Italy earthquake kills dozens, reduces towns to rubble
By By PAOLO SANTALUCIA, FRANCES D’EMILIO and NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press AMATRICE, Italy (AP) - A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early...
View ArticleSenators cautious with colleague's daughter as Mylan CEO
By By Anna Edney and Billy House Bloomberg Members of Congress are in an unusual position as they demand an explanation for Mylan's 400 percent price hike for the EpiPen and focus attention squarely...
View ArticleFederal grants from POWER Plus Plan announced for WV
By Andrew Brown HUNTINGTON - Millions of dollars are being disbursed to groups in West Virginia and other coalfield communities throughout the country as part of President Barack Obama's POWER...
View ArticleMilitants attack American University in Afghanistan
By By Lynne O’Donnell The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants attacked the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to an Associated Press photographer who was in class...
View ArticleSummit focuses on coordinating efforts to fight drug abuse
By By Dan Sewell The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - State Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking officials huddled Wednesday to discuss ways to coordinate efforts to battle the drug abuse...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n The Logan County Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory from the Wyoming County line through and including Huff Creek, following the interruption of service. n West Virginia...
View ArticleFour senior living facilities in WV to be sold
By Lydia Nuzum Genesis HealthCare is selling four of its assisted living facilities in West Virginia for a total of nearly $22 million, according to filings from the West Virginia Healthcare...
View ArticleUnemployment rates drop in 54 of 55 West Virginia counties
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Unemployment rates dropped in 54 of West Virginia's 55 counties in July. WorkForce West Virginia says the unemployment rate rose in Greenbrier County....
View ArticleCapito announces fall Academy Days
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) announced she will host four Academy Days this fall for West Virginia students interested in learning more about admission to U.S. service academies and...
View ArticleMan who took WVSU officer's gun pleads guilty
By Kate White A Charleston man admitted Wednesday that, in March, he took a West Virginia State University police officer's gun during a scuffle and fired it toward a ditch. Maurice Anthony Jarrett,...
View ArticleMarshall board holds first meeting of the semester
At its first meeting of the semester, Marshall University's governing board met briefly Wednesday and heard an update from a group reviewing the school's student conduct procedures. "An internal group...
View ArticleMore WV students taking ACT, scores dip slightly
By Ryan Quinn About 11,680 West Virginia high schoolers who indicated they were scheduled to graduate in 2016 took the ACT, an increase of nearly 400 ACT takers from the class of 2015 and the highest...
View ArticlePhoto: A walk in the woods at Kanawha State Forest
Adam O'Kelly wanted his 3-year-old daughter, Avery, to see the place he loved as a child, so he took her to Kanawha State Forest where she enjoyed splashing around in Davis Creek.
View ArticleKanawha teachers file grievance over AC issues
By Ryan Quinn A group of Ben Franklin Career Center teachers filed a grievance last week against Kanawha County Schools over cooling and heating issues that have been ongoing there for years. The...
View ArticleWVU criticized over purported stance on transgender pronouns
By Jake Jarvis West Virginia University came under fire this week from about a dozen right-wing websites that criticized the school's purported stance on pronouns and transgender students. One site...
View ArticleEx-Marriott employee admits to stealing nearly $1 million
By Kate White A former Charleston Marriott Town Center employee admitted Wednesday that he stole nearly $1 million from the hotel over more than a decade and used the money for vacations and vehicles,...
View ArticleItaly toll rises to 247 as anguish mounts over quake past
By By FRANCES D’EMILIO and NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press AMATRICE, Italy (AP) - Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in...
View ArticleHeroin overdoses this week top 60 in Cincinnati
By The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) - Police in the Cincinnati area say a surge in heroin overdoses has topped 60 cases this week. WLWT-TV reports there was a death Tuesday of a man found in a...
View ArticleAround WV: Aug. 25, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: Bernie Sanders live-stream events held in West Virginia, Recovery Point's model for helping addicts, the low rate of breastfeeding in the state, and more. n The...
View ArticleHighmark WV announces its president will retire in November
By Lydia Nuzum Highmark West Virginia, the state's largest health insurer, announced Thursday that its president, Fred Earley, will retire in November. The company also announced that James Fawcett, a...
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