Airstream trailer convention set for West Virginia
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A whole bunch of silvery RVs are coming to Lewisburg this month. The State Fair of West Virginia Event Center says it will host more than 700 campers for a week starting June...
View ArticleWV lawmakers end special session with budget, PEIA bills
By Phil Kabler Closing out a 17-day special session, West Virginia legislators put the final touches on a $4.187 billion 2016-17 state budget on Tuesday - including amending it to include a new...
View ArticleBeckley Water lifts area boil-water advisory
Beckley Water Company has lifted a boil-water advisory for customers from Astoria Drive to the end of Glenview Road.
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Teen cuisineWVU Extension Office and Kanawha County Public Library will sponsor a Teen Cuisine multi-week class designed to teach teens how to prepare their own healthy meals and snacks. The class...
View ArticleWith benefits at risk, coal miner union rallies in Kentucky
By By Dylan Lovan Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Thousands of retired coal miners rallied Tuesday in Kentucky to call on Congress to protect their benefits as the industry struggles and...
View ArticleUSDA releases first-ever maple syrup production data
By From staff reports The first-ever report on maple syrup production in West Virginia shows the state produced more than 6,000 gallons in February and March. Data released Monday is the first ever...
View ArticleMan wanted for killing 3 in WV captured
By By Jonathan Mattise The Associated Press After an eight-hour manhunt spanning three states, Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday captured a man accused of fatally shooting three people in West...
View ArticlePhotos: Three Kanawha parks pools open for summer
Three Kanawha County Parks and Recreation pools are open for the summer. Coonskin Park's pool, north of Charleston, is open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Labor Day weekend. Rates are $3 for...
View ArticleFirefighters fight back against cancer risk
By Jennifer Gardner Firefighters have been put at an even greater risk for cancer since the addition of more modern, synthetic materials to homes and structures. St. Albans Fire Chief Lance Carney...
View ArticleLegislature passes bill to help Boone pay school workers
By Ryan Quinn The House of Delegates voted 72-19 Tuesday to approve a bill to give Boone County Schools the extra money that county officials said they need to give employees their final paychecks on...
View ArticleProgram offers educational experiences for adults
By Jake Jarvis Ed Johnson has had his fair share of fun through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. He's taught a couple of classes and he's taken even more. Known as OLLI, the institute is...
View ArticleAs chemical makers balk at new plants, earnings stand to rise
By By Jack Kaskey Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell's decision to build a major chemical plant in Pennsylvania boils down to a bet that North American shale gas in the next decade will remain cheaper than...
View ArticleProsecutors: Ex-Social Security judge tried to spy on worker
By By Adam Beam The Associated PressFRANKFORT, Ky. - When a Social Security Administration employee blew the whistle on a federal judge and a lawyer bilking the system for more than $600 million in...
View ArticleFestivALL-goers to see changes this year
By Elaina Sauber As organizers prepare to kick off Charleston's largest celebration for the arts, this year's FestivALL will feature long-held traditions, as well as first-year attractions. But...
View Article14% of WV students 'chronically absent'
By Ryan Quinn About 14 percent of West Virginia's public school students - 40,000 out of 283,800 pupils in kindergarten through 12th grade - missed at least 15 days of school in the 2013-14 school...
View ArticleOne wounded in shooting reported in Charleston
By From staff reports One person was wounded Tuesday in a shooting in Charleston, dispatchers say. It happened at about 6:40 p.m. in the 600 block of Monroe Street, near Westmoreland Drive. Kanawha...
View ArticleAlleged N.C. fugitive arrested in St. Albans
By From staff reports St. Albans police and the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Tuesday evening an alleged fugitive from North Carolina. William Lee Bayliss, 32, was charged in Carolina Beach, North...
View ArticleOrlando shooter visited gay club
By By Jason Dearen and Terrance Harris The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - The FBI is investigating reports that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen had been a regular at the gay nightclub he attacked and had...
View ArticleAuthorities search for boy dragged into water by gator
By By Jay Reeves Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - The search continued Wednesday morning for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's upscale Grand...
View ArticleAround WV: June 15, 2016
By Lydia Nuzum In Around West Virginia: Recovery Point graduates 15 new addiction treatment coaches, a brother and sister are arrested for armed robbery in Morgantown, a Christian group fixes homes in...
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