East End shooting one of three gun incidents early Saturday
By Lori Kersey A teenager was shot after confronting a man reportedly driving her stolen car during one of three unconnected gun crimes to occur in Charleston early Saturday morning, police say....
View ArticleBlenko vase pays special tribute to West Virginia fishing
By By Courtney Hessler The Herald-Dispatch MILTON, W.Va. (AP) - Blenko Glass Company has started making its 2016 West Virginia Day piece, "Patience's Prize," which will go on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday,...
View ArticleGolf marathon will benefit youth organization
By Jared Casto Larry Green is one of about 25 people who will tee off in the Youth Commission of West Virginia's annual golf marathon, 100 Holes of Hope, where participants play 100 rounds of golf in...
View ArticleSummer food program focuses on rural areas
By Jennifer Gardner Tanner Sutherland, picked up a cardboard box and raced toward pallets of cans. He picked two cans of vegetables, two of soup, and two of beef ravioli, a few granola bars, a jar of...
View ArticleBudget bill shows cutting is difficult
By Phil Kabler Directed to come up with an additional $90 million in budget cuts in the 2016-17 state budget, House and Senate Finance Committee members were able to cut barely a third of that amount...
View ArticleStorm causes downed trees, high water
By Staff reports Kanawha County dispatchers received several calls about downed trees and high water Saturday evening after a heavy storm blew through the area. Dispatchers said the westbound, slow...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Legislature had no plan for budget
By Phil Kabler As the Legislature spent a third week wandering in the wilderness of the special session, frustrated Democrats poised a legitimate question to leadership: "What is the plan?" The lack...
View ArticleAnalyst: Chemours a 'bankruptcy waiting to happen'
By Ken Ward Jr. The company that was spun off from DuPont is a "bankruptcy waiting to happen" because of liabilities related to lawsuits and cleanups related to the toxic chemical C8, according to a...
View ArticleGreen Bank Observatory sets sights on a new generation of spuds
By Rick Steelhammer GREEN BANK - Better known for probing deep space to study the nature of gravitational waves, discover the presence of molecules that could potentially support life, and search for...
View ArticleDNR officials outline plans for WV's new Forks of Coal Natural Area
By John McCoy ALUM CREEK - West Virginia has a brand-new place where people can get outdoors and enjoy nature. The Forks of Coal Natural Area opened its gates to the public on June 2. Alum Creek...
View ArticleAdvocates want more discovery in PSC chemical spill probe
By Ken Ward Jr. A citizen watchdog group wants the state Public Service Commission to reopen the gathering of information for the PSC's long-delayed hearings - now scheduled for November - into West...
View ArticleSteelhammer: Making America's news business great again with tronc
By Rick Steelhammer These days, I feel as lucky as an EPA official emerging unscathed from a road trip through Logan County in a car plastered with "Hillary" stickers simply to continue having a job...
View ArticleTreasurer's office returns $12.2 million in unclaimed property
By Staff reports The unclaimed property division of State Treasurer John Perdue's office has returned $12.2 million so far this year, surpassing 2015's $9.1 million figure with a month left in the...
View ArticleWV water agency head had trooper/nephew direct sex-offender search during...
By Eric Eyre Kate WhiteKate White State Water Development Authority Director Chris Jarrett had his nephew, a West Virginia State Police officer, send troopers to conduct a search of an Elkview home as...
View ArticlePolice in West Virginia less likely than most states to report hate crimes...
By Erin Beck West Virginia's police departments have a worse record of reporting hate crimes to the FBI than most other states. According to an Associated Press investigation, about 30 percent of...
View ArticleThe 2016 Vandalia award winners named
Joni Hoffman of Duck, Braxton County, received the 2016 Vandalia Award on May 27 at the annual Vandalia Gathering at the state Capitol. The Vandalia Award is the highest folk life award that is...
View ArticleRain doesn't dampen spirits at annual Pride Parade
By Jake Jarvis A man checks his phone and sees the forecast: rain. "Oh, it won't ruin the fun," he said to a woman next to him. Then it started raining - a lot.The 20th-annual WV Pride Parade...
View ArticleJail should have prevented alcohol-withdrawal death, lawyer says
By Erin Beck At the age of 32, Phillip Ross Board, of Dunbar, died in his cell at South Central Regional Jail on April 5. Board's family believes he died of symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. They also...
View ArticleCharleston losing money on recycling, study finds
By Elaina Sauber The recycling rate in Charleston is well below the national average, but the slumping market and climbing cost of transportation makes some city officials hesitant to encourage more...
View ArticleOpioid prescriptions in US, WV down for first time in two decades
By Lydia Nuzum The number of opioid prescriptions has fallen across the U.S. and in West Virginia over the last three years, slowing the nearly two-decade rise of narcotic painkillers, which still...
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