What's the best presidential candidates can hope for on Super Tuesday?
WASHINGTON - It's called Super Tuesday for a reason. Voters in the four states to hold 2016 presidential primaries and caucuses thus far have handed out just a fraction of the delegates it takes to...
View ArticleHouse tables sales tax exemption bill
By Phil Kabler With a late-session maneuver to close major West Virginia budget deficits by eliminating a number of longstanding sales tax exemptions drawing fire from business interests, the House...
View ArticleSenate passes bill for strict limits on SNAP benefits
By David Gutman A proposal that could severely limit the types of food that could be bought with food stamps passed the West Virginia Senate overwhelmingly on Monday. The change, which would have to...
View ArticleEPA warns states about water safety
By By John Flesher The Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Obama administration said Monday it will keep a closer watch on state agencies in charge of drinking water safety, urging them to...
View ArticleWV forest fire season begins, burning limited
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's spring forest fire season has started with limits on outside burning now in effect. The season began Tuesday and runs through May 31. Outside burning is only...
View ArticleFormer Wheeling church could be torn down after collapse
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - Portions of a former church in Wheeling have collapsed. The entire block surrounding the Second Presbyterian Church was blocked off Monday as bricks littered the sidewalk and...
View ArticleTomblin opposes further coal, gas tax cuts
By David Gutman Having already removed the "excess" severance tax on the coal and gas industries, the West Virginia Senate wants to give even larger tax cuts to the extractive industries, potentially...
View ArticleWV Senate OKs Uber bill
By Eric Eyre Next stop for a bill that paves the way for ride-booking companies like Uber to operate in West Virginia: Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's desk. On Monday, the state Senate voted unanimously to...
View ArticleJudge to address hate-crime question in ex-Marshall player case
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia judge says he plans to rule whether a former Marshall University football player accused of assaulting two gay men after he saw them kissing on a city street...
View ArticleWV House bill weakens mine safety, but is touted as a compromise
By Ken Ward Jr. Coal operators could cut back on mine rescue teams, pay lower fines for not quickly reporting workplace accidents and exercise improved rights to challenge safety citations under a...
View ArticleUniversity of Charleston students served undercooked beef
By Staff reports University of Charleston students eating on campus Sunday night were served undercooked beef, raising concerns over food safety. On Monday, President Ed Welch acknowledged the...
View ArticleLane Bailey to keynote Concord foundation dinner
Lane Bailey, CEO and co-founder of Advocom Group, will be the keynote speaker for the Concord University Foundation Charleston Dinner. The dinner, which is one of the Foundation's major fundraisers of...
View ArticleTomblin announces $1.5 million in treatment funding
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has announced more than $1.5 million in funding for substance abuse treatment, including funding for new services in 12 counties and expansion of existing treatment in eight...
View ArticleGordon Gee applauds WVU success, urges more can be done for state
By Samuel Speciale While recent accomplishments have garnered national attention for West Virginia University, President Gordon Gee on Thursday said the university can do more to strengthen higher...
View ArticleSenate passes bill pulling state funds from greyhound racing
By Phil Kabler Greyhound racing in West Virginia moved closer to its final finish line, with passage Tuesday in the Senate of a bill to eliminate state subsidies for the races as of July 1. The bill...
View ArticleBulletin Board: March 2, 2016
Buffalo High School's Music Department will sponsor a Spring Craft/Vendor Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school. Crafters are welcome. Contact Barbara Reed at 304-545-2023 or Linda Sayre...
View ArticleChildhood Language Center moving to new location
By Ryan Quinn Renovations began last month on a new, significantly larger home for a free therapy center that's served West Virginia for more than 25 years from its current downtown Charleston...
View ArticleWV Senate OKs 1% sales tax rise for highways work
By Phil Kabler Heeding a call from Sen. Robert Plymale, D-Wayne, to take bold steps for state highways funding, the West Virginia Senate on Tuesday adopted a plan to raise nearly $290 million a year...
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