Jim Justice companies delinquent on $3.9M in 2015 property taxes
By David Gutman Entities owned by Jim Justice, from his famous Greenbrier resort to mining and agriculture companies, owe at least $3.9 million in delinquent property taxes to at least six...
View ArticleJudge sets bond for man charged in Jefferson slaying
By Kate White A Kanawha County Circuit judge on Thursday agreed to set bond for a man facing a murder charge in a killing that took place earlier this year at a strip club in Jefferson. Scott Johnson...
View ArticleLawmakers to overhaul intern rules after sex offender hired
By Eric Eyre West Virginia lawmakers plan to overhaul hiring rules for paid interns after the House of Delegates employed a registered sex offender during this year's legislative session. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court says ex-DHHR officials should get hearing
By Kate White A jury should get to decide whether two former Department of Health and Human Resources officials were retaliated against for raising issues about an advertising contract, the West...
View ArticleBulletin Board: April 15, 2016
Public relations societyThe Public Relations Society of America-River Cities Chapter will host its regular meeting at noon today at Marshall University's Drinko Library, Room 138. This month's speaker...
View ArticleDebate Takeaways: Clinton, Sanders show their fighting side
By By KEN THOMAS Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders let loose with a series of combative accusations on Wall Street, the minimum wage and guns in a rough-and-tumble...
View ArticleAround WV: April 15, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: a declining inmate population in the regional jails, a local help line for addicts, and more. n WDTV reports that the population in the regional jails is...
View ArticleFeds sue CAMC, St. Mary's over marketing
By Kate White The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday against Charleston Area Medical Center and St. Mary's Hospital, claiming the hospitals split their marketing territories and kept...
View ArticleThings to do today: April 16, 2016
ROBIN AND DAN KESSINGER: 7 p.m. Free. Bluegrass Kitchen, 1600 Washington St., E. Call 304-346-2871. REBECCA WUDARSKI: 8 p.m. Tickets $10. Concert and art show. Sponsored by FOOTMAD. Unity of Kanawha...
View ArticleAppalachian Power awards mini-grants to WV teachers
By Staff report Appalachian Power awarded more than $10,000 in grants to about 40 teachers across West Virginia, the company says. The company, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, handed out...
View ArticleLast picnic with circus elephants set for Wednesday, mall official says
By Staff report A family-favorite Charleston event will end its 18-year run next week. Wednesday, April 20, will be the final Pachyderm Picnic at Charleston Town Center mall, the business announced on...
View ArticleWV creating trail that highlights farms and food
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia officials are in the process of creating a trail that highlights the state's agricultural tourism offerings. A news release from Wild, Wonderful West Virginia, the...
View ArticleWVU to build $2.3M engineering school in Beckley
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia University Board of Governors voted unanimously Friday to build an estimated $2.3 million engineering building on the former Mountain State University campus in...
View ArticleUC hires leader for new Innovation Center
By Staff reports The University of Charleston has named a leader for the new Russell and Martha Wehrle Innovation Center. Fonda L. Holehouse will start next month as the private school's chief...
View ArticleWV veteran known for spying on Germany in WWII dies
By Daniel Desrochers Frederick Mayer, a World War II veteran who spied on Germany and singlehandedly negotiated the surrender of a Nazi-held Austrian town, died Friday at 94. Mayer had lived in...
View ArticleWVU fraternity trying to preserve its existence
By Ryan Quinn Delta Tau Delta Fraternity's national governing body has gone from indefinitely suspending the organization's West Virginia University colony over a student's video to now seeking to...
View ArticleMost Democrats in House 35th District race back tobacco tax hike
By Eric Eyre Nearly all Democratic candidates running in the House of Delegates 35th District see raising West Virginia's cigarette tax as a way to plug the state's budget shortfall, spur people to...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Carmichael's RFRA opposition makes him a target
By Phil Kabler As previously noted, one of the remarkable moments in a decidedly unremarkable session was Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael's emotional floor speech supporting an...
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