Unemployment rates drop in 52 of 55 West Virginia counties
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Unemployment rates dropped in 52 of West Virginia's 55 counties in March. WorkForce West Virginia says the unemployment rate rose in McDowell County and was unchanged in...
View ArticleTobias named West Virginia University director of bands
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Scott Tobias has been named director of bands at West Virginia University. WVU says in a news release that Tobias replaces John Hendricks, who has accepted a new...
View ArticleAround WV: April 20, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: an elderly man kills an alleged burglar, a police killing viewed as justified, and more. n Police say an elderly man shot and killed a man and shot and injured...
View ArticleBeckley area under boil-water advisory; one advisory lifted
n Beckley Water Company has issued a boil-water advisory effective immediately for Pikeview Drive -- from Harper Road to Teel Road, including all side streets. The advisory does not involve Holliday...
View ArticleTrump coming to WV, state campaign chairman says
Donald Trump is coming to West Virginia in the next few weeks, his state campaign chairman said, although he would not say when or where. The billionaire businessman leading the Republican...
View ArticleCandidates meeting: 36th district Republicans
Editors from the Gazette-Mail are meeting about 12:30 p.m. April 20, 2016, with Republican candidates for the 36th district House of Delegates. Those confirming attendance include Brian Ulery, Tressie...
View ArticleTreasury official says Harriet Tubman will go on $20 bill
By By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Treasury official says Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper...
View ArticleBlankenship's prison report date is May 12
By Ken Ward Jr. Unless an appeals court steps in, former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship is scheduled to report to federal prison in three weeks, prosecutors disclosed in a new court filing....
View ArticleFoundation created to serve health care needs
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - A religious organization has created a foundation to serve health care needs throughout West Virginia. The Exponent Telegram reports that the Pallottine Missionary Sisters,...
View ArticleWest Virginians switching parties in large numbers as primary nears
By Daniel Desrochers Many people have been switching their party allegiance, in Kanawha County and across West Virginia, as the 2016 primaries have neared. In Kanawha and in the rest of the state, the...
View ArticleGOP candidates for WV House of Delegates focus on economic development
By Phil Kabler Two candidates in the Republican primary for the House of Delegates 36th District are relative newcomers to the state, but want to bring their perspective to promote economic...
View ArticleKanawha parks board laments lack of UC money for soccer field
By Daniel Desrochers The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission has been trying to raise money to replace the turf on Schoenbaum Field in Coonskin Park, but they know they won't be getting it...
View ArticleMorrisey disappointed by court ruling on Va. transgender restrooms
By Kate White West Virginia joined five other states in a brief urging an appeals court to rule that a transgender teen hadn't been discriminated against when he was forbidden from using the boys'...
View ArticleDrug firms seek to keep seal on pain pill suit
By Eric Eyre Some of the nation's largest drug wholesalers are asking a judge to reject the Charleston Gazette-Mail's request to unseal court records that include details about the companies'...
View ArticleTask force hears land bank proposal to tackle vacant, tax-delinquent properties
By Elaina Sauber Five years after giving a presentation on land banking to the Strong Neighborhoods Task Force, member Shawn Means delivered the exact same proposal to the group at its meeting...
View ArticleNational exercise plan adds churches, sports to targets
By Lydia Nuzum The National Physical Activity Plan, the blueprint West Virginia used to develop its own statewide physical activity plan four years ago, unveiled a new plan Wednesday focused on...
View ArticleFans gather for last chance to see retiring circus elephants (video)
By Bill Lynch Like just about every other kind of business, show business is always changing, sometimes even in surprising ways. After 145 years, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,...
View ArticleBulletin Board: April 21, 2016
REACH FundraiserREACH (Rape Education, Advocacy, Counseling and Healing) will have a fundraiser from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Pizza Hut restaurant near Patrick Street, 1657 4th Ave. in Charleston....
View ArticlePennsylvania GOP presidential delegate chase adds to mystery
By By MARC LEVY Associated PressHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania, long an afterthought in presidential primary stakes, may emerge as a key player in crowning this year's Republican presidential...
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