRick Steelhammer: On Trumping for peace and toilet paper warfare
By Rick Steelhammer Last week was a strange one for global politics.First, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, and then North Korean dictator Kim...
View ArticleWVU closes in on $1 billion fundraising goal
By Samuel Speciale A West Virginia University campaign to raise $1 billion by 2017 will likely be completed a year early, which President Gordon Gee says makes him open to extending the initiative and...
View ArticleUnited Way success story
Your donation to the United Way of Central West Virginia funds 29 partner agencies that change lives! Here is one of many success stories: A young woman decided to leave the abusive relationship she...
View ArticleStudy: State's 2007 Medicaid reform failed
By Lydia Nuzum A study released in January by the Health Research and Educational Trust which examined West Virginia's 2007 Medicaid program overhaul has found that the state's "nudging" plan to...
View ArticleBankrupt coal producer Alpha announces more planned layoffs
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Bankrupt coal producer Alpha Natural Resources has announced planned layoffs in West Virginia for the third time in a month. Media outlets report that...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity planning first ADA-compliant house
By By John McVey The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Mike Unger described the house Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle will build for his son, Shane, and himself as a blessing. "God's had...
View ArticleLongtime Ranson Mayor David Hamill, 71, dies of cancer
By The Associated Press RANSON, W.Va. (AP) - Longtime Ranson Mayor David Hamill has died of cancer. He was 71. City Manager Andy Blake and Ranson deputy mayor Duke Pierson announced in separate...
View ArticleNominations accepted for West Virginia ag hall of fame
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The deadline is approaching for nominations to the West Virginia Agriculture and Forestry Hall of Fame. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 16, and...
View ArticleTomblin orders flags lowered to honor late delegate
By Staff reports Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has ordered flags to fly at half-staff at the state Capitol Complex and at state-owned facilities in Harrison County on Monday to honor former Del. Frank...
View ArticleHumana insurance coverage, WV law create hassle for heart patients
By Lydia Nuzum Becky Sigman is worried about her heart valve replacement. The 83-year-old knows she needs the surgery - her doctor told her as much. The doctor also told her that a conflict between...
View ArticleFormer Toyota employee alleges wrongful termination
By Laura Haight A Putnam County man is suing Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia Inc. for alleged wrongful termination, according to a complaint filed in January. Boyd Daniels, of Putnam County,...
View ArticleDelegates differ on whether 'Religious Freedom' bill is about same-sex marriage
By Erin Beck As Fairness West Virginia, an LGBT rights group, and the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, a group that opposes same-sex marriage and other LGBT-inclusive measures, argued over it...
View ArticleBill would effectively allow guns in Cookskin Park
By Daniel Desrochers The sign that prohibits guns in Coonskin Park hasn't been moved to the new entrance off of Henry C. Hoppy Shores Drive. It's still by the old gate, looking out at the barbed wire...
View ArticleAs heroin rages, police adapting to new roles
By By Dan Sewell The Associated Press CINCINNATI - Forehead furrowed, a woman drags on a Camel cigarette, admitting she has only vague memories of nearly dying five days earlier. Some flashes of...
View ArticleCity's first female garbage collector retires
By Daniel Desrochers There was no door to the bathroom when Kimberly Scott first started at the City of Charleston Refuse Department in 1997. But it didn't matter.According to her cousin Tonya Wilson,...
View ArticleWV National Park Service units report $37M in deferred maintenance needs
By Rick Steelhammer While Congress increased funding for maintenance this year at America's national parks by $118 million, the National Park Service's deferred maintenance backlog increased by $440...
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