Licensed remediation special certification exams offered
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An examination for licensed remediation specialist certification is scheduled from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on March 21 at the Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston. ...
View ArticleStates unemployment rate 7.8 percent in January
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's unemployment rate rose to 7.8 percent in January, up from 7.4 percent in December. WorkForce West Virginia says the number of unemployed residents ...
View ArticleWest Virginia considering legislation to ban underage kids from tanning beds
WEST VIRGINIA-- The West Virginia senate wants to crack down on tanning salons. Senators just passed a bill that would, among other things, make it illegal for kids under the age of 18 to use a ...
View ArticleFeds Take Davitt McAteer's Files
The U.S. Government's Office of the Inspector General has seized records and files from the offices of Davitt McAteer, a vice president at Wheeling Jesuit University and outspoken coal mine ...
View ArticleDePaul Falls To West Virginia 92-75 For 9th Straight Loss
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Seniors Darryl ';Truck'; Bryant and Kevin Jones closed out their West Virginia home careers in grand style Tuesday night as the Mountaineers dunked DePaul ...
View ArticleCheerleading. Cheerleading Announces Tryouts
Feb. 28, 2012 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Marshall University cheerleading program announced the tryout schedule for the 2012-2013 team. Tryouts will be open to all current students who are ...
View ArticleTrio in custody after fleeing wreck; two women injured
MARTINSBURG - Three people were taken into custody Wednesday after allegedly fleeing the scene of a single-vehicle accident in Berkeley County that injured two women, one of whom was ejected from ...
View ArticleGrowing businesses move into larger downtown offices
MARTINSBURG - Main Street Martinsburg sponsored a double ribbon cutting Tuesday for Advocate Insurance Group LLC and Plan-It Payroll, which are sharing offices at 124 S. Queen St. in downtown ...
View ArticleCouncil hears elected officials' budget requests
MARTINSBURG - While all of the Berkeley County elected officials - including Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Games-Neely, Sheriff Kenneth "Kenny" Lemaster and Assessor Gearl Raynes - who made ...
View ArticleTickets to see, hear Jerry West on sale
MARTINSBURG - Tickets for Jerry West's appearance at the Book Faire and Chocolate Festival in downtown Martinsburg are on sale. The iconic basketball legend and Mountain State hero will be the ...
View ArticleRomney sweeps to double Republican primary victory
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney scored a hard-won, home state triumph in Michigan and powered to victory in Arizona Tuesday night, gaining a two-state primary sweep over Rick Santorum and precious ...
View ArticleReaction mixed on smoking ban ruling
PARKERSBURG - The ruling to uphold the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department's ban on all indoor smoking has prompted opposing reactions.Dick Wittberg, executive director of the health department, ...
View ArticleCounty lowers property values of golf courses
PARKERSBURG - The appraised values of the Millstone subdivision in Vienna and Wood County's four public golf courses were lowered by the county commission.Six properties were appealed during ...
View ArticleBroughton to drop ice cream label
MARIETTA - The Broughton name is not long for grocers' freezers.Broughton Foods general manager Dave Broughton announced in a press release this week that the company's ice cream label is ...
View ArticleStudents to celebrate Leap Day birthdays
PARKERSBURG - Edison Middle School sixth-graders Charity and Chasity Anderson are celebrating today what is technically their fourth birthday.The 12-year-old twins were born in 2000 on Feb. 29, ...
View ArticleOrdinance should be huge for city of Steubenville
For three decades the old Steubenville landfill has been a burden on city officials and residents. But the ordinance passed Tuesday night will help to alleviate the problems that has created. ...
View ArticleMon County Man Dies in Accident
A Blacksville man died Tuesday after a head-on collision with a tractor trailer along the Mason Dixon Highway, according to Monongalia County Sheriff's ...
View ArticleKimble Excited To Don The Buckskin
Jonathan Kimble still can’t believe he’s the new Mountaineer mascot. After hearing his named called during Tuesday’s DePaul game Kimble had to pinch himself and is probably still ...
View ArticleEx-mine security chief to be sentenced over blast
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) -- A convicted former security chief at the Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia will learn his fate for lying to investigators about the April 2010 explosion that ...
View ArticleFairmont firm lands $7.4M weather network contract
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- A Fairmont facility has won a $7.4 million federal contract to manage a network of weather observers who gather data to help improve forecasts of high-impact events. Global ...
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