Urban Renewal Ideas for Steel Town
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 05/16/08 -
City leaders in a once-booming steel town are pondering some urban renewal ideas after a conference aimed at giving life to former industrial sites. (Full Story) |
Providing Access to Gauley River
Last Updated: 6:47 PM 05/16/08 -
The National Park Service is acquiring two parcels of private land for $1.1 million to provide public access to the Gauley River. (Full Story) |
Focus on Job Creation in Certain Fields
Last Updated: 6:23 PM 05/16/08 -
The president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce says the state must do everything it can to create more manufacturing and mining jobs. (Full Story) |
Veteran's Nursing Home Passes
Last Updated: 6:16 PM 05/16/08 -
After three tries, the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Home has finally cleared a state inspection. (Full Story) |
Final Arrest in Animal Cruelty Case
Last Updated: 12:17 PM 05/16/08 -
The last suspect in an animal cruelty case involving 165 animals has been arrested nearly two years later. (Full Story) |
Group Criticizes McCain's Stop in W.V.
Last Updated: 11:36 AM 05/16/08 -
The West Virginia Democratic Party is criticizing presidential candidate John McCain for keeping his appearance in the Mountain State Friday a private affair. (Full Story) |
Program for Arthritis Sufferers
Last Updated: 11:32 AM 05/16/08 -
West Virginia University and the state want to help people with arthritis have active lifestyles. (Full Story) |
Lawsuit Alleges Retirement Program Fraud
Last Updated: 6:07 PM 05/15/08 -
A class-action lawsuit alleges that teachers and others covered by West Virginia's only state-run 401(k)-style retirement program are the victims of fraud. (Full Story) |
Criminal Charges for Senior Prank
Last Updated: 5:43 PM 05/15/08 -
Fifteen Jefferson High School students are facing criminal charges over a senior prank. (Full Story) |
Option to Pay Taxes Online
Last Updated: 5:32 PM 05/15/08 -
West Virginia businesses can now pay some of their state taxes online from a new secure Web site. (Full Story) |
Union vs. Nonunion Pay
Last Updated: 5:24 PM 05/15/08 -
Pay for union workers in West Virginia is 11.1 percent higher, on average, than for nonunion workers. (Full Story) |
Shale Quarry Opposition
Last Updated: 11:52 AM 05/15/08 -
A proposed shale quarry on North Mountain in the Eastern Panhandle is drawing fire from residents concerned about pollution and soil erosion. (Full Story) |
WVU Respectability Blueprint
Last Updated: 11:37 AM 05/15/08 -
A group pushing for changes at West Virginia University says the faculty provided a blueprint to return the school to respectability in the wake of a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter. (Full Story) |
Hospital Expansion Fundraiser
Last Updated: 11:26 AM 05/15/08 -
Thomas Memorial Hospital is launching a fundraising effort to help pay for a $70 million expansion. (Full Story) |
West Virginians Oust Some Incumbents
Last Updated: 11:54 AM 05/14/08 -
West Virginia primary voters rejected a half-dozen incumbent legislators, all of them Democrats. (Full Story) |
WVU and Rodriguez Update
Last Updated: 11:19 AM 05/14/08 -
Former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez says he considered a $4-million damages clause in his contract excessive and unfair. (Full Story) |
Grant Helps State Museum
Last Updated: 5:12 PM 05/13/08 -
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History is getting $200,000 to add educational programs for all ages at the state museum. (Full Story) |
Soldier Killed in Accident Identified
Last Updated: 4:59 PM 05/13/08 -
The Army says a 24-year-old soldier from West Virginia died in a motorcycle accident in Ozark. (Full Story) |
Voting is Steady in W.V. Primary
Last Updated: 4:44 PM 05/13/08 -
It's primary day in West Virginia and voter turnout is steady as ballots are being cast in the Democratic party's presidential primary. (Full Story) |
Vying to Challenge Capito
Last Updated: 1:49 PM 05/13/08 -
Most of the attention is on the presidential race, but West Virginia's primary election will also determine the fate of homegrown candidates for federal office. (Full Story) |
Investigating Phone Service
