State Supreme Court candidates address appeals court, public financing
By David Gutman West Virginia will hold its first nonpartisan judicial elections in May, highlighted by a Supreme Court race among five candidates with partisan pasts. Following a change to state law...
View ArticleWV water agency checked for wiretaps as employee disputes escalate
By Eric Eyre The director of a state agency that manages water projects in West Virginia ordered a wiretapping sweep of the office last week amid allegations of ethics violations, secret recordings,...
View ArticleMartinsburg man gets to up to 237 years for child sex abuse
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Martinsburg man has been sentenced to up to 237 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl. Media outlets report that Eric K. Kadima, 39, was...
View ArticlePartnership brings cats into businesses to up adoption rates
By By Chris Lee The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - An Elkins animal shelter is collaborating with businesses in the region to provide temporary homes for resident cats, with hopes to increase...
View ArticleMan sentenced after leaving child alone in locked car
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A Clarksburg man has been sentenced after leaving his 11-month-old child alone inside a locked car at a parking lot. The Exponent Telegram reports that...
View ArticleVirginia man accused of tossing flammable substance at man
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Virginia man has been charged with throwing a flammable substance at another man inside a Huntington bar. The Herald-Dispatch reports 37-year-old...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to fraud after stealing from employer
By The Associated Press A Martinsburg woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud after being accused of stealing from her employer. United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II announced in a news...
View ArticleUC student helps rescue hundreds of cats
By Lori Kersey Before last year, Amanda Whitman would not have exactly described herself as a cat person. The 21-year-old had outdoor cats and a family dog growing up in Logan County. But her life...
View ArticleBoil-water advisory
The Putnam Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory for customers on W.Va. 817 from the GEF Corporation to Cannery Lane. The advisory follows a water main break.
View ArticleKanawha residents could vote on brunch alcohol sales in November
By Daniel Desrochers The Kanawha County Commission plans to allow residents of the county to vote as soon as possible on whether restaurants will be able to serve alcohol before 1 p.m. on Sundays....
View ArticleBusinesses, revitalization coming to Elk City district
By Elaina Sauber The silence that's permeated the Elk City Historic District for years is being replaced by the hum of drills and electric saws. Developers are restoring the two-block stretch of...
View ArticleObama steps into new day for Cuba, America
By By Julie Pace and Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press HAVANA - Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony...
View ArticleSanders backers flock to rallies in Washington
By By Kristena Hansen and Walker Orenstein The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. - More than 7,500 people turned out to a high school in Vancouver, Washington and another 10,300 showed up at an arena...
View ArticleDeveloper still pushing to build subdivision at South Hills historic site
By Elaina Sauber Developer J.D. Stricklen hasn't given up on plans to build a 10-home subdivision on a 4-acre site in South Hills after his application to develop the land was denied by Charleston's...
View ArticleBulletin Board: March 21, 2016
Rape crisis fundraiserR.E.A.C.H. Rape Crisis Program will partner with Husson's Pizza, Subs and Salads for a fundraiser held all day Monday and again on April 18 at its Kanawha City location, 301 36th...
View ArticleInnerviews: Compassion nurtures charitable global boutique
By Sandy Wells Compassion drives Mary Kay Boyle. First off, she's a nurse. A St. Louis native reared in rural Missouri, she spent years tending to patients in clinics for the indigent. Later, in West...
View ArticleAround WV: March 21, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: coal exports decline and other exports increase, lawmakers reflect on the 2016 legislative session, a Wood County man is found guilty to making a terroristic...
View ArticleExecutive of West Virginia child care advocacy group retires
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia KIDS COUNT executive director Margie Hale has retired. Hale, whose retirement was announced last week, served as executive director since the organization's...
View ArticleFruit-tree maintenance workshop planned in Charleston
INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) - Spring means getting the yard ready for the growing season, and West Virginia State University's Extension Service is sponsoring a workshop for homeowners on fruit-tree...
View ArticleSolar-powered hotel opening in Harpers Ferry
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) - An outdoor adventure company is opening what state officials say is the first solar-powered hotel in West Virginia. A ribbon cutting is planned Wednesday at the renovated...
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