Charleston planners deny request for South Hills subdivision
By Elaina Sauber A divided Municipal Planning Commission ultimately voted to deny a request to develop a subdivision on a piece of land home to a pair of historic cabins at the corner of Loudon...
View ArticleCommunity helps rebuild after fire, floods
By Daniel Desrochers The neighborhood smelled of smoke the night before Monika Joensson brought clothes to the Hamrick family.She had learned through an email chain for the John Adams Middle School...
View ArticleSurvey: US progress on health insurance stalled in 2015
By By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Going into President Barack Obama's last year in office, progress has stalled on reducing the number of uninsured Americans under his...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot climbs to estimated $700 million
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A lottery official says the estimated prize for this weekend's Powerball drawing has grown to about $700 million, making it the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S....
View ArticleAround WV: Jan. 7, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: the state is improving children's literacy, Fayette County considers banning fracking waste, coal severance taxes are down, and more. n West Virginia is one of...
View ArticleMan dies in West Virginia tree-cutting accident
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia authorities say a Maryland man has died after a tree branch he was cutting "snapped back," pinning him against the trunk. Jefferson County Sheriff's Cpl. V....
View ArticleAll 17 miners trapped in New York salt mine are rescued
By By Michael Hill Associated Press LANSING, N.Y. (AP) - Seventeen miners trapped in one of the world's deepest salt mines were rescued Thursday morning, ending a 10-hour ordeal that began when their...
View ArticleRaleigh boil-water advisories issued, Wilderness PSD advisory lifted
The Raleigh County Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory for the entire Arnett System following a water main break, and for the Airport System from 584 Scott Ridge Road to and...
View ArticleKanawha Commission signs WVU Tech agreement, promises not to sue
By Samuel Speciale Agreeing to a number of trade-offs with West Virginia University, Kanawha County commissioners on Thursday voted not to file or support lawsuits that would block the relocation of...
View ArticleWilco, Whoopi highlight Clay Center's spring season
By Bill Lynch Wilco fans who failed to get tickets for the band's upcoming sold-out Mountain Stage appearance have a second chance to see the alt-rock band. The Illinois-based group, which helped the...
View ArticleSheriff: Man arrested in connection with drug overdose death
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. (AP) - A Ravenswood man has been arrested in connection with a drug-related death.Jackson County Sheriff Tony Boggs told media Wednesday 40-year-old Casey Cantrell was booked on...
View ArticleReport promotes public takeover of valley's water system
By Ken Ward Jr. As Saturday's second anniversary of the January 2014 Elk River chemical spill approaches, citizen groups are releasing a report to promote their proposal for a public takeover of the...
View ArticleAlleged get-away driver charged with murder in New Year's slaying
By Erin Beck The man who allegedly drove the get-away vehicle was charged with murder for his role in the New Year's Day shooting in Charleston. Sean Paul Burdette, 23, of Charleston, was charged with...
View ArticleEx-Boone ambulance director's ethics deal OK'd
By Phil Kabler Ethics Commission members have approved two conciliation agreements for violations of the state Ethics Act, including a $5,000 fine and public reprimand for the former executive...
View ArticleThompson steps down from Veterans Assistance post, plans to run for Wayne...
By Staff reports State Department of Veterans Assistance Secretary Rick Thompson is stepping down from that post, effective Thursday, to run for Wayne County sheriff."I'm young enough to do it, and...
View ArticleCross Lanes interstate exit to close Sunday for power line work
Interstate 64 exits 47A and 47B eastbound will be closed beginning 8 a.m. Sunday to allow Appalachian Power crews to perform maintenance work at the intersection of Lakeview and Jain drives in Cross...
View ArticleWith WV budget crisis, Manchin unsure if tax cuts were right move
By David Gutman With the state facing a $353 million budget shortfall, and with the benefit of hindsight, Sen. Joe Manchin said he's not sure if the business tax cuts that he pushed through as...
View ArticleEPA science panel faults agency's drilling-water study
By Ken Ward Jr. A panel of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency science advisers is strongly criticizing last year's much-cited EPA report that agency officials had tried to tout as finding that the...
View ArticleResidents become U.S. citizens in Charleston
Thirty-seven people became United States citizens on Thursday at a naturalization ceremony at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston. The new citizens and their nations of origin are:Rafael...
View ArticleThings to do today: Jan. 8, 2016
COUNTRY FRIED AND STEPHANIE SPINKS: 7 to 10 p.m. Cover $5. Elk River Community Center, 1047 Main St., Elkview. Call 304-965-3722. COMEDY CENTRAL ALL-STARS: 8 p.m. Adults $25. VIP $40. Featuring Honest...
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