WVSO announces new season, conductor finalists
By Bill Lynch Six finalists have been announced as potential candidates to succeed Grant Cooper, the retiring conductor of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Their names, as well as details on the...
View ArticleFree tax prep volunteers offer services as deadline nears
By Laura Haight This year, Tax Day lands slightly later - April 18 instead of April 15 - as the result of a lesser-known federal holiday. But that doesn't mean taxpayers should wait to file -...
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Video, photos: Music store a family tradition
When Margie Davis closes the doors to her business, she’ll be closing the book on a long family history of bringing all things musical to Fayette County. Hatcher’s Music started 63 years ago when her...
View ArticleWest Virginia State University raises $19.6M in capital campaign
By Samuel Speciale With a new round of donations coming in, West Virginia State University has exceeded the $18 million fundraising goal of its first-ever capital campaign. In an announcement Friday,...
View ArticleProsecutors: Hastert sought to hide sex abuse of 14-year-old
By By Michael Tarm The Associated Press CHICAGO - Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to a person the former House speaker sexually abused when the victim was 14 years old and Hastert was...
View ArticleMuslims outgrow mosque in South Charleston
By Erin Beck During a tour last week of extensive renovations at the Islamic Association of West Virginia's mosque in South Charleston, Ibtesam Barazi took the opportunity to fight the notion that...
View ArticlePerfect man cave awaits buyer in rural Preston County
By Rick Steelhammer A 35,000-square-foot steel building topped with a 105-foot-diameter satellite dish with intercontinental reach and surrounded by a 12-foot security fence with a motorized,...
View ArticleFormer Dow, DuPont employees concerned about pensions, benefits in merger
By Andrew Brown Bob Jones started work at DuPont's Belle chemical plant when he was 19 years old. He dropped a full-time job at a drug store in Charleston and the possibility of attending college to...
View Article'Pillow ladies' sew up comfort for cancer patients
By Douglas Imbrogno They call her "the Pillow Lady." It's easy to see how Jennie Mangus Jividen earned that nickname as she shows up monthly at the Charleston Area Medical Center Cancer Center in...
View ArticleThings to do today: April 10, 2016
MusicWOODY PINES WITH SOUP CAMEL: 6 p.m. Cover $7. Mainstage Morgantown, 444 Chestnut St., Morgantown. Call 304-291-5060. CONCERTS @ ST. JOHN'S: 4 p.m. Free. Stars of Tomorrow with WVU Performance...
View ArticleState employee ordered to remove 'Don't tread on me' flag from office
By Eric Eyre After his co-workers complained, a West Virginia water agency manager was ordered to remove from his office wall a large Gadsden Flag that depicts a coiled rattlesnake and the words...
View ArticleWVU official says recent fraternity suspensions reflect higher standards
By Erin Beck The new director of Greek life at West Virginia University said that the recent suspension of three fraternities isn't an indication that bad behavior has increased, but signals that the...
View ArticleGoodwin, Kessler talk economy, governor's race; Justice declines
By David Gutman Jeff Kessler walked into a conference room in Charleston last week and saw one of his two opponents in the Democratic race for governor. "Just me and you again?" Kessler, the state...
View ArticleBlankenship appeal will challenge variety of Berger rulings
By Ken Ward Jr. The Don Blankenship criminal case is far from over - at least if his defense lawyers have anything to say about it. They've promised a strong appeal, and said they are confident...
View ArticleRICK STEELHAMMER: Working to protect the Communist brand in the former...
By Rick Steelhammer As someone who spent time hunkered under a desk listening to alarm bells ringing during the era of grade school A-bomb safety drills, it's strange to read about the core nation of...
View ArticleKids cast lines at Bear Rocks Lake, learn lessons
By By Drew Parker The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register VALLEY GROVE, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Division of Natural Resources officials hope that teaching students to fish will inspire a lifelong...
View ArticleJefferson County to hold vote on Sunday brunch booze
By The Associated Press CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) Voters in Jefferson County will get to decide whether to allow restaurants and other businesses to serve alcohol on Sunday mornings. The Journal...
View ArticleComments taken on West Virginia proposed hospital takeover
By The Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The public can comment on Cabell Huntington Hospital's proposed acquisition of St. Mary's Medical Center. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the public...
View ArticleFairmont woman recognizes issues, gets involved
By By Michelle Dillon The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - Priscilla Steed has been the College of Liberal Arts Department of Behavior Science administrative secretary at Fairmont State...
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