Sharon Dawes Elementary will be closed Friday
Sharon Dawes Elementary in Miami, Kanawha County, will be closed Friday because of a scheduled power outage in the area, according to a notification from Kanawha County Schools.
View ArticleIndicted ex-highways official's body identified
By The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Police say the state medical examiner has officially identified a body found at a car wash as an indicted former West Virginia highways official.Harrison...
View ArticleAttorney General sues rental company over fees to Morgantown residents
By Kate White A Pennsylvania company that rented properties to many West Virginia University students in Morgantown violated the state's consumer protection laws by, among other things, charging a...
View ArticleYeager Airport eyes slide repair options
By Rick Steelhammer Engineers are narrowing down options for a solution to repair the collapsed safety overrun area at Charleston's Yeager Airport.A plan to fix the collapsed safety overrun area by...
View ArticleKanawha County launches naloxone program
By Lydia Nuzum The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office has launched its own naloxone program, in partnership with the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority, and has begun training some of its...
View ArticlePhoto: 14 Charleston Fire Department rookies earn their shields
By The Charleston Fire Department admitted 14 new firefighters Thursday in a ceremony at the West Virginia Capitol Complex.
View ArticleEnrollment figures improving at WVSU
By Samuel Speciale West Virginia State University won't have official enrollment numbers until campus census results are released later this year, but school officials said preliminary figures are...
View ArticleFive-dollar bank note sells for $1,000 at auction
By Staff reports The latest auction held by the state treasurer's office featured a 1902 bank note from the Charleston National Bank.The $5 note sold for $1,000 to a West Virginia bidder, said Greg...
View ArticleThings to do today: Sept. 11, 2015
SASHA COLETTE: 7:30 p.m. Free. Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St. Call 342-1464 or visit www.taylorbooks.com.COUNTRY FRIED AND STEPHANIE SPINKS: 7 to 10 p.m., Elk River Community Center, Elkview. Doors...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Sept. 11, 2015
Charleston Job Corps Center will perform "Graduation Day" in honor of Patriot Day 2015 at 9:30 a.m. today at Stonewall Jackson Middle School, 812 Park Ave. The play, which was written by James Carter,...
View ArticleBed bug sighting closes Wayne County high school
By Staff reports A Wayne County high school dismissed students early Thursday and will be closed Friday after a bed bug sighting, the school's principal said. Tolsia High Principal Reva...
View ArticleJudge rejects drug firms' request to dismiss W.Va. 'pill-mill' lawsuit
By Eric Eyre Eleven out-of-state drug companies won't be allowed to wiggle out of a lawsuit that alleges they flooded West Virginia with pain pills and helped fuel the state's prescription drug...
View Article$3.7M awarded to WV to process untested rape kits
By Erin Beck West Virginia will receive $3.7 million in grants to test sexual assault kits sitting in police stations across the state, never submitted to the West Virginia State Police crime lab for...
View ArticleDeputies investigating after woman killed in Putnam County
By Staff reports A woman died in an "apparent homicide" Thursday afternoon in the Hurricane area, according to the Putnam County sheriff. Sheriff Steve Deweese declined to name the woman, because all...
View ArticleCommissioners decry decision to move WVU Tech
By By George Hohmann For the Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Commissioners spent a portion of their Thursday meeting decrying the decision by West Virginia University's Board of Governors to move the WVU...
View ArticleCommon Core town hall meetings lack specific grievances, officials say
By Samuel Speciale Through three town hall meetings where members of the public could air their grievances with Common Core, criticism of West Virginia's controversial math and English standards has...
View ArticleTomblin announces recommendations for grant funding
By Phil Kabler Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Thursday announced 11 state recommendations for the Appalachian Regional Commission Investment Program grants, totaling more than $4.7 million in grant funding.The...
View ArticlePolice body cameras may solve one problem but create others
By By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The use of police body cameras is spreading to keep officers honest about using force against citizens. But how and when the public gets to see...
View ArticleTomblin, first responders mark 9/11 anniversary
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has ordered all flags at state facilities lowered to half staff in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Nearly 3,000 people died 14 years ago Friday when hijacked...
View ArticleDemocrat eyes run for W.Va. attorney general
By Eric Eyre Dave Higgins waited a long time to run for West Virginia attorney general - 40 years to be exact."We've always had a Democrat as attorney general," said Higgins, a Charleston lawyer. "As...
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