Four indicted in bath salt sales at Buckhannon, Clarksburg stores
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The owner of two paraphernalia shops called "Hot Stuff and Cool Things" and three of his employees were indicted Wednesday on federal drug conspiracy charges for ...
View ArticleW. Tennis. Voscekova Earns Place on C-USA All-Academic Team
Maria Voscekova of the Thundering Herd tennis team earned a spot on this year’s Conference USA Women’s Tennis All-Academic Team, giving the Bratislava, Slovakia, native her second ...
View ArticleSoftball. Balanced Offense Leads to Two Wins for Softball over Morehead
Box Score (Game 2) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall softball used a balanced offensive attack to score in a multitude of ways to take down Morehead State twice Wednesday. In game one from Dot ...
View ArticleCamp helps children from unique home lives
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A camp counselor found Josh crying alone after a game of "Capture the Flag." He was scared while thinking about his newly adoptive parents, who had sent him to YMCA ...
View ArticleState officials uphold request for psychiatric hospital
FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- West Virginia officials have upheld the certificate of need required for Highland Hospital to convert the old United Hospital Center in Clarksburg into a psychiatric facility. ...
View ArticleWoman enters Alford plea in strip mall fire
KEYSER, W.Va. -- A Keyser woman faces up to 10 years in prison after entering an Alford plea to an arson charge stemming from a strip mall fire. The Cumberland Times-News reports that Kelly ...
View ArticleEPA finalizes rules to cut gas-drilling air pollution
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/watchdog/ CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Obama administration on Wednesday finalized new standards aimed at sharply reducing dangerous air emissions from the nation's ...
View ArticleCandidates split on redistricting
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Nine Democratic candidates in Kanawha County's newly configured 35th House of Delegates district agreed on many issues in a meeting with Gazette editors Wednesday, ...
View ArticleArea readers taking part in World Book Night
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Since she learned to read as a child, Vivian Taylor has loved books. "I was that kid that was always in the corner with a book," the Charleston resident said. ...
View ArticleWork on walking, bike trails being completed
PARKERSBURG -Walking and cycling trails in Parkersburg are being completed to improve the quality of life for residents, the mayor said on Wednesday."There are several quality-of-life ...
View ArticleErickson stadium committee asks for funding
PARKERSBURG - A discussion of stadium funding for Wood County Schools has started with a request for money.Rick Bush, president of the Erickson All-Sports Facility board of directors, asked the ...
View ArticleBlennerhassett gets new look
PARKERSBURG - Construction crews blocked off a section of Market Street Wednesday afternoon to move a two-ton porte-cochere into place over the entrance to the Blennerhassett Hotel.The porte-cochere ...
View ArticleBishop's name, allegations surface in Philly trial
A man has testified during a clergy sex-abuse trial that he was raped at a home owned by the current West Virginia bishop and that he was told the bishop also sexually abused a boy. The testimony ...
View ArticleArea artist looks to 'flush' out attention
MARTINSBURG - David Heatwole wanted to generate a "public conversation" about art in downtown Martinsburg and he probably did generate public conversation, but not necessarily about art in ...
View ArticleJefferson Commission ups tax rates
CHARLES TOWN - The Jefferson County Commission voted to raise property tax rates for commercial and residential properties in the county on Tuesday when it held a special meeting to "lay the ...
View ArticleODOT Wants to Protect Roads
WHEELING - Once he knew the Marcellus and Utica shale rush was headed for eastern Ohio, Lloyd MacAdam began asking transportation officials in West Virginia and Pennsylvania for advice. "I knew ...
View ArticleEPA Is Cracking Down On Gas Drilling Fumes
VALLEY GROVE - President Barack Obama's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued the first-ever national standards to control air pollution from fracking operations, which ...
View ArticleWJU Says Actions Were on the Level
WHEELING - An independent examination of how costs were allocated in Wheeling Jesuit University's technology centers - at the heart of a federal investigation - concluded in 2008 that WJU ...
View ArticleCanaan tract to become Wildlife Management Area
The Division of Natural Resources is acquiring a 3,070-acre tract from the Canaan Valley Institute. The property is on the valley's north end and borders the Canaan Valley National Wildlife ...
View ArticleDowntown street lanes closed because of gas leak
The northbound lanes of Truslow Street between Virginia and Quarrier streets in downtown Charleston are closed this morning because of a gas leak. According to a Kanawha County Metro 911 ...
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