Fall colors come alive in West Virginia
Autumn's splendor is slowly spreading across West Virginia as the month of October reaches its midpoint.In the far reaches of the Mountain State, the display of reds, golds and warm oranges is at its...
View ArticleWest Virginia unaffected by new ruling on dual credit courses, officials say
By Samuel Speciale A new rule that will require high school teachers of dual-credit courses to have a master's degree won't affect the way the popular classes are offered in West Virginia, education...
View ArticleReverse graffiti: Work begins on Huntington floodwall murals
By By Dave Lavender The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - When 24-year old Chicago native and skateboarder Nikko Kimbrough moved to Chesapeake, Ohio, he feared he would never find a skate...
View ArticleStudent donates artwork to brighten Burke Street school
By By Katiann Marshall The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Spring Mills High senior Alexis Delong has been painting and creating art for as long as she can remember."She has always been talented in...
View ArticlePoking through life's pawpaw patches
I may be a fellow newspaper columnist, but I'm no Alyce Faye Bragg when it comes to being mindful of the rhythms and rituals of rural Appalachian life. That's why it took both the presence of fruit...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Oct. 19, 2015
Holistic medicineBruno Groening Circle of Friends will have a lecture series featuring Jutta Graf of Germany, who will speak on the topic of "Healing on the Spiritual Path - Medically Verifiable" at 7...
View ArticleA home run: West Virginia couple wed on field where they met
By The Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - A West Virginia couple who first met nine years ago on a softball diamond decided to team up there, too, tying the knot at home plate.Larry Casteel and...
View ArticleTourism pitch to stress southern West Virginia's 3 US Parks
By The Associated Press LANSING, W.Va. - A new marketing campaign will build on underappreciated national parks in southern West Virginia that already attract more than 1 million visitors annually to...
View ArticleAudit: College bought condoms, sex enhancers with state cash
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - An audit says Shepherd University employees used state money to buy sexual enhancers and other items that could have been deemed "extravagant,"...
View ArticleOpioid epidemic touches youngest West Virginians
By Lydia Nuzum HUNTINGTON - They can be heard through the pastel yellow walls, crying inconsolably. Sometimes, their small bodies tremor; often, they hold themselves stiffly, wracked by severe...
View ArticleMorrisey puts GOP political operative on state payroll
By Eric Eyre West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has hired a veteran political strategist from Walla Walla, Washington, and put him on the state payroll.Lance James Henderson, 51, who last...
View ArticleAudit: Shepherd University staff misused state P-Card credit cards
By Phil Kabler Misuse of state P-Card credit cards by staff for inappropriate purchases - in one case, including condoms and sexual enhancement aids - continues to be a problem at Shepherd University,...
View ArticleState employee biweekly pay periods may be illegal, lawmakers told
By Phil Kabler A switch to 26 biweekly pay periods a year for salaried state employees may be illegal, since employees effectively receive a bonus for the 365th day of each year, legislative auditors...
View ArticleWest Virginians touched by addiction share their stories
By Erin Beck When Lily Martin was little, every Mother's Day she gave her father a new present.In class at school, the kids would work on handmade gifts to bring home to their parents."It would roll...
View ArticleFilm industry trainers teach production assistant skills in workshop
By Elaina Sauber When it comes to video production, Kate Tsubata has found the Mountain State to be "the best place to get everything" - from filming locations and casting to production assistants....
View ArticleOpioids affect brain, create a sense euphoria in addicts
By Lori Kersey When Rachel Thaxton started taking lortabs at age 25, she felt like she found what had been missing all her life. She had always felt inferior to people, like she couldn't look them in...
View ArticleInnerviews: South Charleston's Carl Lee looks back proudly on NFL career
By Sandy Wells Four losing seasons at Marshall - maybe eight wins in four years - didn't matter. They found him anyway. NFL scouts saw something in Carl Lee, a small kid (by NFL standards) from South...
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