Vitamin B12 deficiency linked to memory loss in adults over 60
By Lydia Nuzum When Dr. Hedda Haning started forgetting things, her daughter was the first to suggest she might have a vitamin deficiency. The 73-year-old retired anesthesiologist had not considered...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Feb. 9, 2016
The Greater Sissonville Development Council will meet at 5 p.m. today at the Sissonville Public Library. The community is encouraged to attend. Alpha Lambda Master chapter of Beta Sigma Phi...
View ArticleMid-Atlantic wakes up to wintry mix
WASHINGTON (AP) - The mid-Atlantic region is waking up to a mix of rain and snow. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory in the region and expected the wintry mix to change...
View ArticleHeating bill aid available for low-income in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Low-income West Virginians can get help paying heating bills through a state program. The Department of Health and Resources is taking applications this week for the Emergency Low...
View ArticlePoca starts move to Putnam Public Service District
By Laura Haight The Putnam County Commission approved officially moving the town of Poca and its surrounding area into Putnam Public Service District at its meeting Tuesday morning. Jim Caruthers,...
View ArticleSenator says it's time to address WV's roads
By Phil Kabler As the Senate Transportation Committee advanced a bill Tuesday to keep tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike (SB 397), one senator said it is well past time for the state to have a plan...
View ArticleObama budget includes proposed help for coalfields
By Ken Ward Jr. President Obama's proposed spending plan for the next government budget yet again includes programs aimed at helping the economy in coalfield communities that are struggling as the...
View ArticleLegislation would allow more video lottery machines in WV clubs
By Phil Kabler Legislation based on the simple proposition that the state should be able to place more limited video lottery machines in the hottest locations (SB 116) will be on amendment stage today...
View ArticleWorkers criticize bill to sell state hospitals
By Lydia Nuzum State workers gathered in the West Virginia House chambers Tuesday to denounce a bill that would let the Department of Health and Human Resources sell four state facilities that...
View ArticleWV Association of Counties director opposes RFRA, calls it 'lawsuit bill'
By Daniel Desrochers The executive director of the West Virginia Association of Counties came out in opposition to HB 4012, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, at their annual Conference of...
View ArticleWV Senate OKs bill to drug test welfare recipients
By Eric Eyre By his own account, Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, was the first state lawmaker in the United States to introduce legislation that would mandate drug testing for welfare recipients. Blair...
View ArticleTexting scam reported in Kanawha County
There's a texting scam going around Kanawha County, according to the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department. Victims have been receiving a text from a number that looks like their wireless service...
View ArticleMcDowell County to cut 30 school jobs
PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) - McDowell County school administrators say 30 jobs are being eliminated next school year due to declining student enrollment and a decrease in state funding. The cuts, including...
View ArticleCharleston man pleads guilty to gun charge
By Staff reports A Charleston man with several felony convictions admitted in federal court today that he illegally had a gun after a shooting at a downtown bar. Dereck Skylar Brown, 33, pleaded...
View ArticleWVSU to begin celebrating 125th anniversary this month
West Virginia State University will begin celebrating its 125th anniversary this month. While the official anniversary isn't until March 17, the historically black college will begin festivities in...
View ArticleBlankenship prosecutor is senators' pick for U.S. attorney
By Kate White Sen. Joe Manchin wants the lawyer behind the prosecution of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship to be named the top federal prosecutor in Southern West Virginia. Manchin, D-W.Va.,...
View ArticleSupreme Court puts Clean Power Plan on hold
By By Michael Biesecker and Sam Hananel The Associated Press WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change...
View ArticleTrump, Sanders win New Hampshire primaries
By By Julie Pace and Kathleen Ronayne The Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primaries, adding...
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