Concerns raised over DHHR juvenile reimbursement changes
By Phil Kabler Children could be endangered and some state facilities forced to close if the state Department of Health and Human Resources changes how it pays to place juveniles in residential...
View ArticleNFL's Saints, on first day at WV training camp, work to fix flood damage
By David Gutman WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — For a couple of days a month ago, there was no baseball field at Villa Park, in downtown White Sulphur Springs. There was no football field, no tennis courts,...
View ArticleTrump urges Russia to find Clinton's 30,000 missing emails
By By Philip Rucker and Robert Costa The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA - Republican nominee Donald Trump suggested directly Wednesday to the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential...
View ArticleObama boosts Clinton; Kaine mocks Trump
By By Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey The Associated Press Philadelphia - His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her...
View ArticleSearch for drowning victim continues in Mingo County
By Staff reports Crews in Mingo County continued Thursday afternoon to search for a man believed to have drowned in the Tug Fork River. A Mingo County dispatcher said a drowning was reported Wednesday...
View ArticleFlash flood watch issued for much of West Virginia
By Staff reports A flash flood watch is in effect through Friday morning for much of West Virginia. The watch area includes Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer,...
View ArticleAround WV: July 28, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: an event planned to get kids' minds off the flood, delegates' views on a "bathroom bill," a Morgantown teacher wins a national award, and more. n The West...
View ArticleBeckley mayor wants city to be bike, pedestrian friendly
By The Associated Press BECKLEY (AP) - Beckley leaders are trying to make the city friendlier to foot traffic and bicyclists. WVVA-TV reports the move by Beckley Mayor Rob Rappold comes as students at...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n West Virginia American Water has issued a boil-water advisory for the following areas of the company's New River system: U.S. 60 - from Midland Trail High School to Lookout, Spyrock, Lookout, Winona...
View ArticleEmployee charged with embezzling from Town Center Marriott
By Kate White An accountant and cashier for the Charleston Town Center Marriott is accused of embezzling thousands of dollars over the past 11 years from the hotel. Federal prosecutors charged Mark...
View ArticleThis year's Multifest to collect donations, supplies for flood relief
By Elaina Sauber West Virginia's largest event promoting cultural diversity is focused on helping survivors of last month's floods that devastated much of the state. The 27th annual Multifest is...
View ArticleHealth officials to survey some flood-affected households
By From staff reports The state Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will do a survey of households in Greenbrier and...
View ArticleKelleys Men's Shop to hold auction Saturday
By Staff teports The contents of longtime Charleston haberdasher Kelleys Men's Shop are being auctioned off Saturday morning at its Washington Street West location. The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 1...
View ArticlePhoto: Heavy rain brings street flooding in Charleston
Heavy rains on Thursday afternoon brought an unwelcome sight, as some local roads were covered with high water, including Charleston's South Park Road.
View ArticleForecasting weather a childhood dream for retiring NWS meteorologist
By Rick Steelhammer For Ken Batty, the weather has always been more than a small-talk conversation starter. As an elementary school student in the Philadelphia suburbs in the late 1950s, the approach...
View ArticleHigh school students work with educators to get classmates to college
By Jake Jarvis MORGANTOWN - Nearly 500 educators came to Morgantown for a two-day Student Success Summit, a conference that tries to connect the dots between educators of every grade, from preschool...
View ArticleDHHR, WVU collaborate to find solutions for health care super-utilizers
By Phil Kabler A $1.94 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will be dedicated to finding ways to improve quality of health care services while reducing costs for...
View ArticleKanawha judicial building swelters without air-conditioning
By Kate White Air-conditioning should be flowing throughout Kanawha County's judicial building by Friday morning, following weeks of outages that occurred during some of the hottest days of the year....
View ArticleACLU, AFT oppose Kanawha schools proposed social media policy
By Ryan Quinn The local branches of the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Federation of Teachers oppose language in the Kanawha County school board's proposed "social media policy," in...
View ArticleBus schedules released for flood-affected Kanawha schools
By Staff reports The Kanawha County public school system has released bus schedules for students attending its four flood-impacted schools: Bridge Elementary, Clendenin Elementary, Elkview Middle and...
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