2nd phase of Dunloup Creek floodplain buyout underway
By The Associated Press BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - The Natural Resources Conservation Service is beginning the second phase of a flood buyout project in Fayette and Raleigh counties.Forty-eight property...
View ArticleAgency investigates death of bald eagle in Harman area
By The Associated Press HARMAN, W.Va. (AP) - State authorities are investigating the death of an immature bald eagle in the Harman area.Capt. D.A. Benson with the Division of Natural Resources Law...
View ArticleEx-teacher sentenced to home confinement on sex abuse charge
By The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A former Hedgesville High School teacher convicted of sexually abusing a student will serve at least 10 years on home confinement.Media outlets report...
View ArticleEnvironmental group sues attorney general's office over documents
By Kate White In a lawsuit filed last month, an environmental group asked a judge to require West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office to hand over documents related to litigation...
View ArticleBoard of Medicine proceedings end for Charleston neurologist
By Joel Ebert The West Virginia Board of Medicine wrapped up its case against Charleston neurologist Iraj Derakhshan last week, and the local doctor is hopeful he will be vindicated once a ruling by...
View ArticleVideo shows Jim Justice call officer 'total lunatic' in 2014 traffic stop
By Lori Kersey In a dash-cam video made public over the weekend, West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice called a police officer "a total lunatic" after he pulled him for speeding over in...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Nov. 9, 2015
Fair Shake fundraiserThe Fair Shake Network will host a Family Feud Game Night fundraiser at St Albans High School at 7 p.m. on Friday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Contestants will be chosen randomly from...
View ArticleMassey program driven by rising safety fines, production concerns
By Ken Ward Jr. A safety program being touted by former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship's defense attorneys was driven partly by concerns over what company officials felt was the skyrocketing cost...
View ArticleAttorney general resists calls to sue drug wholesaler McKesson Corp.
By Eric Eyre A West Virginia lawmaker is asking Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to sue the nation's largest prescription drug distributor, but Morrisey's office says it won't consider doing so until...
View ArticleLarge, angry crowd expected for PEIA rate hike hearing Tuesday
By Phil Kabler Statewide public hearings on the proposed $120 million in benefits cuts for Public Employees Insurance Agency coverage come to Charleston Tuesday evening, where a large and angry crowd...
View ArticleInnerviews: Worldly Charleston teacher is always using artistic gifts
By Sandy Wells She taught for more than three decades, mostly art, then retired and moved to Charleston. Now she works as a part-time secretary at Dunn Engineering. That's the nutshell version, but...
View ArticleAround WV: Nov. 9, 2015
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: early prison release, a doctor provides free naloxone training, a Wheeling man allegedly threatens to kill a server, and more.n U.S. Attorney William J....
View ArticleUpshur County man killed after tractor rolls over embankment
FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. (AP) - A fire official says an Upshur County man has died in a farm tractor accident.Adrian Fire Department chief Rick Harlow told the Inter-Mountain that the man was driving the...
View ArticleYeager Airport to take expedited TSA screening applications
By Staff reports Federal authorities are opening a temporary center at Yeager Airport to take applications for an expedited screening program.The program allows U.S. citizens and legal permanent...
View ArticleReport: Thousands of West Virginians cannot work or not seeking work
By Andrew Brown West Virginia has the highest rate of unemployment in the country, with more than 7 percent of the state's workforce left without a job.But a new report released by the West Virginia...
View ArticleKeystone off the table, but back East, pipeline fight builds
By By Steve Szkotak The Associated Press ROCKY MOUNT, Va. - Carolyn and Ian Reilly and their four children left Florida's sprawl in 2010 to farm 58 acres in rural Virginia, raising beef cattle,...
View ArticleWVU, WVSU to offer social work master's degree
By Staff reports West Virginia University and West Virginia State University officials on Monday announced the two schools are working together in Charleston to offer a master's degree in social...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Nov. 10, 2015
Alzheimer's benefitChili's restaurant in the Charleston Town Center will participate in a fundraiser to benefit the Alzheimer's Association today. Those who present a downloaded flier to Chili's Give...
View ArticleBoil-water advisory issued for Fort Hill area/Huntington boil-water lifted
West Virginia American Water has issued a boil-water advisory for approximately 50 customers in the Fort Hill area of Charleston. The area is from 400 to 550 Sheridan Circle and 328 to 450 McKinley...
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