Canstruction competition benefits food pantry
For the 10th year, local groups and businesses built all kinds of things out of cans of food to help the Covenant House food pantry during the annual Canstruction event The structures were built in...
View ArticleThousands without power after high winds blow through region
Thousands of West Virginia residents were without power today after high winds swept through the area overnight. Shortly after noon, more than 8,000 Appalachian Power customers in West Virginia were...
View ArticleCardiac rehab helps West Virginians get heart healthy
By By Mary Wade Burnside The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) - Nick Duryea worked out at a fitness club and swam 2 1/2 miles three times a week in spite of spinal injuries he received as a...
View ArticleReport shows Alzheimer's rates, costs for caregivers on rise in WV
By Lydia Nuzum For Stephanie Casto, saying goodbye to her mother was something she was forced to do years before her mother's death last December. "They refer to Alzheimer's as 'the long goodbye,' and...
View Article'Religious freedom' bill opponents say WV 'dodged a bullet'
By Erin Beck People who warned that passing a religious freedom restoration act in West Virginia would have led to dire repercussions now can point to backlash against anti-LGBT bills in Georgia and...
View ArticleBulletin Board: April 4, 2016
WVSILC meetingThe next WVSILC meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Conference Room on the 3rd floor at the Division of Rehabilitation Services office at 10 McJunkin Road, Nitro....
View ArticleCAMC gets national quality award
Charleston Area Medical Center is one of four organizations nationally to receive the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence....
View ArticleInnerviews: Recovery rejuvenates life underscored by music
By Sandy Wells Three years ago, she lost more than a year of her life in a fog of illness. She couldn't walk or communicate. Much of it, she cannot remember. Today? Well, is this the same woman?As an...
View ArticleSanitary board sues EPA over copper standards inaction
By Elaina Sauber The Charleston Sanitary Board has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to take action on its proposed copper standards that were submitted to the...
View ArticleWest Virginia won't get aid for additional snowstorm costs
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia will not receive financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for additional costs to respond to January's massive snowstorm. Al Lisko,...
View ArticleState officials holding meeting on Wheeling bridge project
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia officials are holding a public meeting about a proposed rehabilitation project for the Wheeling suspension bridge. The Division of Highways will hold the meeting...
View ArticleAround WV: April 4, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: predatory landlords target low-income women, a Vietnam veteran inspires other recovering addicts, a woman passes away shortly after a law she fought for is...
View ArticleCandidate meeting: WV auditor
Editors from the Charleston Gazette-Mail will meet with Democratic candidates for state auditor about 12:30 p.m. Monday. Those anticipated to attend include Robin Righter and Jason Pizatella. Another...
View ArticleJudge rejects Alpha restitution from Blankenship
By Ken Ward Jr. A federal judge on Monday rejected a request from Alpha Natural Resources that former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship be forced to pay Alpha nearly $28 million in criminal...
View ArticleSilver Alert issued for Logan County couple
By Staff reports State Police in Logan County are looking for an elderly couple with health issues who went missing on Sunday. Family members of Harrison and Roseann Duty notified police that the...
View ArticleChanges coming to East End Bazaar
By Elaina Sauber The East End Bazaar's fourth season will soon kick off with a new look and format. Starting May 14, the open-air artisans market will operate at its location on the corner of Ruffner...
View ArticleKessler raises $153K for gubernatorial run
By Staff, wire reports State Sen. Jeff Kessler has raised $153,000 for his run for governor in West Virginia's Democratic primary, according to his latest campaign finance report. Kessler has spent...
View ArticleDeadline approaching for education grant applications
By The Associated Press The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission has approved an increase in the maximum amount students can be awarded for the fall semester. A statement from the West...
View ArticleTreasurer praises veto of insurance bill
By Phil Kabler State Treasurer John Perdue praised Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's veto of a bill that, as originally drafted, would have reversed a 2015 state Supreme Court decision requiring insurance...
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