Around WV: June 13, 2016
By Kate White In Around West Virginia: veterans are farming on a mountaintop in Raleigh County; a former Marshall University football player is getting back his stolen championship ring; the creator...
View ArticleBeckley, McDowell boil-water advisories issued; Richwood advisory lifted
Beckley Water Company has issued a boil-water advisory from Astoria Drive to the end of Glenview Road, including all side streets. The McDowell County Public Service District has issued a boil-water...
View ArticleSummer feeding program to begin at Orchard Manor
Step By Step Inc., through the federally funded Summer Food Service Program, will offer free breakfast and snack to any child who would like to participate. The meals are available to all children...
View ArticleWV House OKs tobacco tax hike to balance budget
By Phil Kabler Breaking a 92-day budget impasse, the West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday passed a $98 million increase in tobacco taxes on a 63-35 vote (HB 1012), a key component to help close...
View ArticleQuinones found not guilty in Marmet slaying
By Kate White The courtroom stayed quiet Monday after a judge announced that Miguel Quinones had been found not guilty of first-degree murder. "I think everyone was just in shock," said Linda Hunter....
View ArticleSentencing for man who gave fatal dose of heroin postponed
A Kanawha County judge on Monday postponed the sentencing hearing of Steven Craig Coleman, who allegedly gave a woman a dose of heroin that killed her last year. Coleman's hearing is now scheduled for...
View ArticleZZ Top to play Clay Center in November
By From staff reports Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top is coming to Charleston in November. A classic rock staple, the band will perform Nov. 9 at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences. The...
View ArticleDOT wants Courtesy Patrol contract ended
By Phil Kabler State Department of Transportation officials will officially recommend this fall that the state end a $3.4 million a year contract with a Beckley-based nonprofit group to operate the...
View ArticlePrescriptions up in WV, but controlled substance pill numbers decline
By Eric Eyre Despite an increase in prescriptions, the number of tightly controlled drugs being dispensed in West Virginia is on pace to drop to its lowest amount in five years, according to a report...
View ArticleManchin to testify against drug firms
By Eric Eyre Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., plans to testify against prescription drug wholesalers that shipped hundreds of millions of pain pills to West Virginia over the past decade. Manchin's name...
View ArticleTeays Valley overpass lane closure to end by Aug. 31
By Staff reports The right southbound lane on the W.Va. 34 overpass spanning Interstate 64 at Teays Valley, closed since late April when a westbound truck pulling an oversized load on I-64 struck the...
View ArticleLibrary system board OKs cutting St. Albans branch hours
By Ryan Quinn The Kanawha County Public Library system's board voted Monday to cut eight of the St. Albans branch's weekly operating hours, and close on Saturdays. A resolution approved in a voice...
View ArticleCharleston man gets life in federal prison in informant killing
By Kate White Sitting in the front row of the courtroom on Monday, Bruce Basham covered his eyes with a tissue and sobbed. Basham had just looked into the eyes of the man who killed his daughter and...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty to fatal stabbing of roommate
By Kate White Patricia Miller was stone-faced, staring up at the mother of the woman she stabbed to death two years ago on Charleston's East End. "She took my daughter," said Cathy Meadows, standing...
View ArticleNatural remedies join over-the-counter meds at new pharmacy
By Lydia Nuzum A new family-owned pharmacy that stocks natural remedies alongside over-the-counter pharmaceutical products has opened in Kanawha City. Valley Wellness Pharmacy, located at 3715...
View ArticleAttorney becomes chair of Run for Your Life after battle with cancer
By Jennifer Gardner Just last week, Erin Magee stopped wearing wigs and scarves. She calls her new hairstyle, a pixie cut, the "last step." Last October, Magee was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer....
View ArticleCandlelight vigil aims to spark unity and peace after Orlando massacre
By Andrew Brown The candles were lifted in unison, their small flames illuminating the tears, heartache and resolve that filled St. John's Episcopal Church in Charleston. Charleston residents, members...
View ArticleMateen had 'strong indications of radicalization,' FBI chief says
By By Eric Tucker and Jack Gillum The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The gunman at the Orlando gay nightclub had "strong indications of radicalization" and was likely inspired by foreign terrorist...
View ArticleBulletin Board: June 14, 2016
The Kanawha Valley WVU Fan Club will meet 7 p.m. Thursday at Harding's Family Restaurant by Interstate 79, Mink Shoals, Exit 1. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at West Virginia University will...
View ArticleAround WV: June 14, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: the LGBT community reacts to the Orlando shooting, three men shot and killed in Morgan County, and more. n A reporter for The Register-Herald spoke to members of...
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