WV Senate starts work on cigarette tax hike
By Phil Kabler Senators began work Tuesday on legislation to raise the West Virginia cigarette tax by somewhere between 45 cents and $1 a pack (SB 420), with no certainty whether the bill has a chance...
View ArticleArea development group in talks with Pittsburgh pedicab firm
By Elaina Sauber Charleston residents may soon have another option for downtown transportation at their fingertips - and it runs on three wheels. A Pittsburgh-based startup called Autopods is creating...
View ArticleWV state superintendent supports high school exam changes
By Ryan Quinn West Virginia's state schools superintendent says he favors end-of-course statewide standardized exams in high school instead of the current Smarter Balanced assessments. Michael...
View ArticleKanawha offices meet 3 percent budget cut goal
By Daniel Desrochers Elected officials who were asked to cut 3 percent from their offices' non-payroll budgets for the upcoming fiscal year all met their goal, Kanawha County commissioners learned....
View ArticleBulletin Board: Feb. 17, 2016
A West Side Community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the Stonewall Jackson Middle School auditorium. The event is being organized by the Charleston Police Department. Public safety...
View ArticleCharleston council supports repeal of electronic waste ban
By Elaina Sauber Charleston City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night in support of a bill that would repeal an existing law banning the disposal of electronic waste in landfills. Passed in...
View ArticleCouncil approves changes to Dunbar's recycling program
By Caitlin Cook Dunbar citizens wishing to recycle will have to travel a bit farther than the edge of their driveways starting March 1. Dunbar City Council approved changes to the city's recycling...
View ArticleHearing looks at Putnam PSD rate change
By Laura Haight WINFIELD - Few Putnam County residents spoke out against the Putnam Public Service District's rate change at a public hearing Tuesday evening. The Putnam County Commission approved...
View ArticleAround WV: Feb. 17, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: Grammy winner to perform in Ashland, a Harrison County man loses a testicle in a fight, and the New York Times opines on the devastation caused by...
View ArticleWV Senate OKs ban on 'dismemberment abortions'
By Eric Eyre Over objections from doctors and medical groups, the West Virginia Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would outlaw the most common and safest procedure for second-trimester abortions....
View ArticleNo-permit, no-training concealed gun bill advances
By David Gutman West Virginia is inching ever closer to allowing people to carry concealed handguns without a permit and with no training. A bill (HB 4145) to allow permitless concealed carry passed...
View ArticleWVU Tech headquarters law passes House committee
By Samuel Speciale A bill that would clear a major legal hurdle for West Virginia University as it relocates its Institute of Technology to Beckley was passed out of committee Wednesday and will now...
View ArticleDive team called in after wheelchair found near river
By Staff reports After a wheelchair was found at the top of a hill near the Kanawha River in Chesapeake, emergency crews have called a dive team in case the person who was using the wheelchair fell in...
View ArticleMajor employers mum on WV Religious Freedom bill
By Erin Beck Some of the largest employers in West Virginia aren't saying whether they support or oppose a bill that proponents say would protect religious freedom but opponents say would allow for...
View ArticleWV Senate OKs 'Tebow bill' for home-schooled athletes
By Eric Eyre West Virginia home-schooled students could soon play for public school sports teams, thanks to a "Tim Tebow bill" approved by the West Virginia Senate on Wednesday. Senators voted 25-8 to...
View ArticleEx-Freedom official Southern sentenced to 30 days, $20K fine
By Ken Ward Jr. Gary Southern, the last of six former Freedom Industries officials to face sentencing, will spend 30 days in jail and pay a $20,000 fine for his role in pollution crimes that caused...
View ArticleFires claim six lives in WV
By Laura Haight Five fires have claimed six lives in West Virginia over the last five days. The most recent fatal fire occurred at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Ritchie County and resulted in the death of a...
View ArticleTomblin vetoes Morrisey's private counsel bill
By David Gutman Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed a bill requested by Attorney General Patrick Morrisey that would have put into state law limits on attorneys' fees for private lawyers hired by the...
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