WV DEP to light 'energy tree'
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is inviting residents to come see its "energy tree." The agency will host a kick off for the energy tree display at...
View ArticleGrants available for West Virginia transportation projects
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia officials are looking for applicants for federal grant programs that support certain transportation projects. The Transportation Alternatives Program funds...
View ArticleTrees selected for West Virginia Capitol holiday displays
By By John Raby The Associated Press Ed and Ginny Dumire used to put Christmas lights on the blue spruce outside their Randolph County home. But it grew so large that it blocked their view of their...
View ArticleBusiness groups to discuss agenda for legislative session
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Business trade groups in West Virginia are preparing their legislative agendas ahead of the upcoming session. Representatives from the state's major industries will gather...
View ArticleGoodwill offers loaner program for crutches, walkers
By Eric Eyre They come to this small closet, tucked inside the sprawling Goodwill Industries store on Charleston's West Side, to borrow crutches, wheelchairs and walkers.The clientele includes...
View ArticleTrailer burns in Rand early Friday
By Staff reports A trailer was destroyed by fire in Rand early Friday morning.Bill White, chief of the Rand Volunteer Fire Department, said the call about the fire came in just after 4 a.m., and...
View Article5 men arrested, accused of illegally killing 18 deer
HINTON, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities have arrested five men from three states who are accused of killing nearly 20 deer in West Virginia.West Virginia Natural Resources Police tell local media that they...
View ArticlePolice: 3 officers injured in shooting near Colorado Planned Parenthood;...
UPDATE:Police say three officers were injured in a shooting near Colorado Planned Parenthood. The shooter has been contained. Original story appears below:COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Police were...
View ArticleNo quick solution for Corridor G holiday traffic woes
By Daniel Desrochers When Perry Como said that the traffic was terrific in his Christmas song "There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays," he was wrong."Traffic was god-awful," said Vivian Amburgey,...
View ArticleCanadian company buys WV wind project for $200 million
By David Gutman A Fortune 500 Canadian energy company recently bought a long-delayed Grant County wind farm, paying $200 million for the project, which they hope will be up and running in a...
View ArticleCalhoun seeking change to small county school funding
By Ryan Quinn Officials from the county school system with the biggest deficit in West Virginia want changes to a part of the state's school aid funding formula that's meant to help the...
View ArticleConstellium, ex-employee suing each other
By Kate White An aluminum company in Jackson County and its former vice president of human resources, who worked for the company less than a year, are suing each other in state and federal...
View ArticleWater leak reported near newspaper building
By Staff reports A water main leak on McFarland Street in Charleston was expected to be repaired by Saturday morning, a West Virginia American Water spokeswoman said Friday evening.Water from the...
View ArticleYuletide in the Park 2015 events
Putnam County Parks and Recreation Commission will sponsor the Yuletide in the Park 2015 from Tuesday through Jan. 1 at Valley (Wave Pool) Park in Hurricane.Animated light displays will be featured...
View ArticlePromise scholars more likely to come from wealthy families
By Samuel Speciale Promise scholars are more likely to be female and come from wealthy families, says a new report on the state's financial aid programs.A recent West Virginia Higher Education Policy...
View ArticleDespite a rise in religious 'nones,' area churches draw hundreds
By Lori Kersey Were it not for the cross that hangs over the fireplace, you might mistake the foyer at Bible Center Church for a ski lodge. The church's 65,000-square-foot building located in a remote...
View ArticleW.Va. senators, representatives skeptical of TPP
By David Gutman West Virginia's congressional representatives remain leery of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the wide-ranging trade agreement finalized earlier this month between the United States and...
View ArticleBlack lung sampling at issue in Blankenship trial
By Ken Ward Jr. Michael Shawn Ellison remembers what miners at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine would do when it came time to wear the dust pumps. The pumps, which monitor a worker's exposure to...
View ArticlePolice: Homeowner kills burglar
By Staff reports A homeowner in Belle shot and killed a man who he said broke into his house early Saturday morning, according to police. The incident happened around 4:25 a.m. in the 2000 block of...
View ArticlePerson of interest in Marlinton homicides caught in Va.
By The Associated Press MARLINTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man that police consider a person of interest in the deaths of two people in West Virginia was captured Saturday in Virginia after a 2 1/2 hour...
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