New indoor soccer facility possible for Trace Fork
By Elaina Sauber A new indoor soccer facility is in the works after the Kanawha-Charleston Soccer Foundation sold one of its fields to a local business owner and soccer enthusiast.The foundation...
View ArticleChurch group buys 1,100-acre Gauley Canyon site for regional camp
By Rick Steelhammer Young Life, a non-denominational ministry for middle school, high school and college students, has bought a 1,100-acre tract of land along the Gauley River Canyon near Carnifex...
View ArticleBond kept in place for new charge against Dallas King
By Staff reports A Kanawha County magistrate refused Monday to reduce the bond for a teenager charged with domestic battery.Dallas King, 18, who was charged as a juvenile with second-degree sexual...
View ArticleKanawha, 14 other counties get school building funds
By Ryan Quinn The state School Building Authority's board voted Monday to finally approve funding renovations and additions to Kanawha County's Andrews Heights Elementary, among projects in 14 other...
View ArticleKanawha County Public Library board raises pay for some workers
By Ryan Quinn In a vote Monday with no nays, the Kanawha County Public Library system's board decided to raise the pay for some employees. Library Director Alan Engelbert said the vote increases the...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Dec. 15, 2015
Kanawha PSDThe Kanawha Public Service District Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the district's business office.CVB Board meetingThe Charleston Visitor's Bureau board meeting is...
View ArticleWVU names Mississippi State dean to lead Eberly College
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University has named a Mississippi State University dean to lead the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.Provost Joyce McConnell announced Gregory Dunaway's...
View ArticleAnonymous email threat closes all Los Angeles schools
By By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's second-largest school district shut down Tuesday after a school board member received an emailed threat that...
View ArticleDebt leads animal shelter to stop new intakes, cut hours
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - Officials at the Humane Society of Raleigh County say its no-kill shelter has been forced to close its doors to new intakes and cut its hours due to overwhelming debt. Humane...
View Article6-year-old WV girl wins big in Uncle Ben's cooking contest
By Dawn Nolan When Piper King was informed that she had been chosen as one of the five grand-prize winners of the Uncle Ben's brand Ben's Beginners Cooking Contest, she reacted in a typical 6-year-old...
View ArticleMarshall relocates dietetics program to Huntington's Kitchen
By Staff reports Marshall University will move its dietetics program to downtown Huntington before the spring semester's start in January with a relocation to Huntington's Kitchen on Third Avenue.The...
View ArticleConfidential informant's identity released, violating court order
By Erin Beck A Kanawha County public defender has been removed from a case after she gave her client information with the name of a confidential police informant, and that name ended up on social...
View ArticleCharleston native to head Cleveland Clinic's Medicine Institute
A former West Virginia doctor and medical school professor has been appointed the new chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's Medicine Institute beginning Feb. 1.Dr. J. Gregory Rosencrance, a Charleston...
View Article'In God We Trust' license plate unveiled
By Phil Kabler Unveiling its 28th general interest specialty license plate, the state Division of Motor Vehicles announced the release Tuesday of an "In God We Trust" plate.For Mike Snyder, of Harman...
View ArticleMain Streets group discusses branding, corporate sponsors
By Elaina Sauber As Charleston Main Streets gains traction as the central link between the West Side and East End main street programs, the new organization seeks to expand its corporate...
View ArticleWV's Manchin, Capito at odds on vote to authorize ISIL war
By David Gutman Ten months after President Barack Obama asked for authorization to fight the ongoing war against ISIL, Congress has yet to take any action on the request and West Virginia's two...
View ArticleUnemployment rate down for third month
By Staff reports West Virginia's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell from 6.9 percent in October to 6.5 percent in November, according to data compiled by Workforce West Virginia. The 0.4...
View ArticleBrazil CEO's departure hasn't stopped talks about proposed WV cracker
By Eric Eyre The resignation and imprisonment of the CEO of a Brazil-based firm that has proposed building a $4 billion ethane cracker plant in Wood County hasn't derailed discussions between company...
View ArticleLocal colleges to address substance abuse
By Staff reports Social work programs at three local colleges have been awarded grants to help students address adolescent substance abuse in West Virginia.Marshall, Concord and West Virginia State...
View ArticleNo alternative funding options found for WV's PEIA
By Phil Kabler While legislative leaders are touting possible alternative funding options to ease $120 million of benefits cuts for West Virginia's Public Employees Insurance Agency insurees, nothing...
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