Feds to expand access to opioid treatment drugs
By David Gutman Doctors who treat opioid addiction with medication like Suboxone soon will be able to treat more patients, a change the federal government is hoping will help ease the shortage of...
View ArticleMorgantown to host lumberjack competition in May
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The city of Morgantown will host a lumberjack competition this spring. The Dominion Post reports more than 40 professional lumberjacks will participate in the Stihl...
View ArticleAround WV: March 29, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: a man fleeing police strikes several police vehicles, and updates on the Beckley clinic that health officials say may have exposed patients to hepatitis. n A man...
View ArticleMan allegedly hit woman with brass knuckles, held gun to baby's head
By Erin Beck A Charleston man allegedly hit a woman with brass knuckles and held a gun to her head and her baby's head as he drove her and the child around overnight. Joshua Paul Young, 34, is charged...
View ArticleCandidates meeting: Kanawha County sheriff
Candidates for Kanawha County sheriff are meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, with editors from the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Candidates are Mike Rutherford and Dave Tucker, both former Kanawha...
View ArticlePutnam assessor warns of prank tax letter
By Laura Haight The Putnam County Assessor's Office is warning residents about a prank letter circulating the area about a tax liability reduction. The letter is telling residents they can attend a...
View ArticleVolunteers tackle massive dumpsites in Mercer County
PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) - Volunteers are working to clean up areas of Mercer County, and have found massive sites of illegal dumping. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports that volunteers are now 10...
View ArticleAlpha seeks court OK to break UMW contract
By Ken Ward Jr. Lawyers for Alpha Natural Resources are asking a federal bankruptcy judge to allow the company to break its contract with the United Mine Workers union as part of an effort to...
View Article'A loaded gun': Missed step caused WV opioid death
By David Gutman It was just a running injury.Last spring, Jessica Grubb felt some pain in her left hip. But she loved to run - "Run like a girl," she would say - so she kept going. It didn't get...
View ArticleBeckley Water Company plans outage
Beckley Water Company service along Ritter Drive, from Old Crow Road to the bridge across Beaver Creek at Dickey's Barbeque Pit, will be interrupted from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday for...
View ArticleWest Virginia environmental officials propose $93K fine for Antero
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia environmental officials have proposed a $93,000 fine on an Antero Resources natural gas company for polluting waterways. In a consent order, state Department of...
View ArticleExperts say historic South Hills cabins 'beyond restoration'
By Elaina Sauber Facing the possibility of demolition, two historic cabins in South Hills were briefly assessed by one of West Virginia's experts in restoring such structures. Mark Bowe, the owner of...
View ArticleTomblin signs two substance abuse bills into law
By Staff reports Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed two of his substance abuse initiatives into law Tuesday, one to regulate Suboxone clinics and one to make overdose-reversing drugs available without a...
View ArticleGovernor signs bill easing rules for home-schooling in WV
By Ryan Quinn Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill earlier this month that will significantly reduce rules for West Virginia home-schooled students, as well as for parents who want to home-school their...
View ArticleHearing set for ex-Charleston baseball player in 1987 sexual assault case
By Kate White Three days after a federal judge ordered Jimmie Gardner be released from prison or given a new trial, the former Charleston Wheelers baseball player was moved out of a maximum security...
View ArticleFoundation providing $50K for books in McDowell County
By Ryan Quinn A New York-based company's foundation is providing $50,000 to purchase about 14,000 books to be placed in school buses and seven "literacy centers" around McDowell County. The good news...
View ArticleFormer Kanawha sheriffs vie to reclaim job in election
By Daniel Desrochers Mike Rutherford and Dave Tucker, both former two-term Kanawha County sheriffs, have a long history - a history they're continuing this spring as each runs for another term as...
View ArticleAround WV: March 30, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: a Mon Power employee held hostage, an alleged thief has second thoughts, West Virginians continue to leave the state, and more. n A Barbour County man allegedly...
View ArticleWest Virginia to mull public health plan cuts in budget spat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia is revisiting the idea of larger cuts to state employee and retiree health plans as a state budget stalemate drags on. West Virginia's Public Employee Insurance...
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