Bank gives large gift to Philip Barbour HS
A local bank has given a significant donation to fund Barbour County's community athletic facility at Philip Barbour High School.BCBank Philip gave $1.5 million to the Promise Foundation, which is...
View Article2 plead guilty in multistate heroin trafficking case
MARTINSBURG - Two men have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a multistate heroin trafficking operation.U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II said Thursday that 23-year-old Robert...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 18, 2015
New businesses on Hurricane's Main Street will be introduced today. Businesses include Books & Brews and The Sweet Retreat and a new office for Enact. There will be music, samples and giveaways...
View ArticleW.Va. Economic Development Council fall conference set
By The Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - The West Virginia Economic Development Council will host its fall conference in Bridgeport.The conference is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday at the...
View ArticleWest Virginia poverty rate continues to increase
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - According to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 20 percent of West Virginians were living in poverty last year, the ninth highest rate in...
View ArticleGround breaks on Eastern Panhandle's Procter & Gamble plant
By Lori Kersey MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - People who would like to work at Procter & Gamble's future $500 million plant near Martinsburg can begin the application process as soon as next month,...
View ArticlePope to celebrate contributions of Hispanics at Mass in DC
By By BEN NUCKOLS Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The first pope from the Americas will canonize a Spanish friar who brought the Catholic faith to California in front of the largest Catholic church...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
Beckley Water Company has lifted a boil-water advisory for customers in Stone Villa in Crab Orchard.Beckley Water Company has lifted a boil-water advisory issued for customers in North Hill,...
View ArticleChamberlain Elementary closed after bedbugs found
By Ryan Quinn Bedbugs closed a Charleston elementary school on Friday morning, and school officials said they would treat the building over the next two weekends.Chamberlain Elementary Principal...
View ArticleBill Clinton to headline Democratic dinner in W.Va.
By Eric Eyre Former President Bill Clinton is making a return visit to West Virginia in two weeks.Clinton will be the keynote speaker for the state Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on...
View ArticleMarshall financially stable, credit rating agency says
By Samuel Speciale Marshall University is unlikely to default on its financial commitments, says a credit ratings agency that also gave the school high marks on its more than $80 million in bond...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 19, 2015
Sorority meetingThe Torchbearer Epsilon, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home of President Phyllis Stinnette, who will give the program.Ski clubThe Kanawha Ski Club meets at...
View ArticleWV Attorney General files complaint against funeral home
By Joel Ebert Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a complaint for injunction and related relief on Friday against Gatens-Harding Funeral Home in relation to the business's practice of selling...
View ArticleAlleged killer returns to Putnam County for arraignment
By Erin Beck WINFIELD - Police brought Putnam County resident Philip Casto, who allegedly killed a Hurricane woman last week, back to West Virginia on Friday to face a first-degree murder...
View ArticlePartners submit application for three-state natural gas pipeline
By By John Raby The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Four energy partners formally asked the federal government on Friday for permission to build a 564-mile natural gas pipeline in West Virginia,...
View ArticleJudge rules against Marmet mayor, throws out lawsuit
By Staff reports The lawsuit Marmet Mayor Bill Pauley filed against members of the town's Council was thrown out Friday. Pauley had filed suit asking a Kanawha County Circuit Judge to determine...
View ArticleTest case against DuPont begins in Ohio federal court
By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - The first of two test cases that could potentially help settle more than 3,500 lawsuits against chemical giant DuPont has begun in federal court in Ohio.The...
View ArticleAlyce Faye Bragg: Savor every minute of life
By By Alyce Faye Bragg The golden glow of autumn spreads across our land as summer comes to a close in our hills and hollers. The green leaves on the trees have a yellow tinge, and some of the...
View ArticleChurch Activities: Sept. 19, 2015
Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate their 95th Church Anniversary and Homecoming at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church. The Rev. Keith Walker, choir and congregation of Mount Zion Baptist...
View ArticleAfter 28 years, Cornucopia closes doors on Bridge Road
By Lydia Nuzum Inside the shop, rows of shirts emblazoned with the name "Cornucopia" and a date range - 1987 to 2015 - had already sold out once in the past week, and were about to sell out...
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