Laurance Jones, Charleston mayor's brother, dies at 60
By From staff reports Laurance Jones III, the brother of Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was 60 years old. Jones had served on the Clay Center Board of Directors since...
View Article''Religious freedom'' bill sent to Senate floor
By Erin Beck After voting down an amendment that would have prevented the law from being used to discriminate, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday night approved and sent to the Senate floor a...
View ArticleMarmet council will appoint mayor after official order is filed
By Daniel Desrochers The Marmet City Council will not appoint a new mayor until the three-judge panel that removed former Mayor Bill Pauley from office files its official order, city officials said at...
View ArticleParents urged to register 4-year-olds for pre-K now
By Laura Haight It's time for parents of 4-year-olds to prepare for preschool registration, and Kanawha and Putnam school officials are urging parents to register their children sooner rather than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photos, video: Sisters of Memory
When sisters Susan Lozinyak and Lynn Loetterle drove down Main Street of Mount Hope in Fayette County a decade ago, they both realized that they were seeing their future in the historic coal...
View ArticleAppalachian pride inspires Lewisburg clothing line
By By Michelle James The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - With a bit of imagination, a love of home, a knack for design and a bit of entrepreneurship, Weslea Coles and Amanda Reed recently...
View ArticleRaleigh County opens drug court to help addicts
By The Associated Press BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Rather than sending drug abusers to jail, Raleigh County has launched a new drug court in order to help addicts turn their lives around. Officials on...
View ArticleSenate delays taking up racing subsidies bill
By Phil Kabler Senate consideration of a bill that would eliminate state subsidies for greyhound racing (SB641) was postponed for a second straight day Saturday, in part to resolve concerns from the...
View ArticleSenate committee rejects small loan interest rates bill
By David Gutman A Republican bill that would have raised the maximum allowable interest rates on small loans to what legislators called "usurious" levels failed in a Senate committee after two...
View ArticleFestival of Ideas speaker to talk heroin's grip on small-town US
The origin of America's opioid epidemic, the drivers that keep it raging in places like Appalachia and the ways communities gripped by it are trying to fight back are all at the center of "Dreamland:...
View ArticleTimberline reopens chairlift, as skier ponders what might have been
By Lori Kersey On Saturday, Timberline Four Seasons Resort, in Davis, reopened a chairlift that dropped a couple dozen skiers about 30 feet to the ground last weekend. One of those skiers thinks the...
View ArticlePutnam woman wins award
A Putnam County woman has won the 2016 Vanguard Award from the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing for her customizable online meal planner. Mandy Curry's meal planner, called...
View ArticleRedesigned SAT to launch March 5
By Samuel Speciale A major overhaul of the SAT will take effect next week. It's the college entrance exam's first major redesign in a decade, and testing officials are touting changes that should make...
View ArticleCoalfield Development Corp. bringing hope to Southern WV
By Andrew Brown WAYNE — By the time Colt Brogan reached his senior year at Lincoln County High School, his hopes of attending college and planning for a career had all but disappeared. It wasn't that...
View ArticleSnakes on the wane! Massachusetts' move to create island rattlesnake...
By Rick Steelhammer If an endangered species is in need of protection, it helps to be cute and cuddly or at least iconic and majestic to garner human support. People don't mind signing petitions and...
View ArticleVideo, photos: Parks and Recreation Monopoly tournament
The 21st Annual Monopoly Tournament began Saturday February 27, 2016 at the Charleston Town Center. (On our app? See video and photos here)
View ArticleOsiris Shrine brotherhood leader promises exciting year
By By Betsy Bethel The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - At 43 years old, Johnny Bitzer Jr. of Triadelphia is the youngest Osiris Shrine leader in 50 years. His goal: to...
View ArticleWest Virginia man found guilty in toddler's death
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Berkeley County man has been convicted in the death of his girlfriend's 21-month-old daughter. Media outlets report a county jury on Friday found...
View ArticleColorado city wins top US tap water prize at tasting contest
By The Associated Press BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - Eldorado Springs, Colorado, has won the top prize for U.S. tap water at an international tasting contest. The judges gave out two gold medals for...
View ArticleGilmer same-sex couple: don't fight hate with hate
By Erin Beck Samantha Brookover just wanted to be able to put her partner, Amanda Abramovich, on her health insurance. They weren't looking to make a statement about same-sex marriage. But after the...
View Article