After Dallas, WV police consider uses for robots
By Daniel Desrochers After a sniper killed five police officers in Dallas earlier this month, police made an unusual call - they attached a bomb to a remote-controlled robot and detonated it to kill...
View ArticleAfter tuition increases rejected, colleges to ask for less
By Jake Jarvis Two of the three community colleges that were denied large tuition increases last week now plan to raise tuition by not more than 5 percent. Administrators at West Virginia University...
View ArticleCharleston CVB exceeds goal for hotel bookings
By Staff reports For the fourth consecutive year, the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau exceeded its goal for hotel bookings in fiscal 2016. President and CEO Alisa Bailey announced the...
View ArticleOfficials offer tips for upcoming heat wave
By Jared Casto Residents will want to limit their outdoor activities and stay hydrated this weekend as the Mountain State's first summer heat wave moves in. Nick Webb, meteorologist at the National...
View ArticleMountain lions' killer instincts could save human lives in the East
By By Karin Brulliard The Washington Post In 1921, an article in the quarterly journal of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife made plain the prevailing feeling about one native inhabitant...
View ArticleFire kills woman in Logan County
By Staff reports A woman died Thursday night in a fire in Logan County. The woman lived in a single-wide trailer at 1041 Crooked Creek Road in the Peach Creek area, said Justin Conley, a firefighter...
View ArticleAround WV: July 21, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: why Donald Trump can't bring coal jobs back to West Virginia, which counties are receiving the most flooding assistance, and more. n Fortune outlines why, despite...
View ArticleWV DNR accepting applicants for special deer hunt
PIPESTEM, W.Va. (AP) - The state Division of Natural Resources is accepting applications for a controlled deer hunt this fall in southern West Virginia. The hunt is scheduled for Nov. 3, 4 and 5 at...
View ArticleHighways worker hospitalized after being pinned under rock
By From staff reports A Division of Highways worker was flown to a Charleston hospital after he was pinned under a large rock at a Roane County construction site. Carrie Jones, DOH spokeswoman, said...
View ArticleBrazil arrests 10 in alleged Olympics terror plot
By The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian police arrested 10 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on social media and discussed possible attacks during the...
View ArticleFlooding state of emergency to continue another month
A dozen West Virginia counties ravaged by flooding in June will stay under a state of emergency for another month. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday that the state of emergency would extend to...
View ArticleOfficers, Humane Society seize horses from Kincaid property
KINCAID, W.Va. (AP) - The Fayette County Sheriff's Department and the Humane Society of the United States have seized five horses they say were suffering from severe malnutrition and neglect. The...
View ArticleWV addiction summit slated for next week
CHESAPEAKE, W.Va. (AP) - Health officials, law enforcement officers and other specialists will gather next week for a summit on addiction issues in West Virginia. The event will take place Monday...
View ArticleFlorida police shoot black man with his hands up as he tries to help autistic...
By By Michael E. Miller and Mark Berman Washington Post Police in South Florida shot an unarmed black caretaker Monday as he tried to help his autistic patient. Charles Kinsey was trying to retrieve a...
View ArticleCruz to Trump: It's personal, stands by no endorsement
By By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - A day after being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz remained defiant about not endorsing...
View ArticleArraignment date set for Putnam murder suspect
By Staff reports A Putnam County man accused of murder was given an arraignment date and served indictment papers Thursday. Philip Casto, 34, will be arraigned on a felony charge of first-degree...
View ArticleAnti-Trump march kicks off final day of GOP convention
By By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL HILL The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - About 150 protesters carrying signs saying "Ban All Trumps Not Muslims" and chanting "Love Trumps Hate" marched across a...
View ArticleRace wagering continued decline last year
By Phil Kabler Wagering on live races at the state's four thoroughbred and greyhound racetracks continued to decline in the 2015-16 fiscal year, which ended June 30, Racing Commission Executive...
View ArticlePEIA sees jump in medical claims after uncertainty over funding
By Phil Kabler The Public Employees Insurance Agency is seeing a $21 million jump in medical claims, which officials hope is a "run on benefits" by insurees who were uncertain about whether the West...
View ArticleWV church houses dozens of relief volunteers
By Lori Kersey Devastation like what many West Virginians have faced in the past few weeks isn't new to Brian Hughey. In 2011, a tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, where his family lives. It...
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