Last Updated: 11:39 AM 05/13/08 -
The West Virginia Public Service Commission's staff and Consumer Advocate Division are asking the PSC to investigate Verizon's telephone service in the state. (Full Story) |
W.V. Unemployment Drops
Last Updated: 11:33 AM 05/13/08 -
Job gains in construction and other sectors cut West Virginia's unemployment rate by one-tenth of a percentage point in April to 5.2 percent. (Full Story) |
Redefining 'Luxury'
Last Updated: 6:51 PM 05/12/08 -
At The Wine Rack in Morgantown, West Virginia, where sales from the $10-and-under shelves are booming, Jocelyn Vorbach says aloud what most of her customers won't. (Full Story) |
Many W.V. Races Uncontested
Last Updated: 5:47 PM 05/12/08 -
The general election isn't for nearly six months, but dozens of West Virginia legislative candidates can relax after Tuesday. (Full Story) |
Record Early Voting is Over
Last Updated: 5:46 PM 05/12/08 -
A record 76,519 West Virginians have already cast their primary ballots, most of them through the "no excuse" early voting that ended Saturday. (Full Story) |
Man in Critical After Shootout
Last Updated: 11:18 AM 05/12/08 -
A shootout with Marshall University police left a 19-year-old Huntington man with a gunshot wound to the head. (Full Story) |
W.V. Power Outages
Last Updated: 4:43 PM 05/12/08 -
Thousands of West Virginians are without power following weekend thunderstorms, and many students got an extra day off from school. (Full Story) |
Legislative Race Money
Last Updated: 10:57 AM 05/12/08 -
West Virginia has hundreds of legislative candidates this year, and they amassed more than $3.2 million heading into Tuesday's primary. (Full Story) |
Dream Come True
Last Updated: 10:49 AM 05/12/08 -
As a seven-year-old in Wheeling, West Virginia, Craig Ackerman opened a magazine to marvel at a photograph at Crater Lake National Park headquarters in Oregon. (Full Story) |
Role of W.V. Agriculture
Last Updated: 6:46 PM 05/09/08 -
By many national measures, West Virginia barely registers as an agriculture state. (Full Story) |
Raising Awareness of Drug Abuse
Last Updated: 11:35 AM 05/09/08 -
Organizers of this year's Rural Ministry Conference hope to raise awareness of drug abuse in West Virginia and to find ways to combat the problem. (Full Story) |
Union Carbide Layoffs Begin
Last Updated: 11:09 AM 05/09/08 -
Dow Chemical's previously announced layoffs at its South Charleston Union Carbide division have begun. (Full Story) |
Pushing for Eco-Friendly Businesses
Last Updated: 11:00 AM 05/09/08 -
The nonprofit Center for Economic Options is teaming up with college students across the state to push West Virginia as a hub for environmentally sustainable businesses. (Full Story) |
W.V. AG Bogus Letter Warning
Last Updated: 6:02 PM 05/08/08 -
Attorney General Darrell McGraw is warning businesses about bogus letters falsely claiming his office is investigating them. (Full Story) |
Seeking Order to Force Rehire
Last Updated: 11:30 AM 05/08/08 -
The National Labor Relations Board is seeking a federal injunction to require coal operator Massey Energy to rehire 85 union members at a West Virginia mine. (Full Story) |
WVU Graduation Protest
Last Updated: 11:05 AM 05/08/08 -
A newly formed group of faculty, students and alumni says it will protest during graduation ceremonies West Virginia University President Mike Garrison's refusal to resign. (Full Story) |
Century-Old Store Closing
Last Updated: 10:52 AM 05/08/08 -
Clothing store Schwabe-May is closing its doors after 130 years of operation in West Virginia's capital. (Full Story) |
Massey Cited for Worker's Death
Last Updated: 5:54 PM 05/07/08 -
Massey Energy has been cited for safety violations that federal investigators say contributed to the death of a West Virginia coal miner. (Full Story) |
Auto Part Jobs in W.V.
Last Updated: 5:38 PM 05/07/08 -
Italian auto parts maker Allevard Sogefi is planning to add 65 jobs to its West Virginia manufacturing plant. (Full Story) |
Rural Hospital Closing
Last Updated: 5:32 PM 05/07/08 -
The Richwood Area Community Hospital is closing, putting more than 100 employees out of work and forcing some patients to drive 25 miles farther for treatment. (Full Story) |
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