Doctors: Nursing bill could impact opioid epidemic
By Lydia Nuzum A bill that would allow advanced practice registered nurses to treat patients and prescribe controlled amounts of some drugs is facing pushback from doctors and law enforcement...
View ArticleAfter veto, lawmakers accept Tomblin's changes to private counsel bill
By Eric Eyre A bill that limits attorneys' fees for private lawyers hired by the attorney general's office will pay a return visit to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's desk. Tomblin vetoed the legislation (HB...
View ArticleVandal shoots Putnam water tanks, causes thousands in damage
By Staff reports A reported vandal has caused several thousands of dollars in damage to a Putnam County Public Service District water tank on Ventroux Road outside Scott Depot. The damage is the...
View ArticleRomney: Trump a 'phony' and a 'fraud'; urges Republicans to shun him
By By Noah Bierman Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney, the GOP standard-bearer in 2012, delivered one of the loudest warnings to date against the man who may carry the party's torch in...
View ArticleSouth Charleston revises employee pay scale system
By By George Hohmann For the Gazette-Mail South Charleston council is set to revise the pay scale for 186 non-uniform employees and grant 25-cent-per-hour pay increases for most workers. An ordinance...
View ArticleSenate committee amends WVU Tech relocation bill
By Samuel Speciale The Senate Education Committee on Thursday passed what has come to be known as the West Virginia University Institute of Technology relocation bill with amendments requiring further...
View ArticleInsults fly again at GOP debate
By By Nancy Benac and David Eggert The Associated Press DETROIT - Picking up right where they left off, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio barked fresh rounds of insults at each other in a...
View ArticleAround WV: March 4, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around WV today: Jim Justice's mining equipment is seized after officials said his company failed to pay taxes, a bill to give second chances to people convicted of felonies has...
View ArticleHuntington launches anti-discrimination campaign
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - City officials and community members gathered in Huntington to declare that the city is open to all regardless of sexual orientation, disability, race or religion. The...
View ArticleWest Virginia summer food program for students seeks help
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The state Department of Education is looking for organizations to help feed children and provide supervised activities during the summer. The department says in a news release...
View ArticleJudge: Benjamin shouldn't get public money for WV court race
By Kate White West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin shouldn't be eligible for public campaign financing money, a Kanawha circuit judge ruled Friday. Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman said the...
View ArticleEquipment seized after Justice-owned mines fail to pay taxes
TAZEWELL, Va. (AP) - Tazewell County officials have seized more than $850,000 of equipment at a coal mine owned by West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice for failure to pay property taxes....
View ArticleTamarack artists headed for former Staats Hospital
By Elaina Sauber The revamped Tamarack Foundation for the Arts is raising funds for a new facility on Charleston's West Side that will anchor artist entrepreneurs to West Virginia's burgeoning...
View ArticleFreedom's Tis gets travel approval
By From staff, wire reports A federal judge has given former Freedom Industries co-owner William Tis approval to travel outside of the Western District of Pennsylvania court region while he is on...
View ArticleHouse overrides Tomblin veto, WV moves toward permitless concealed guns
By Staff, wire reports West Virginia is close to joining a short list of states that let people carry hidden guns without permits or training. The GOP-led House voted Friday to override Democratic...
View ArticleWV delegate's first speech, on medical marijuana, hits home
By Erin Beck Days after giving his first speech on the West Virginia House of Delegates floor - about his experience with medical marijuana - Delegate Bill Flanigan's palms are still sweaty when he...
View ArticleBill changes safety checks on coal mine "hoists"
By Ken Ward Jr. Safety checks would be reduced on the hoisting devices used to transport workers and supplies in some underground coal mines, under a bill that is moving through the West Virginia...
View ArticleWheeling Civil War monument to be moved to Independence Hall
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - Wheeling's towering sandstone Civil War monument is expected to be moved from atop a hill to a grassy area at West Virginia Independence Hall, near the monument's original...
View ArticleEnergy lobbyist appointed to WV state school board
By Samuel Speciale Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Friday appointed an energy lobbyist to the state school board to fill a vacancy created when Wade Linger resigned last month. In a press release, Tomblin...
View ArticleYWCA Women of Achievement honored
YWCA Women of Achievement Award winners Denise Burgess, Sara Busse, Daven Burroughs and Mary Jean Davis were honored at the 20th annual Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon on Friday. Each year, YWCA...
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