Church Activities: Aug. 6, 2016
Southern Roane County/Looneyville homecoming weekend will be held today at Rock Altar Tabernacle Campgrounds, north of Landmark Baptist Church on W.Va. 36, Looneyville. A pig/chicken roast will begin...
View ArticleWVU unveils renovated east side of Mountaineer Field
By Jake Jarvis MORGANTOWN - The start of West Virginia University's fall semester is only days away, and the start of football season isn't far behind it. When the University of Missouri comes to town...
View ArticleDamage done to WV roads by floods reaches $55M
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The amount of damage done to West Virginia's roads by recent devastating floods has reached almost $55 million. The state Division of Highways announced a...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Mooney mailer on gun talk crosses line
By Phil Kabler Hundreds of area residents got an outrage in the mail - and probably never realized it. The flier from U.S. Rep. Alex X. Mooney looks like any of hundreds of campaign fliers that voters...
View ArticlePutnam woodworker takes something old and makes it new again
By Laura Haight For Matt Snyder, every piece of wood has a story to tell. The woodworker recognizes the rich history of West Virginia lumber, and has found a way to make old wood new again while...
View ArticleShepherdstown's own 'Rosie' remembers wartime effort
By By Emily Daniels The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Ninety-four-year-old Dorothy "Dot" May says back in the days of World War II, helping with the war effort on the homefront was just something...
View ArticleReward offered for information about Logan apartment fire
By Staff reports Officials are offering a reward for up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a Logan fire that occurred earlier this year. At...
View ArticleGreater Kanawha Valley Foundation announces second quarter grants
The Greater Kanawha Valley Board of Trustees approved at its June 15, 2016 meeting the distribution of 19 Second Quarter grants totaling $425,616. WVU Foundation received a field of interest grant in...
View ArticleFlash flood warning for southwestern Braxton County ends
By Staff reports The National Weather Service has removed a flash flood warning for southwestern Braxton County, including Frametown and Wilsie. The warning was originally supposed to go until 7 p.m....
View ArticleDille residents, recovery committee host picnic
By Jake Jarvis DILLE - With a little more than a week of planning, the Greater Clay Long Term Recovery Committee held its first event on Saturday in the sparsely populated area known as Dille. The...
View ArticleBridge Elementary, Elkview Middle schools won't be ready Monday
By Staff reports Students from four flood-affected schools in Kanawha County won't start the school year Monday as originally planned. Parents were alerted Saturday evening by robo-call that students...
View ArticleCMS releases new hospital ratings; W.Va. hospitals mostly 'average'
By Lydia Nuzum A new federal rating system that ranks hospitals on everything from patient satisfaction to re-admittance rates to cost ranks most West Virginia hospitals as at or below average, but...
View ArticleCrime show to air episode about Skylar Neese
By Jennifer Gardner A popular true crime television series will air an episode about the 2012 murder of 16-year-old Skylar Neese of the Morgantown area Sunday. The episode, titled "Sheila Eddy," will...
View ArticlePrescription drug money fuels Morrisey campaign
By David Gutman Eric EyreEric Eyre West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's re-election campaign is benefiting from money - both directly and indirectly - from lawyers and companies that have...
View ArticleDEP water rule proposal could increase cancer-causing discharges
By Ken Ward Jr. Department of Environmental Protection officials are proposing water quality rule changes that would allow more cancer-causing chemicals to be discharged into West Virginia rivers and...
View ArticleGreenbrier CVB looks to bring people back after floods
By Andrew Brown More than a month after the nation watched videos of burning homes floating down flooded roadways in White Sulphur Springs, the Greenbrier County Convention and Visitors Bureau wants...
View ArticleSunday brunch also means video lottery machines can open early
By Phil Kabler Sunday brunch ordinances will not only mean restaurants and bars can begin serving alcoholic beverages three hours earlier, but locations with limited video lottery will be able to have...
View ArticleNoninvasive weight-loss procedures gain popularity in Charleston
By Carlee Lammers Cathy Corder thought she had tried everything: Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, the Atkins Diet - they all worked, but not for long. She'd try a new diet, lose 20 pounds and then...
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