Winfield ex-insurance agent admits arson, witness tampering charges
By Kate White A former Winfield insurance agent pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Beckley to arson and witness tampering charges. Jimmie Harper Jr., 36, admitted that he set fire to his home...
View ArticleGreen Bank Telescope begins 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence
By Rick Steelhammer Since January, scientists taking part in a $100 million, 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence have used Pocahontas County's Green Bank Telescope to search the 200 stars...
View ArticleCandidates want to undo legislation passed by GOP legislators
By David Gutman Two Democrats running for the House of Delegates in the 13th District said they were upset with the direction the Legislature had taken since Republicans took control and said they...
View ArticleJustice slams Goodwin over Blankenship prosecution
By Ken Ward Jr. The prosecution and conviction of former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship for conspiracy to violate mine safety rules - labeled a landmark case by legal experts and mine safety...
View ArticleSchool board set to OK changes to social studies courses, other areas
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia Board of Education is scheduled to vote Wednesday on changes to high school social studies course requirements and other areas, though some proposals have been...
View ArticleWest Virginia unemployment rate unchanged in March
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in March at 6.5 percent. WorkForce West Virginia said in a news release Tuesday that the number of...
View ArticleCollege of Law to have sole management of education program
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia University College of Law is assuming exclusive management of the legal education program for lawyers in the state. The West Virginia Supreme Court of...
View ArticleCorps seeks volunteers to help at Burnsville Lake
BURNSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for volunteers to work at Burnsville Lake. The corps says volunteer jobs could include giving tours, mowing, cleaning the grounds...
View ArticleAround WV: April 13, 2016
By Lydia Nuzum Around West Virginia today: A Wyoming County mine in peril after workers and managers fail to agree on contract, Peabody Energy declares bankruptcy, and more. n Peabody Energy, the...
View ArticleHate crimes decision for ex-Marshall player delayed again
By Staff reports Both sides have again asked to delay a case that will determine whether former Marshall University football player Steward Butler can be charged with a hate crime for allegedly...
View ArticleCandidates meeting: WV House 13th and 22nd District Republicans
Editors from the Charleston Gazette-Mail will be meeting with Republican candidates from the WV House 13th and 22nd districts about 12:30 p.m. Candidates confirmed to attend include Kathie Crouse,...
View ArticleStates urge methadone clinic reporting to databases
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia has joined 32 other states in urging federal health officials to let methadone clinics bypass a patient's permission in order to submit dispensing data to...
View ArticleMost WV government employees to move to biweekly pay in May
By Phil Kabler Most West Virginia state employees will move from twice monthly to biweekly pay, beginning in May, after a vote by three government officials on Wednesday. The Enterprise Resource...
View ArticleDeputies to begin prom, graduation patrols
By Daniel Desrochers Michael Arbogast, the principal of South Charleston High School, has a hard time sleeping two nights of the school year - graduation and prom. He's worried that in those nights of...
View ArticleCasino interests give 5-figure checks to conservative group
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two casino companies have given five-figure checks to a West Virginia conservative political committee. According to federal campaign finance records, Penn National Gaming...
View ArticleWV child well-being improved, but not enough, group says
By Lydia Nuzum Child well-being in West Virginia has improved in many respects in the last decade, but two big indicators of childhood health - low birth weight and poverty - have gotten worse,...
View ArticlePutnam man found with gun at Yeager security checkpoint
By Staff reports A Putnam County man was caught trying to bring a loaded gun through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Yeager Airport Wednesday. Vernon Wysong, 77, of Hurricane,...
View ArticleMilton police say marijuana found in cheeseburger
By Staff reports The Milton Police Department cracked jokes on Facebook about a marijuana citation on Tuesday, resulting in thousands of likes from Facebook users. "For the public's information,...
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