Tournament brings together state's best student archers
By Daniel Desrochers Kaylee Toller, 13, has a target in her backyard in Ripley. Some days, she'll head outside and challenge her mother to a shooting contest; Toller with her school bow, her mom with...
View ArticleState poison center could lose big with budget cuts
By Lydia Nuzum The looming threat of deeper state budget cuts could spell trouble for one of West Virginia's public health agencies, which is already pushing the limits of its funding after years of...
View ArticleBlankenship resists disclosing financial information to feds
By Kate White Former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship is invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination to resist disclosing financial information to court officials before he's...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Much ado about Capitol security?
By Phil Kabler Now that the first legislative session under the new locked-down Capitol security is over, it's time to see what we got for our $350,000 or so of taxpayer expense. Some Capitol security...
View ArticleBusiness is booming for Bridge Road shops
By Douglas Imbrogno In recent years, the Bridge Road shops in the South Hills have shuffled in and out, with new stores not seen before as well as new stores carrying on a long tradition of...
View Article13 million fewer hydrocodone pills dispensed in WV last year
By Eric Eyre West Virginia pharmacies are dispensing significantly fewer doses of the state's most popular prescription painkiller. The number of hydrocodone products, such as Vicodin and Lortab,...
View ArticleFentanyl fuels rise in WV overdose deaths
By Eric Eyre A powerful drug that's sometimes laced with heroin is driving West Virginia overdose deaths to record levels. Fatal overdoses related to fentanyl, an opioid that's 100 times stronger than...
View ArticleState budget impasse puts colleges, universities in fiscal limbo
By Samuel Speciale West Virginia's public universities and colleges must submit institutional budgets for approval by the end of June, but the lack of a state budget has left many higher education...
View ArticleRising GOP star in West Virginia fights for coal against EPA
By By John Raby The Associated Press CHARLESTON - Patrick Morrisey, the West Virginia attorney general taking on President Obama's clean power plan, is no stranger to the hot seat: He parlayed a love...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing
By By Zahar Khan The Associated Press A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that...
View ArticleOn the cusp of 100, Mount Hope man recalls mining days
By By Daniel Tyson The Register-Herald MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. (AP) - For three and a half decades, Thurman Miller went underground to make a living for his family, repairing machine equipment miles under...
View ArticleWVU Cancer Institute connects providers, improves care
By Lydia Nuzum The Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center is still the heart of cancer care at West Virginia University, but the newly branded WVU Cancer Institute is establishing a network of member health...
View ArticleSmall fire reported at CAMC Memorial
By Staff reports A small fire broke out in the clinical teaching center at Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital, Saturday, according to a dispatcher with Kanawha County Metro 911. The fire...
View ArticleFlight instructor died in Yeager accident, friends say
By Daniel Desrochers Lori KerseyLori Kersey A woman who died when a small plane flipped and caught fire at Yeager Airport Saturday was a flight instructor who lived in Charleston, her friends say....
View ArticleBulletin Board: March 28, 2016
Teacher job fairBoone County Education Association will sponsor a teacher job fair from noon to 5 p.m. April 8 at the Madison Civic Center, 261 Washington Ave., Madison. School systems attending to...
View ArticleSouth Charleston man with dementia missing for more than a year
By Erin Beck A South Charleston man who suffers from dementia has been missing for more than a year. Elbert Keith Hall, 69, was last seen walking out of his Lincoln Drive home on Jan. 22, 2015. His...
View ArticleEverest Institute students eligible for debt relief
By Samuel Speciale Students who were defrauded by the Everest Institute in Cross Lanes can now apply to have outstanding loans forgiven, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Friday. The...
View ArticleCharleston plan to renovate Slack Plaza, Brawley Walkway long time coming
By Elaina Sauber As city planners and economic development groups work to make Charleston's comprehensive plan a reality, a long-discussed project meant to fix a decades-old design blunder is finally...
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