Massey official: Production push continued, despite safety plans
By Ken Ward Jr. Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and other Massey officials continued a push for coal production that often forced mine management to take shortcuts, even after what defense...
View ArticleCarper says he doesn't want lawsuit over Tech move
By Daniel Desrochers Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper says it's not worth it to join a potential lawsuit against West Virginia University over its decision to move the WVU Institute of...
View ArticleWV struggles to meet treatment demand in opioid surge
By Lydia Nuzum It wasn't long after he became addicted in 2006 that Aaron Chaffins started looking for a way out - short-term treatment wasn't working, and every residential treatment center he called...
View ArticlePulitzer-winning historian to discuss the march to civil rights from the...
By Rick Steelhammer Reconstruction, the 12-year period that followed the end of the Civil War, remains a largely misunderstood piece of American history 150 years later."The Reconstruction period...
View ArticleKanawha grand jury indicts 56
A Kanawha County grand jury this week returned a list of indictments against 56 people, Prosecuting Attorney Charles Miller announced. Of those indicted, 37 are facing drug charges. An indictment is...
View ArticleLocal leaders hope federal money will help economy
By Andrew Brown WILLIAMSON, W.Va. - Federal grants to help redevelop and diversify local economies in Appalachia and other parts of the country were celebrated by recipients and local leaders on...
View ArticleJack Hanna brings zoo to Jackson County fundraiser
By Dawn Nolan MILLWOOD - Clad in his signature khaki safari outfit, television personality "Jungle Jack" Hanna and a few of his animal friends, entertained a sold- out crowd at the Jackson County...
View ArticleCaregivers Fair inspired by family's struggle
By Lauren McGill Out of her own loneliness years ago, Gayle Twigger-Shaw created an event she hopes will provide a much-needed network within the community.Twigger-Shaw, the chairwoman of Temple...
View Article2 killed, 4 hurt in crash in Wayne
By The Associated Press LAVALETTE, W.Va. - Police in Wayne County say two people have died and four others were injured in an accident.Media outlets report the two-vehicle crash occurred around 6:30...
View ArticleWVU at 92 percent of fundraising goal; 2 years to go
By The Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Donors have pushed West Virginia University to 92 percent of its current fundraising goal with more than two years left in the "State of Minds" campaign....
View ArticleSegal, Davis asking $17M for their Kanawha City mansion
By Eric Eyre West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis and Charleston lawyer Scott Segal officially put their 19,000-square-foot mansion on the market Saturday. Asking price: $17 million.Davis...
View ArticleHow did WV come to lead the nation in overdoses?
By David Gutman Try this: Hold your breath for two minutes. That's what Dr. David Chaffin tells his residents at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine."He's walking around the room,...
View ArticleLogan County teacher accused of sexual abuse
By The Associated Press LOGAN, W.Va. - A Logan County vocational school teacher faces a sex abuse charge involving a former student.Media outlets report that West Virginia State Police arrested John...
View ArticleEx-Blue Man Group director now making music at Marshall
By By Dave Lavender The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON - When Jesse Nolan was 2 years old in New Jersey, his dad Joe would go to work, and his mom, JoAnn, who was deaf, would turn off her hearing aids,...
View ArticleWV American Water's failure to follow PSC order could complicate rate-hike case
By Andrew Brown West Virginia American Water has not followed parts of a state Public Service Commission order that prohibits it from recovering certain costs from customers, according to testimony in...
View ArticleJumper turnout falls on West Virginia's Bridge Day
By Daniel Desrochers FAYETTEVILLE - Lee Moser of Sterling, Virginia, doesn't look down when he jumps off bridges.Moser, an avid skydiver who made his first-ever BASE jump last year off the New River...
View ArticleByrd Institute hosts competition to reward innovation geared toward women and...
The Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing will host an innovation challenge to identify products and services that empower women and families, according to a statement.The Byrd...
View ArticleGroup helps 1,400 state high school students register to vote
By Lori Kersey At 16 years old, Madison Boothe cannot yet vote, but that didn't stop the 11th grader from helping 24 of her classmates at Ravenswood High School register to vote. "It's so important to...
View ArticleW.Va. Book Festival returns
By Rachel Molenda After a two-year hiatus, the West Virginia Book Festival is back with a splash.Toni Blessing, assistant director of Kanawha County Public Library, said that was intentional on the...
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