Nitro to consider allowing alcohol sales on Sundays
By Jake Jarvis Nitro's city council is set to consider next month whether it wants to permit alcohol sales before 1 p.m. on Sunday. Mayor Dave Casebolt said the council decided at its Tuesday night...
View ArticleRoad work: June 22, 2016
West Virginia Paving Inc. will be milling the following streets in Charleston between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. today: Hunters Ridge Road - from Smith Road to Southpoint Village Buckhorn Road - from...
View ArticleOfficials don't foresee payroll issues with delayed budget
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia officials don't foresee any issues setting up state employee payroll in time for the long-delayed budget that starts July 1. Department of Administration...
View ArticleAround WV: June 22, 2016
By Lori Kersey In Around West Virginia, Charles Town adopts a LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance, 10 interns join Theatre West Virginia, a Logan County man allegedly steals from the woman he works for,...
View ArticleWV governor's chief of staff to step down
By Eric Eyre Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's chief of staff, Charlie Lorensen, is stepping down, and communications director Chris Stadelman is taking over the job Friday. Lorensen has served as chief of...
View ArticleSocial Security benefits to rise slightly next year
By By Stephen Ohlemacher and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Millions of Social Security beneficiaries can expect only a meager increase in monthly payments next year, the...
View ArticleWV delegate calls for Clinton to be executed
By Lori Kersey The employer of a West Virginia lawmaker says it's investigating after he said on social media that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be publicly executed. Delegate Michael...
View ArticleWater agency temp workers get same perks as state employees
By Eric Eyre A small state agency that finances water projects in West Virginia is spending up to $200,000 a year for temporary workers and providing them with perks like paid holidays, sick leave and...
View ArticleMountain Party chooses Pritt as gubernatorial candidate
By Staff reports Charlotte Pritt is again running to be West Virginia's governor, this time on the Mountain Party's ticket. Pritt accepted on Saturday the party's nomination to run for governor, 20...
View ArticleJennifer Garner visits with families affected by flood
By Jennifer Gardner Weeks after flooding devastated her home state, actress Jennifer Garner visited with Elkview families affected by the tragedy on Saturday. Garner, a graduate of George Washington...
View ArticleMonroe developer pleads guilty to federal charge
By Kate White The developer of a failed multimillion-dollar Monroe County mountaintop residential community pleaded guilty to a federal charge in Charleston last week, admitting he submitted a false...
View ArticleFewer public colleges would save state money, lawmakers say
By Jake Jarvis At least two state lawmakers have suggested that some public colleges in the state should become private or close entirely to save the state money. Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, wants...
View ArticleMCHM 'flushing' likely exceeded EPA health guidance, study says
By Ken Ward Jr. Kanawha Valley residents likely breathed in levels of the chemical crude MCHM that exceeded a federal inhalation advisory level while they were "flushing" their home plumbing systems...
View ArticleNew WVSU president credits mom for successful career
By Jake Jarvis All it took was one look. But not just any look, the look. Anthony Jenkins was an average boy growing up on the southeast side of Washington, D.C., raised by an average single mother,...
View ArticleDaughter of Clendenin man hopes to save her father's water gardens
By Andrew Brown The water lilies, irises and Japanese lotuses were stuffed into whatever pots and containers could be found. Almost none of the delicate water plants were in bloom yet. Their pink,...
View ArticleBusiness owner copes with fire as well as flood
By Andrew Brown CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, W.Va. - Like more than 100 business owners throughout the state, Mark Adkins finds himself trying to replace and rebuild years of hard work and investment as a result...
View ArticleThings to do today: Sunday, July 17, 2016
MusicFLOODSTOCK: 12:30 p.m. Donations. Flood fundraiser, featuring Hard Reign, Mark Bradley, Crawdad Smoothie, Robbie & Jones, Non Friction, Carpenter Ants, Mindbender, Mark Miller Band, Siren...
View ArticleGirl Scouts sued, ex-employee alleges retaliatory firing
By David Gutman A former official with West Virginia's council of the Girl Scouts is suing the organization, alleging that she was fired in retaliation after she reported embezzlement by her...
View ArticleSteelhammer: Giant Meteor campaign seeks to make Trump, Clinton feel the burn
Now that it's obvious that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be duking it out for the right to occupy and redecorate the White House, there are signs that interest in the presidential race could...
View Article3 officers dead, 3 wounded in Baton Rouge shooting
By By Mike Kunzelman The Associated Press Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers were killed and three others wounded Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police...
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