Disaster loans offered in 2 W.Va. counties for storm damage
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va - Disaster loans are available in Mercer and McDowell counties for physical damage caused by severe weather and flooding on July 5.The U.S. Small Business...
View ArticleAlliance honors preservationists across West Virginia
By The Associated Press GRAFTON, W.Va - The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia has honored more than a dozen groups and individuals for their efforts to preserve sites across the state.The...
View ArticleBonnie's Bus to visit Charleston, provide cancer screenings
By Lydia Nuzum This weekend, 27 Kanawha County women will be given the chance to receive free mammograms and breast cancer screenings through Bonnie's Bus, a mobile mammogram unit that serves...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 21, 2015
Al-Anon and Alateen groups hold open and free group gatherings to help those who find themselves loving someone with an addiction. Al-Anon meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at St. John's...
View ArticleMotorcycle accident kills man in Morgantown
By Staff reports MORGANTOWN -- The driver of a motorcycle died in an accident in Morgantown early Sunday afternoon. According to a press release from the Morgantown Police Department, an unnamed...
View ArticleInnerviews: Gallavanting Gulliver-ette still on the go at 72
By Sandy Wells A man's home, they say, is his castle. This woman's home is her travel museum, a tribute to her insatiable wanderlust, a jaw-dropping, eye-dazzling conglomeration of artifacts and...
View ArticleMother and daughter attorneys write book on divorce
By Kate White A mother and daughter attorney team have written a book on a subject that nobody really likes to talk about: Divorce.Family law attorneys Lyne Ranson and her daughter, Brittany Ranson...
View ArticleJudge bars suspect from getting more court-appointed counsel
By Kate White A Charleston man charged with murder has been appointed more than 10 attorneys and a judge is trying to put a stop to it. Last week, Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit told Miguel...
View ArticleW.Va. continues to rank high in poverty
By Joel Ebert Kanawha County's 17 percent poverty rate in 2014 was the highest it has been in the last decade, with the exception of 2011, when 17.2 percent of county residents were living in poverty,...
View ArticleSt. Albans ready to take advantage of home rule status
By David Gutman St. Albans' recently approved home rule proposal will allow it to buy and sell property, enter into agreements with other municipalities and deal with abandoned or unkempt properties...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 22, 2015
The Charleston Rose Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. today at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1600 Kanawha Blvd. E. Guest speakers Archie and Linda Snedegar will discuss companion...
View ArticleRahall to donate papers to WVU
By The Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Former U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is donating 2,000 boxes of documents from his congressional career to West Virginia University.The papers include testimony,...
View ArticleJuveniles charged with damaging Morgantown High
By The Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Police say two juveniles have been charged with causing significant damage to Morgantown High School.Morgantown police say the juveniles entered the school...
View ArticleMexican men plead guilty to credit card fraud
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Mexican men each face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty in West Virginia to conspiring to commit credit card fraud.U.S. Attorney Booth...
View ArticleBayer reaches deal over fatal 2008 plant explosion
By Ken Ward Jr. Bayer CropScience has agreed to pay a $975,000 fine and spend $452,000 on a series of measures to improve chemical storage facilities across the country as part of proposed deal with...
View ArticleMorrisey files petition to enforce settlement with security company
By Staff reports West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office filed a petition Monday asking a judge to enforce a settlement agreement entered into with a Wyoming County security company....
View Article6 charged in W.Va. with illegal cigarette trafficking
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Six people have been charged in West Virginia with illegal cigarette trafficking.U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II announced the indictments...
View ArticlePublic invited to dig into Glenwood's past during archeology weekend
By Staff reports A public archeology event will take place Saturday and Sunday on the grounds of the historic Glenwood Estate on Charleston's West Side, giving people a hands-on chance to take part in...
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