South Charleston moves to rezone parcel for commercial development
By By George Hohmann For the Gazette-Mail South Charleston Council has given preliminary approval to a rezoning request that would make way for a new commercial development along Jefferson Road....
View ArticleBulletin Board: May 20, 2016
Buddy bench fundraiserThe Boone County Comprehensive School Counseling Program announced that the Boone County School Counselors are hosting a Be Kind Boone County Buddy Walk/Run from 10 a.m. to noon...
View ArticleEgypt army says plane wreckage found near Alexandria
By By MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated PressCAIRO (AP) - Egyptian air and naval forces have spotted a body part, passengers' personal belongings and other debris from EgyptAir flight 804, which crashed while...
View ArticleAround WV: May 20, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: 600 bags of heroin are intercepted, Lewisburg's economy is a bright spot in southern West Virginia, and a Rainelle tattoo artist said his work helps ease his...
View ArticlePutnam County Library to offer summer reading program
Putnam County Library will offer a reading program this summer. Sign-ups begin June 1 and participants will read through July 31. A prize will be given to all readers who sign up and additional...
View ArticleBirding festival set for next month at Canaan Valley Resort
DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) - Birders and nature lovers can participate in nature walks, presentations and activities during the annual Canaan Valley Birding Festival next month in Davis. The event is June 2...
View ArticlePregnant women in US with Zika spikes on new counting method
By By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with Zika virus is suddenly tripling, due to a change in how the government is reporting...
View ArticleBulletin Board: May 21, 2016
Breast cancer walkThe GFWC Woman's Club of Cross Lanes is sponsoring the Mary Fletcher Breast Cancer Awareness Walk from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Cross Lanes Elementary track, 5525 Big Tyler Road....
View ArticleCosts mount for 'temporary' fix to sewer line crushed by Yeager slide
By Rick Steelhammer Residents of Keystone and Barlow drives are not the only folks anxious to see the final 140 feet of debris from Yeager Airport's collapsed runway safety zone removed. There's also...
View ArticleStill no WV budget, but proposals ahead
By Phil Kabler Legislators left Charleston Friday after five days in special session without a 2016-17 West Virginia budget plan, but with assurances that the House and Senate Finance committees will...
View ArticleFeds charge 12 in drug conspiracy
By Staff reports A federal grand jury in Huntington returned an indictment Thursday against 12 people in an alleged drug ring with various charges related to the conspiracy to sell more than 100 grams...
View ArticleRecent Vienna water tests well over new C8 limit
By David Gutman Vienna residents were advised not to drink or cook with their municipal water on Thursday because five water samples, taken last year from throughout the water system, showed levels of...
View Article2 Kanawha middle schools to compete in national history bowl
By Jared Casto Students from two Kanawha County middle schools are putting their knowledge of history to the test this weekend during the National U.S. Academic Bee and Bowl. Six students from Andrew...
View ArticlePullman Plaza Hotel to undergo renovations
Huntington's historic Pullman Plaza Hotel will be going through some major changes in the coming months after being purchased by Jay Batra, a New York real estate mogul. According to local media...
View ArticleVienna residents, business owners grapple with new C8 guidelines
By Lori Kersey VIENNA - Standing in her Vienna restaurant during the lunch-time rush Friday, Cindi Emrick had mostly questions and frustration about an advisory not to drink or cook with the city's...
View Article'Something from nothing' drives Fayetteville craftsman
On a recent spring evening in Fayetteville, Andrew Adkins pulled up a stool at the Cathedral Café. It had been a productive day, by anyone's standards, but Andrew wears many hats. He handcrafts most...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Senate should act like the upper house
In my tenure covering the Legislature, I've always had a preference for the Senate, since for many years I covered the Senate exclusively. (Or more accurately, I basically wasn't allowed in the...
View ArticleThousands of WV workers to become eligible for overtime pay
By David Gutman A newly unveiled federal rule on overtime pay, intended to give a bump in wages to low- and middle-income workers, will affect a greater percentage of West Virginia's workforce than...
View Article50 years ago, team from tiny Normantown High set still-standing international...
By Rick Steelhammer Big accomplishments can come from small high schools, as Homer Hickam and his Rocket Boys from Big Creek High School in War, McDowell County, proved in winning the National Science...
View ArticleFlinn Elementary students soar at library Sculpture Show
By Jared Casto John Harper, itinerant art teacher at Flinn Elementary School, wants students to know that artistic minds have the ability to change the world. "The message that we try to instill in...
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