Raleigh County woman arrested in robbery
By Staff reports West Virginia State Police on Tuesday arrested a Raleigh County woman who was a suspect in a Monday night robbery.Rebecca Cook, 40, was arrested at a gas station in Ghent after State...
View ArticleClay Center event teaches students about city planning
By Elaina Sauber As students from three area middle schools created their own distinct towns during the annual Planners R Us event at the Clay Center on Tuesday, organizers noticed some striking...
View ArticleCounty officials say they weren't contacted on Teach For America plans
By Ryan Quinn Officials from two of the three West Virginia counties that a Teach For America leader said the group plans to serve say they haven't been contacted by the organization, and one official...
View ArticleCoal curtain divides Europe as climate talks start
By By Ladka Bauerova Bloomberg PRAGUE - While western Europeans are accelerating the exit from coal, their eastern neighbors, particularly the Czech Republic and Poland, are taking steps to keep mines...
View ArticleNitro to build World War I memorial park
By Caitlin Cook Nitro City Council moved forward Tuesday night on a project that would connect future generations to Nitro's World War I legacy. "This will be a memorial park that honors our veterans,...
View ArticleMarshall to introduce new president today
By Staff reports Marshall University will welcome its new president today during a reception on campus.Jerome Gilbert, whom the university Board of Governors hired in October, will be introduced along...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Dec. 2, 2015
Book fair/food saleThe annual Mountaineer Montessori School Book Fair and Food/Bake Sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and Thursday at the school's main campus at 308 20th Street, S.E, in...
View ArticleCoal curtain divides Europe as climate talks start
By By Ladka Bauerova Bloomberg PRAGUE - While western Europeans are accelerating the exit from coal, their eastern neighbors, particularly the Czech Republic and Poland, are taking steps to keep mines...
View ArticleClimate talks get down to tough business of compromise
By By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON The Associated Press LE BOURGET, France (AP) - From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders...
View ArticleNovember was among warmest on record in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The National Weather Service says November was among the warmest months on record in parts of West VirginiaAccording to preliminary data, the average temperature for the month...
View ArticleTrial set for pain clinic doctor after 21-count indictment
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - A pain clinic doctor will go to trial next month on charges related to the illegal distribution of controlled substances.The Register-Herald reports Jose Gordinho was arraigned...
View ArticleInformation being sent about refunds for canceled mud run
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - People who paid registration fees for the canceled 2014 Charleston Dirty Girl Mud Run will soon learn how they can obtain refunds.Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said...
View Article14 dead, 17 wounded in California shooting (video)
By By Richard A. Serrano, Paloma Esquivel and Richard Winton Los Angeles Times (TNS)SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Dressed in black face masks and tactical gear, armed with long guns and pistols, they...
View ArticleGreen Bank gets best look yet at deep space radio wave eruptions
By Rick Steelhammer A team of astronomers sifting through more than 650 hours of archival data from the Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County has uncovered the most detailed record ever of a Fast...
View ArticleState PBS officials pitch new TV channel to cable operators
By Phil Kabler With the launch of the West Virginia Channel less than a month away, officials with West Virginia Public Broadcasting are trying to convince a number of cable television operators in...
View ArticleYeager board delays vote on safety overrun rebuild plan
By Rick Steelhammer Yeager Airport's governing board delayed an expected vote Wednesday on choosing a plan to rebuild the Charleston airport's collapsed safety overrun area.Instead, the board voted to...
View ArticleWV sees another increase in high school graduation rate
By Ryan Quinn West Virginia's four-year high school graduation rate for last school year was 86.5 percent, a 2-percentage-point increase over the previous school year, according to data the state...
View ArticleKanawha County needle exchange sees 8 people on first day
By Lydia Nuzum Eight people visited the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department Wednesday afternoon to receive sterile syringes during the agency's first harm-reduction program hours, according to...
View ArticleSouth Charleston man admits selling heroin
By Staff reports A South Charleston man pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin in federal court on Wednesday.Gavin Edwards, 32, admitted to selling heroin to a confidential informant with the...
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