St. Albans approves 15 percent water rate hike
By By George Hohmann For the Gazette-Mail St. Albans Council has approved a 15 percent increase in the city's water rate for the financial year that begins July 1. The average residential customer's...
View ArticlePutnam teachers' union honors outgoing superintendent
By Laura Haight Winfield - The Putnam County American Federation of Teachers union honored retiring Superintendent Chuck Hatfield at Tuesday night's school board meeting. Angie Turkelson, president of...
View ArticleDunbar to share humane officer with Nitro
By Caitlin Cook After several months without a humane officer patrolling its streets, Dunbar will once again have a humane officer thanks to a countywide effort. Dunbar City Council members voted...
View ArticleDelegate count makes Clinton presumptive Democratic nominee
By By Hope Yen, Stephen Ohlemacher, Lisa Lerer and Catherine Lucey The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Striding into history, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to top the presidential ticket...
View ArticleCharleston committee receives update on parking assessment, new garage proposed
By Elaina Sauber Charleston officials plan to have clear-cut recommendations for the city's parking system before the end of this year. Sherry Risk, executive projects manager with the city manager's...
View ArticleBulletin Board: June 7, 2016
Republican executive committeeThe next meeting of the Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee will be 6 p.m. today at the Kanawha County Courthouse. Matt Crook, field director of Americans for...
View ArticleStudents asked to create virtual West Virginia Capitol
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is asking West Virginia students to create a virtual state Capitol building using a video game. Tomblin's science, technology, engineering and math...
View ArticleAround WV: June 7, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: a doctor pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter, another town considers an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, goldfish are killed in an act of...
View ArticleShenandoah River mishap leaves 1 dead; 1 rescued by copter
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) - One person drowned and another was rescued by helicopter after they capsized close to rapids in the Shenandoah River near the West Virginia-Maryland border, an emergency...
View ArticleMarshall project wins national award
By Staff reports Marshall University's website and mobile application Clio, which alerts users to historically and culturally significant sites around them, won a national award for innovation,...
View ArticleTwo area boil-water advisories lifted
Two area boil-water advisories have been lifted. They are: n The boil-water advisory has been lifted for the Eastern Wyoming Public Service District for customers on Moran Avenue, Town Ridge, Davis...
View ArticleKentucky regulators cite Justice-owned mine after mudslide
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky regulators have cited a company owned by coal operator Jim Justice for conditions that they say contributed to a mudslide and flooding that damaged six homes in Pike...
View ArticlePublic opinion requested in future transportation planning
By Jennifer Gardner Citizens of Kanawha and Putnam counties are invited to voice their opinion and provide input at a meeting Thursday evening on shaping the region's transportation system over the...
View ArticleWV revenue secretary: $464M deficit 'very unlikely'
By Phil Kabler May was a rare month, of late, where West Virginia revenue collection exceeded estimates - but the positive figures were "very deceiving," fueled primarily through funding transfers,...
View ArticleIndiana governor fundraises for Cole, talks right-to-work
By David Gutman Praising right-to-work laws, regulatory reforms and charter schools, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence boosted Bill Cole's candidacy for governor at a Charleston fundraiser on Tuesday. Speaking...
View ArticleLogan judge continues to challenge election loss
By Kate White A Logan County judge who lost his seat in May's primary election claimed this week that he should get to keep it because, among other reasons, voters were wrongly influenced by an attack...
View ArticleTomblin receives budget bill, takes no immediate action
By Staff reports After a day's delay, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin received the budget bill from the Legislature Tuesday, but took no immediate action on it, a spokesman said Tuesday evening. Tomblin, who...
View ArticleOhio man pleads guilty to enticing WV minors for sex
By From staff reports An Ohio man faces up to a decade in federal prison after attempting to meet with minors for sex in Parkersburg last summer. Robert N. Bray III, 38, of Logan, Ohio, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleClay County schools won't follow Obama transgender directive
By Ryan Quinn The leaders of West Virginia's Clay County public school system say their schools won't follow the Obama administration's directive to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and...
View ArticleTrial begins for Marmet apartment slaying
By Kate White Miguel Quinones' lawyer told jurors Tuesday that prosecutors have charged the wrong person with the murder of a man who was brutally beaten inside a Marmet apartment. Quinones is on...
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