Feds investigating Chesapeake over W.Va. drilling
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating possible environmental violations by Chesapeake Energy at three of its well sites in West Virginia. Chesapeake says in a ...
View ArticlePoint Pleasant native eliminated from American Idol
In this photo from the "American Idol" website, Point Pleasant native Chase Likens performs "Storm Warning" by Hunter Hayes on Tuesday night's show. Likens was eliminated ...
View ArticleWelch agrees to eliminate sewer overflows
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The city of Welch has agreed to implement a long-term plan to eliminate sewer overflows as part of a settlement involving violations of the Clean Water Act. The settlement ...
View ArticleWary eye on skies in towns hit by deadly twisters
HARRISBURG, Ill. -- Kera Wise picked through the fragments of her aunt and uncle's tornado-ruined home with a determined hustle under clear skies that weather forecasters warned could again ...
View ArticleRockefeller announces small-biz workshop
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Internet search engine giant Google is coming to Charleston this month to offer tools for small businesses trying to create a bigger presence online. Sen. Jay Rockefeller ...
View ArticleGOP faithful torn over prolonged election race
SPOKANE, Wash. -- To hear some weary rank-and-file Republicans tell it, the increasingly bitter fight for the party's presidential nomination can't end quickly enough. "It's ...
View ArticleMore accept buyouts in flood-prone W.Va. community
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Another 33 property owners in a flood-prone Berkeley County community have agreed to government buyouts. The buyouts will give the county title to a total 116 parcels in ...
View ArticleCharleston Mayor On Table Games Petition Drive
Charleston's Mayor says he'll fight any attempt to remove table games from the Mardi Gras Casino and Resort in Kanawha County. Danny Jones says there are too many jobs at stake. "If ...
View ArticleW. Basketball. C-USA Women's Basketball Tournament Preview
March 2, 2012 IRVING, Texas – The 2012 Conference USA women’s basketball regular season came to an end Thursday night with East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Tulane, Tulsa and UTEP all ...
View ArticleMore than 300 apply for Marshall pharmacy school
Marshall is seeking national accreditation for the pharmacy school from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Yingling says he expects the council to grant Marshall pre-candidate ...
View ArticleLincoln Co. Commission names new interim sheriff
http://bit.ly/wStFaI ) reports that the commission appointed Vickers on Friday. He is is a minister and a retired maintenance supervisor for Lincoln County ...
View ArticleSaturday, March, 3, 2012
Pilgrim Home Missionary Baptist Church: located at 7015 Kanawha St. in St. Albans will be celebrating their pastor, the Rev. Shelly A. Bausley's 19th pastoral anniversary. Pre-Anniversary ...
View ArticleChristian artist Paschal featured at Elk River Church of the Nazarene
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Christian singer/songwriter, author and talk show host Janet Paschal will be featured during a special musical service at 10:30 a.m. March 11 at the Elk River Church of the ...
View ArticleLeap year celebrates the perennially young
Today is the 29th day of February, which makes this a leap year. This day is added to the Gregorian calendar to adjust for shifts in the seasonal year. Many old myths have sprung out of this year, ...
View ArticleObama joins in assailing Limbaugh slur of student
NEW YORK -- Rush Limbaugh drew fire Friday from many directions, including President Barack Obama, for his depiction of a college student as a "slut'' because she testified before ...
View ArticleClasses resume at Ohio high school after shooting
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- Students mourning the deaths of three teens in a shooting at an Ohio high school returned to class Friday, a day after charges were filed in juvenile court against the ...
View ArticleExtreme tornado damage in Indiana
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- Tornadoes have left widespread damage in southern Indiana and a sheriff's official says at least one town of about 1,900 people is "completely gone.'' ...
View ArticleResurfacing projects scheduled for Jefferson Co., surrounding areas
Jefferson County will start in the coming months. The projects will cost about $16 million and will include state Route 7 north of state Route 213 near Costonia, as well as state Route 7 through ...
View ArticleChange To Mine Safety Bill Doesn't Stop It
"This bill has been floating around the capitol for the entire session and the House did a lot of good work on it," Palumbo said. "What they sent over here is something that all of ...
View ArticlePromise Deadline Extended Through Monday
West Virginia Higher Education Police Commission Senior Director of Financial Aid Brian Weingart says there was a technical problem with the Promise website Thursday, the previously scheduled last ...
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