Charles Town concert dedicated to childhood cancer survivors
By By Mary Stortstrom The JournalCHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Members of the congregation at St. James the Greater Catholic church in Charles Town have spent the past three months preparing for a May 20...
View ArticleNonpartisan West Virginia court race sees partisan ads spike
By By Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Supreme Court candidates are running without political party labels for the first time, but the change hasn't slowed...
View ArticleLogan political candidate beaten, family says
A Logan County man running for state office was attacked at a political event Sunday morning, according to his family. Kelly Ojeda said her husband Richard Ojeda was bent over placing a bumper sticker...
View ArticleDismissed charges give attorney new perspective on justice system
By Kate White As Mark Bramble restarts his career as a lawyer, he doesn't plan to go back to working on cases involving insurance companies. Instead, now that the state Supreme Court has said he can...
View ArticleVoting problems in Kanawha County may be growing
By Daniel Desrochers The issue of people voting in the wrong delegate district may be bigger than the Kanawha County Clerk originally thought. Vera McCormick's staff was able to identify 10 people who...
View ArticleBulletin Board: May 9, 2016
Library board of directorsThe Board of Directors of the Kanawha County Public Library system will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at the Main Library, third floor. Call 304-343-4646 for information....
View ArticleInnerviews: Gung-ho Vietnam vet personifies Marine Corps mystique
By Sandy Wells The few. The proud. The Marines.There's no prouder Marine than Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Means. The celebrated Marine mystique - he epitomizes all of it. At 69, he remains the quintessential...
View ArticleGroup works to register young voters, involve peers in political process
By Laura Haight With Election Day just around the corner, young leaders in the state are working to register their peers and get them to the voting booths. Karissa Hundell, a senior at Buffalo High...
View ArticleFor Charleston, vacant buildings present big challenges (interactive map)
By Elaina Sauber If derelict properties were a disease, much of Charleston would be quarantined. Charleston's Building Commission is finally enforcing an ordinance, passed by City Council in 2014,...
View ArticleNew efforts underway to end human trafficking in West Virginia
By Erin Beck HUNTINGTON - Last week, in a student center at Marshall University, students took turns walking on stage and facing an audience while standing in a hot pink box, several feet tall, with a...
View ArticleAround WV: May 9, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: a man who saved 60,000 Jews has ties to West Virginia, a mother remembers her deceased infant on Mother's Day, Marshall University addresses concerns over the...
View ArticleMaple Syrup Producers Association meeting, judging this week
WESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Department of Agriculture says new maple syrup producers have been tapping trees and expanding markets in the state and around the U.S. The West Virginia Maple...
View ArticleRenewable energy conference set at Marshall University
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Marshall University is holding a renewable energy conference this week. The conference will take place Thursday at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall in Huntington. The...
View Article30 at West Virginia University are global award recipients
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University says its students have set a record with 30 global scholarships and fellowships this year. The number is up from last year's total of 17 and the...
View ArticleLogan County man arrested in alleged attack of political candidate
By Erin Beck A Logan County man accused of attacking a state Senate candidate was arrested on Sunday evening. Richard Ojeda, a Democrat running in District 7, said he was at a cook-out in the Whitman...
View ArticleTomblin calls special session on budget for next week
By Phil Kabler A special session to enact the 2016-17 state budget will begin next week, despite a lack of consensus in the Legislature on how to close a $270 million budget shortfall, the governor's...
View ArticleWV sees record number of early voters as contested races draw more to polls
By David Gutman More than 100,000 West Virginians had already voted in the primary election as today's election day loomed, a number that dwarfs any other primary election in the 14-year history of...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n The Pineville Municipal Water Works has issued a boil-water advisory for customers in East Pineville, from Pineville city limits to the top of Jackson Hill. The advisory follows a water main break....
View ArticleCharleston Police to conduct child safety seat checks and resume 'Click it Or...
The Charleston Police Department will be hosting a child safety seat check from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Charleston Police Department Traffic Division (Roosevelt Community Center) in the alley of...
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