"Weird Al" Yankovic coming to Charleston
By Staff reports At long last, pop parody superstar "Weird Al" Yankovic will be coming to Charleston this fall. The show, scheduled for Sept. 22 at the Clay Center, was announced as part of Yankovic's...
View ArticleObama: Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed
By By Lolita C. Baldor and Kathleen Hennessey The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed to "once and for all" close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and...
View ArticleTrump notches another win as Rubio bids to elbow past Cruz
By By Steve Peoples and Nancy Benac Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Notching three in a row, Donald Trump decisively won Nevada's Republican caucuses Tuesday as Marco Rubio bid to elbow out Ted Cruz...
View ArticleU.S. 35 reopened in Putnam
By Staff reports A wreck early Wednesday morning blocked both lanes of U.S. 35 in the area of Honeycutt Road in Putnam County, dispatchers say. The wreck was reported around 5 a.m. No injuries were...
View ArticlePowerful storms roll across South, causing death and damage
By By KEVIN MCGILL and CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press KENNER, La. (AP) – A deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes in Gulf Coast states Tuesday and killed at least three people in Louisiana and...
View ArticleBeckley Water Co. issues/lifts boil-water advisories
Beckley Water Company has issued a boil-water advisory for Carpenter Street in Shady Spring. The notice follows a water main break. Customers in this area should boil their water for at least one full...
View ArticleCabell school board approves personnel layoffs, transfers
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Cabell County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve 61 layoffs and 97 transfers for professional and service personnel. Board members approved 48 reductions in...
View ArticleAround WV: Feb. 24, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: a toddler's death viewed as homicide, all charges will stand for man accused in boating accident, a Berkeley County woman performs on Americal Idol, and...
View ArticleAll students at Fayette middle school may move to portable classrooms
By Ryan Quinn Fayette County's schools superintendent may move all Collins Middle School students to portable buildings next school year, including those still at the Oak Hill school and about 400...
View ArticlePermitless concealed gun bill heads to governor's desk
By Phil Kabler Legislation to legalize concealed carry of firearms without licenses, background checks or gun safety training is headed to the governor, after the House of Delegates and Senate reached...
View Article'Dismemberment abortions' ban zips through WV House committees
By Eric Eyre A bill that bans the most common procedure for second-trimester abortions is moving swiftly through the West Virginia House of Delegates, after state lawmakers rejected Democrats'...
View ArticleFacebook's 'like' button gets 'angry' and 'sad' as friends
By By ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook's "like" button isn't going away, but it's about to get some company. Facebook has been testing alternatives to "like" in about a...
View ArticleHospital ought to "aggressively pursue" tobacco tax increase, advocate says
By Lori Kersey A community health advocate and Charleston resident said Wednesday he is disappointed in Charleston Area Medical Center for not doing more to support a measure he says could bring down...
View ArticleVoters think West Virginia headed in wrong direction, poll finds
By David Gutman West Virginians feel worse about the direction of the state than they have at any time in the last 10 years, a new poll has found. Only 18 percent of likely voters think West Virginia...
View ArticleYeager chairman says rebuilding collapsed safety zone airport's top priority
By Rick Steelhammer As the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Yeager Airport's safety overrun area approaches, officials at the Charleston airport are pursuing a variety of financing...
View ArticleWV Dems aim to rekindle union vote after GOP flip
By By Jonathan Mattise Associated Press Brian Legg, a union driver for UPS in West Virginia, made it clear in 2014 that he wasn't fond of the president and his policies on coal, even if Barack Obama's...
View ArticleDEP's Huffman opposes bill to relax drilling permits
By Ken Ward Jr. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman said Wednesday that his agency is against passage of an industry-backed bill that would allow natural gas companies to...
View ArticleNaloxone kits, training part of health department's strategy
By Lydia Nuzum HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - It goes by a few names in Huntington - "dog food" or "food," "boy," or sometimes just "H." Heroin and drugs like it - opiates and opioids - have become an epidemic...
View ArticleMarshall president outlines plan to improve university
By Samuel Speciale HUNTINGTON - In his first official meeting with Marshall University's Board of Governors on Wednesday, President Jerome Gilbert highlighted plans to expand the school over the next...
View ArticleState senator gets court hearing on Sunday session
By Phil Kabler Sen. John Unger, D-Berkeley, has a hearing set in Kanawha Circuit Court on Friday on his motion for an injunction to keep the state Senate from meeting this Sunday, a meeting he says...
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