Vigil set in Morgantown for Orlando nightclub victims
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Several West Virginia University groups have joined Morgantown businesses and faith-based organizations in planning a candlelight vigil in response to the weekend tragedy at a...
View ArticleOhio frees ex-fugitive, 80, on parole in W.Va.
By By Kantele Franko The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - A now-80-year-old man who disappeared from an Ohio prison camp in 1959 while serving time for manslaughter and was captured last year in...
View ArticleVisually impaired children find way home to self-expression with camp
By Jake Jarvis MORGANTOWN — Everyone calls her Miss Becky. She squeals when something finally clicks with a student, and when a new person comes around, she whips out a phone and scrolls past a stream...
View ArticleWV Forestry to lay off 37 employees
By Eric Eyre The West Virginia Division of Forestry plans to lay off 37 employees by the end of the month, after lawmakers rejected a proposal to restore $1.7 million to the agency. The workers...
View ArticleNew Scout center honors Mormons' commitment to scouting
By Rick Steelhammer The Thomas S. Monson Leadership Excellence Complex, named in honor of the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - the Boy Scouts of America's oldest partner...
View ArticleRichwood mayor's race too close to call
By Staff reports Richwood's 10-person mayoral election is too close to call. The morning after election day, Glenn Weiler, a recent transplant from California, led the crowded field with 102 votes, a...
View ArticleManchin joins Dem filibuster over inaction on guns
By From staff, wire reports WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator on Wednesday launched a filibuster to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in...
View ArticleMontgomery elects Ingram, former city recorder, as mayor
By Daniel Desrochers The town of Montgomery wants Greg Ingram to guide it through the departure of West Virginia University Institute of Technology. The town elected Ingram, the former town recorder,...
View ArticleThree unique Blenko pieces to be available in Charleston
By Lydia Nuzum Lovers of Blenko Glass, one of West Virginia's oldest and most beloved handmade glassware companies, will have the opportunity to add three unique new pieces to their collections in...
View ArticleWVU Health system president to retire
By Lydia Nuzum Dr, Christopher Colenda, former chancellor of the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center and president and CEO of the West Virginia United Health System, will retire at the end...
View ArticleTrial severed for alleged CVS robberies get-away driver
By From staff reports A Kanawha judge granted a motion Wednesday to sever the trial of a woman allegedly involved in a string of robberies at CVS stores from the trials of others involved. Kristy...
View ArticleKanawha parks board mulls fee for tennis courts
By Daniel Desrochers The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission has a tennis problem. Too many people want to play tennis on the Coonskin Park courts. The parks board now is considering...
View ArticleStudents from across US, world arrive for National Youth Science Camp
By Jennifer Gardner Last year in Ecuador as George Herrara Ortiz packed his bags to leave for the 2015 National Youth Science Camp, he found out that an issue with his visa would prevent him from...
View ArticleMan recently acquitted in Kanawha murder arrested on gun charge
By Jared Casto A man acquitted of murder Monday was arrested Tuesday and charged in federal court with possessing a firearm as a felon. Miguel Quinones, 37, was acquitted Monday of the murder of...
View ArticleSt. Albans man sentenced after being caught with drugs, guns
By From staff reports A St. Albans man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison after being caught with fentanyl, marijuana, multiple pistols and three assault rifles said Carol Casto,...
View ArticleFor-profit college acreditor could lose recognition from U.S. Department of...
By Jake Jarvis Several for-profit colleges in West Virginia would be affected if the U.S. Department of Education decides to stop recognizing the agency that accredited those schools. The federal...
View ArticleCharleston task force hears from Huntington on land banks
By Elaina Sauber As city officials weigh the possibility of establishing a land bank in Charleston, the Strong Neighborhoods Task Force learned about efficacy of the only existing land reuse agency in...
View ArticleAuthorities searching for inmate who escaped transport van near Beckley
By Jared Casto A convict is at large after escaping from a transport van Wednesday at the North Beckley toll plaza near the intersection of Interstate 64 and Interstate 77. Paul Ira Hopkins, 37,...
View ArticleAround WV: June 16, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: the "Brunch Bill" to be considered in Greenbrier County, kids in Wayne County learn to cope with loss, West Virginia University students turn to counselors after...
View ArticleCouncil approves demolition of historic district buildings
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Beckley Common Council has voted to approve demolition of several Neville Street buildings within the historic district. The Register-Herald reports the council approved Tuesday...
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