Charleston OKs sidewalk dining downtown
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Restaurants could soon start serving lunch and dinner on city sidewalks following passage of an outdoor dining bill Monday by Charleston City Council. And if some ...
View ArticleHousing Fund spends $300K on outside lawyers amid investigation
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Housing Development Fund has spent more than $302,000 in outside legal fees during an ongoing federal investigation. The state housing agency's legal ...
View ArticleSynthetic pot still a problem despite law changes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Law enforcement officials say the sale of synthetic marijuana never vanished in West Virginia despite a state law that passed more than a year ago making its possession a ...
View ArticleLearn arts, science at Creative Capers camp
<co w/logo and coupon>CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some summer camps focus on the arts. Some concentrate on science. You get both at Creative Capers, the weeklong day camp at Charleston's ...
View ArticleSt. Albans council resets levy rate, which is not increased
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. -- Despite a previously passed motion to increase the St. Albans property tax rate, council members will meet Tuesday to officially reset the levy at its current rate, 12.14 ...
View ArticleMayor, council spar over Burdette Center cut
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston Mayor Danny Jones strongly defended a proposed cut in federal funding to a West Side nonprofit agency that has been sued for allegedly firing an employee for her ...
View ArticleWood BOE to discuss safety, math
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. today to discuss school safety and mathematics.The board is scheduled to hear a safety presentation from Parkersburg police ...
View ArticleBelpre BOE rejects lawn outsourcing
BELPRE - Following heated debate from community members at the Belpre City Schools District Board of Education meeting Monday, the board voted 3 to 2 to not outsource the district's lawn ...
View ArticleDeadline arrives for filing 2011 income tax forms
PARKERSBURG - With today the last day to file a tax return, some people have waited until the last minute to file.At the beginning of the preparation season, tax preparation services see a lot of ...
View ArticleMountwood Park to open nature trail
VOLCANO - The plant life of Mountwood Park takes center stage in a new nature trail constructed by the volunteer group Friends of Mountwood.The trail runs nearly a half mile along the Walter Taitt ...
View ArticleProbable link to two cancers found
VIENNA - The C8 Science Panel announced Monday it found a probable link between exposure to C8 and both testicular and kidney cancer.The panel was unable to find any link between exposure to ...
View ArticleTeen hit by car, in critical condition
Harrison County boy is in critical condition in a Pittsburgh hospital after state troopers said he was hit by a car as he tried to cross a county road.It happened at 5 p.m. Monday on Rose Valley ...
View ArticleAttorney pleads no contest to weapon charges
MARTINSBURG - A Martinsburg attorney accused of pulling a gun on a group of partygoers last summer at a boat dock in Berkeley County pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanor charges of brandishing ...
View ArticleKids test new playground equipment
Journal photo by Ron AgnirSatchel Crockett, 7, left, Paul McDonald, 10, and Sidney Crockett, 6, test the newly installed playground equipment while workers finish spreading out the rubber mulch ...
View ArticleBuy a flower, help a child
MARTINSBURG - Kathleen Stotler knows firsthand the importance of the Children's Home Society of West Virginia - she adopted two boys through the organization. One might think the boys were ...
View ArticleHospice reaches $3 million goal
MARTINSBURG - Hospice of the Panhandle passed a significant milestone Monday in its Building the Dream capital campaign. Margaret Cogswell, HOTP's chief executive officer, announced that the ...
View ArticlePoll Workers Sought For Ohio County
WHEELING - Ohio County elections officials need additional poll workers for the May 8 primary election. Toni Chieffalo, county coordinator of elections, said she would like to train as many as 25 ...
View ArticleMcKinley, Johnson Lead In Campaign Finances
WHEELING - Republican Rep. David B. McKinley raised more than $1.5 million for his re-election campaign so far this year, while his Democratic challenger Sue Thorn garnered $54,551, according to ...
View ArticleLawmakers Clash Over Tax Proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the ...
View ArticleU.S. Set For Last Afghan Offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - For Taliban militants and U.S. strategists alike, all roads in this impoverished country of mountain passes, arid deserts and nearly impassable goat tracks lead to this ...
View Article
