Board of Education OKs naloxone in Brooke schools, considers statewide expansion
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia Board of Education on Thursday approved allowing Brooke County Schools to stock a drug used to resuscitate people suffering from drug overdoses, while expressing...
View ArticleKanawha health officials seek adverse childhood experience data
By Lori Kersey Officials from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department want to know how your childhood was - and they want you to know how that could affect your health now. For the next two weeks,...
View ArticleDOT tries to improve I-64 safety near Institute
By Daniel Desrochers The state Department of Transportation's solution to reduce crashes at the Institute exit of Interstate 64 isn't ready yet. The new sign is still in the developmental stages. But...
View ArticleAround WV: Nov. 13, 2015
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: a judge dismisses sexual assault charges and blames a police officer's mistake, a Beckley pain clinic doctor is arrested, a suicide prevention law is...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories issued for Beckley, Huntington areas; Putnam advisory...
Beckley Water Company has issued a boil-water advisory effective immediately for customers on Deem Street and Dunn Street in Sophia, including all side streets. The notice was issued following a water...
View ArticleBrickStreet foundation donates $1M to Fairmont State
By The Associated Press FAIRMONT, W.Va. - An insurance company's charitable foundation has donated $1 million for scholarships at Fairmont State University.Greg Burton, CEO of BrickStreet Mutual...
View ArticleFlorida man gets 10 years for West Virginia pill trafficking
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for prescription pill trafficking and money laundering.Lester W. Taylor, 46, of Daytona Beach,...
View ArticleDeer hunt set next week at Pipestem Resort State Park
By The Associated Press PIPESTEM, W.Va. (AP) - A controlled deer hunt is set for next week at Pipestem Resort State Park in Southern West Virginia.Division of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Todd...
View ArticleWV state school board moves to replace Common Core standards
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia Board of Education Friday moved forward with a repeal of the state's current Common Core-based K-12 math and English language arts standards, in order to replace them...
View ArticleNational Guard replaces Marshall plane crash memorial flag ahead of Saturday...
By Samuel Speciale National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Brian Thomsen saw the tattered flag and knew something had to be done.It was a Saturday morning, and Thomsen was leading a routine drill near the site...
View ArticleFrance vows to punish IS for Paris attacks that kill 127
By By Angela Charlton and Sylvia Corbet Associated PressPARIS (AP) - French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that France would wage "merciless" war on the Islamic State group, after the...
View ArticleIHOP says thanks to firefighters who kept it from burning
By Daniel Desrochers Twelve firefighters from the South Charleston Fire Department got to hear two words that aren't said too often Friday at the International House of Pancakes on Corridor G in South...
View ArticleThings to do today: Saturday, Nov. 14
'ANDES MANTA' MUSIC OF THE ANDES MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH AMERICA: 8 p.m., WVSU Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. Presented by FOOTMAD and WVSU. Tickets: Free with WVSU identificatino, adults $20,...
View ArticleConditions attached to OneMain Financial purchase
By Staff reports Springleaf Holdings will be allowed to proceed with its purchase of OneMain Financial Holdings, but will first have to sell 127 branches of the merged company, including six in West...
View ArticleThree injured in incident at Wetzel gas processing facility
Three contractors were hospitalized on Friday after being injured in an incident involving a crane and another piece of equipment at MarkWest Liberty's Mobley cyrogenic processing facility near...
View ArticleGamblers' 'retreatment' offers support, recovery
By Lydia Nuzum As a child, he bet on anything he could - everything from marbles to "which horse would cross the field first.""Everything - anything you could place a bet on, at that point in my life,...
View ArticleMan injured in Raleigh domestic violence shooting
By Staff reports A 37-year-old man was taken to Raleigh General Hospital in an incident of domestic violence between the man and his father, according to a news release from the Raleigh County...
View ArticleBusinesses and organizations encouraged to 'Light Up Charleston'
By Staff reports The Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), Charleston Area Alliance, Charleston Main Streets and the Kanawha City Community Association, are asking businesses and...
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