Workforce provided prevailing wage emails, documents show
By Phil Kabler Documentation from the Department of Commerce indicates that WorkForce West Virginia provided thousands of pages of documents, e-mails and other communications regarding input for...
View ArticleAlpha Natural Resources warns of layoffs in Va., Ky.
The Associated Press BRISTOL, Va. - Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. has told 292 workers in Virginia and Kentucky to be prepared to lose their jobs.The announcement by the Bristol,...
View ArticleCommunity briefs for July 9, 2015
Highlawn Presbyterian Church, 2501 Washington Ave. in St. Albans, welcomes participants to its Vacation Bible School, which will run from 6 to 8 p.m. July 13 through 17. The theme is "Camp Discovery"...
View ArticleGOP aims to rewrite No Child Left Behind
WASHINGTON - After pulling a similar bill earlier this year, the House is trying again to pass a GOP-led rewrite of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law - with conservatives aiming to...
View ArticleState education department launches review of Common Core-based standards
By Ryan Quinn West Virginia school officials are asking the public to provide something they said they didn't receive from the Legislature when it tried this year to repeal the state's Common...
View ArticleW.Va. supreme court justice to sell multimillion-dollar home
By Eric Eyre Kanawha County's most expensive home is going up for sale.State Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis and husband Scott Segal are selling their monolithic house on Quarry Ridge East. They...
View ArticleFilmmaker wants work to give American themes an Appalachian spin
By Billy Wolfe It's a quintessential Appalachian scene. The matriarch of a family has died, and friends and neighbors are arriving in droves with covered dishes, ready to grieve with and console...
View ArticleW.Va. supreme court justice to sell multimillion-dollar home
By Eric Eyre Kanawha County's most expensive home is going up for sale.State Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis and husband Scott Segal are selling their estate on Quarry Ridge East. They plan to stay...
View ArticleState school board returns educational program to Berkeley facility
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia Board of Education voted Wednesday to again provide education services at a Berkeley County facility that was investigated over reports of safety lapses and runaway...
View ArticleLocal Greeks reflect on Greece's financial crisis
By Wade Livingston Dr. Dimitris Mihailidis just got back from Greece a few days ago. He saw long lines at the ATMs, but he saw his countrymen in good spirits.He left Athens right before Greece Prime...
View ArticleIntoxicated driver allegedly hits DOH worker
Staff reports An intoxicated driver hit a state Division of Highways worker with his minivan in Dunbar on Thursday, police say.Edward Kern, 69, of Dunbar, was charged with DUI causing injury,...
View ArticleSchool board names new officers; White cries foul
By Ryan Quinn The West Virginia Board of Education Thursday elected new officers, but the only board member to vote against the choices accused his colleagues of a "back-room deal.""We talk about...
View ArticleCommunity briefs for July 10, 2015
A free kids' books and balloons giveaway will be given to preschool and elementary children from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday at the Putnam County Library, next to Liberty Square. Children can select a...
View ArticleTractor-trailers on Turnpike concern Parkways Authority members
By Phil Kabler Issues with errant tractor-trailer trucks - from wrecks that backed up Fourth of July holiday traffic to replacement of a tollbooth demolished in June - were a focal point of Thursday's...
View ArticleJudge urged to unseal chemical spill records
By Ken Ward Jr. Lawyers for Kanawha Valley residents are urging a federal judge to unseal hundreds of pages of documents they say would help the public understand the underlying causes of the January...
View ArticleMorrisey's office wants county commissions' meeting records
By Eric Eyre West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has directed county commissions across the state to turn over meeting minutes, but Morrisey refuses to explain the reason for the...
View ArticleRetirement reception to honor longtime pastor
By Charlotte Ferrell Smith Pastor Rodney Taylor was a devout atheist before becoming a dedicated Christian.For the last 43 years, he has served Scott Depot Christ Fellowship in Teays Valley in various...
View ArticleThings to do today:July 10, 2015
MusicCOUNTRY FRIED AND STEPHANIE SPINKS: 7 to 10 p.m. Cover $5. Elk River Community Center, 1047 Main St., Elkview. Call 304-965-3722.LITTLE ROY AND LITTLE LIZZIE: 7 p.m. Adults $5. Children $3. Jerry...
View ArticleState school board elects new leaders
By Samuel Speciale The West Virginia Board of Education elected new officials Thursday ahead of President Gayle Manchin's term expiration in November.Mike Green, a Republican from Monongalia County,...
View ArticleThousands lose power in Southern West Virginia
Staff reports About 7,000 people in Southern West Virginia lost power after a storm Thursday evening.The high winds of a thunderstorm knocked down multiple trees, causing the outages in Logan County...
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