Mingo County elects new officials in Dem-only races
By Kate White Mingo County voters on Tuesday elected a new county commissioner, prosecuting attorney and circuit clerk, as no Republicans filed to run in those races. John Michael Hubbard, who has...
View ArticleSenate candidate wants FBI probe into beating
By Eric Eyre After winning a West Virginia Senate primary election from a hospital bed, retired U.S. Army Maj. Richard Ojeda called for a federal investigation Wednesday into a brutal assault last...
View ArticleWV state school board OKs alternative paths to teaching
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia Board of Education has approved alternative teacher certification programs for Kanawha and seven other counties, including a McDowell County program that will begin to...
View ArticleProsecutors concerned about Southern travel request
By Ken Ward Jr. Federal prosecutors are raising questions about what they called an "open-ended" request from former Freedom Industries official Gary Southern to travel to England if there is a family...
View ArticleStamp Out Hunger food drive to distribute bags today
By Jared Casto Stamp Out Hunger bags are being distributed today, encouraging Kanawha Valley residents to donate to the largest one-day food collection event in America. Residents wishing to...
View ArticleBulletin Board: May 12, 2016
Federal employeesThe Charleston chapter of NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees, will meet at 10 a.m. Friday at the South Charleston Public Library, 312 Fourth Ave., South...
View ArticleEx-Massey CEO Blankenship now in California federal prison
By Ken Ward Jr. Don Blankenship surrendered himself to federal authorities at a California prison Thursday, after an appeals court flatly turned down the former Massey Energy Co. CEO's bid to remain...
View ArticleAround WV: May 12, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: Senator Capito plans to meet with Donald Trump, the DEA targets prescription drug abuse in the Clarksburg area, and more. n U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-...
View ArticleSouthern West Virginia national parks help local economy
GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (AP) - The National Park Service says southern West Virginia's three national parks contributed more than $64 million in benefits to the local economy in 2015. Economists with the...
View ArticleWest Virginia sees 40 percent turnout for primary election
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia is reporting that 40 percent of registered voters turned out for its primary election. A secretary of state news release about the unofficial results says the...
View ArticleU.S. seeks to cut methane from oil, gas by 40 percent
By By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Obama administration issued a final rule Thursday to sharply cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, a key part of a push by...
View ArticleWV boat engineer pulled from Pennsylvania river
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) - Authorities have identified the body of a West Virginia boat engineer found by two youths who had been fishing in Pennsylvania. State police say the boys found the body of...
View ArticleOSHA cites Fairmont contractor
By Staff reports A Marion County contractor has been cited by federal officials for allegedly putting workers in serious - potentially fatal - danger at a Fairmont work site. The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleConvoy delivers World Trade Center steel to WV
By Jared Casto Two pieces of steel taken from the wreckage of New York City’s World Trade Center were delivered to Huntington. The World Trade Center Steel Artifact Convoy departed New York before...
View ArticleJohn Norman Street dedication to celebrate namesake
By Elaina Sauber Anthony Kinzer has worked for years to preserve the memories of those whose lives were shaped by the historic Block District. The West Virginia Center for African-American Art and...
View ArticleGroups differ on no-confidence vote for D&E president
By Jake Jarvis After the Davis & Elkins faculty assembly narrowly approved a resolution of no confidence for the school's interim president, G. T. "Buck" Smith, students and other faculty members...
View ArticleCapito 'encouraged' after meeting with Trump
By David Gutman Sen. Shelley Moore Capito gave a positive assessment of her meeting Thursday with Donald Trump, but would not explicitly say she supports the man who is virtually assured of being her...
View ArticleTrump wins most RNC delegates, but Kasich gets one
By Daniel Desrochers Katrina Lewis, an assistant principal at Wheeling Park High School, wasn't supposed to win a spot as a delegate from West Virginia to the Republican National Convention. The...
View ArticleTax hikes, furloughs on table for WV budget talks
By Phil Kabler Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is asking legislators to consider three tax increase options to close a $270 million gap in the 2016-17 West Virginia budget, and is seeking authority to furlough...
View ArticleJenkins bill aims to help babies exposed to drugs in the womb
By Lydia Nuzum The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill authored by U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., that directs the U.S. comptroller general to study the barriers to treating neonatal...
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