AG announces effort to tackle opioid use by athletes
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says his office is teaming with several groups to tackle the problem of opioid use in high school...
View ArticleFamily celebrates life of 14-year-old who went missing during late June floods
By Jake Jarvis WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Everyone who stays in Becky Phillips' home wakes up and goes to church on Sunday mornings. It doesn't matter if she has 16 family members crammed into her house,...
View ArticleExchange student program seeks Kanawha Valley families
By Jennifer Gardner The start of school in Kanawha County is right around the corner, and as of now, five high school international exchange students are looking forward to immersing themselves in the...
View ArticleImam cites population fall for departure, says West Virginians inspire him
By Erin Beck Several months ago, Dr. Sameh Asal, who was the new imam of the Islamic Association of West Virginia, said he had noticed many West Virginians seemed unhappy about staying in the state....
View ArticleClinton accuses Trump of 'degrading comments about Muslims'
By By Lisa Lerer and Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press ASHLAND, Ohio - Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Donald Trump repaid the "ultimate sacrifice" of a U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq with...
View ArticlePa. district donates over 3,200 pieces of school furniture to Kanawha
By Ryan Quinn A school district in a Pittsburgh suburb has donated more than 3,200 pieces of old furniture to the flood-affected schools in Kanawha County, and sent donated school supplies down, too....
View ArticleBulletin Board: Aug. 1, 2016
Bus safety dayKanawha County Schools Transportation Dept. will sponsor a safety day beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Crede Transportation Office to provide parents with answers to commonly...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n The Glen White-Trap Hill Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory for customers from 2101 Coal River Road to and including Sandlick. The advisory follows a water main link. n The...
View ArticlePutnam man pleads not guilty in woman's slaying
By Laura Haight WINFIELD - A Putnam County man accused of killing a woman after she told him not to contact her anymore pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge on Monday morning. Philip...
View ArticleCharleston councilman says he was attacked on West Side
By Kate White A Charleston city councilman says he was attacked just after 2 a.m. Monday on the West Side, according to police. Bernard Slater Jr. was at the Go Mart in the 800 block of Washington...
View ArticleCrews to keep searching for missing 14-year-old flood victim
By Jake Jarvis Search crews will again go out and look for Mykala Phillips, the 14-year-old girl who went missing when the late-June floods destroyed her home in White Sulphur Springs, next week. Bill...
View ArticleCharleston Catholic High begins fourth-floor construction
By Jared Casto Construction has begun atop Charleston Catholic High School, which plans to add a fourth floor with a multipurpose area and new classrooms before the 2017-18 school year. The Virginia...
View ArticleDisaster recovery center in Webster Springs winding down
Webster County is closing its disaster recovery center at the Webster Springs town council meeting room at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said many of the resources available...
View ArticleWV cities look ahead to 'brunch bill' benefits
By Elaina Sauber Three hours might not seem like much, but the economic impact for the roughly 120 establishments to benefit from Charleston and South Charleston's "brunch bills" is predicted to be...
View ArticlePilot in deadly Texas hot air balloon crash had WV ties
By Erin Beck The pilot in the hot air balloon crash that killed 16 people in Texas on Saturday used to live in Charleston, according to locals. Alfred "Skip" Nichols lived by himself on Connell Road,...
View ArticleFrontier and Citynet battle to employ WV Senate majority leader
By Eric Eyre Last week, internet provider Citynet announced a major hire: The upstart company had lured state Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael away from rival Frontier Communications. With...
View ArticleGee's WVU contract pays $800K a year, could pay more
By Staff reports West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee will make $800,000 a year for the next five years, and could make an additional $200,000 a year in bonuses by staying on as WVU's...
View ArticleFayetteville man gets 24 years for sex abuse
By Staff reports A former Fayetteville Little League coach who sexually abused children was sentenced Monday to minimum of 24 years in prison. In April, John Hunter Krise, 27, pleaded guilty to six...
View ArticleCriticism grows over Trump assailing Muslim vet's family
By By Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Angry and anxious, Republican lawmakers and veterans groups hastened to disavow Donald Trump's repeated criticism of a bereaved military family...
View ArticleDEP open to changes in plan to drop newspaper notices
By Ken Ward Jr. Department of Environmental Protection officials are open to potential changes in their proposal to eliminate newspaper public notice requirements for some types of air pollution...
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