Logan A Winner In SBA Decisions
The authority did decide to fund $11 million for a new inter-county elementary school to serve Gilmer and Lewis counties. Another decision will send $9 million to Logan County for a new Logan ...
View ArticleRecycling center reopens to slow start
A few people stopped by Charleston's Slack Street Recycling Center on Monday to drop off materials. The center has been closed for a month as local solid waste officials decide what to do with ...
View ArticleMan charged with first-degree robbery in West Side home invasion
Dylan Lowe, 23, allegedly entered a residence at 827 1/2 Somerset Drive to scout the home for a second unnamed person, according to a criminal complaint signed by Charleston Police Detective J.C. ...
View ArticleSchools get $37 million for repairs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State School Building Authority members on Monday gave Lewis and Gilmer counties $9.6 million to build a first-of-its kind elementary school that stretches across county ...
View ArticleWoman breaks cycle of eating disorder
Counselors and other members of a codependence group helped free Erin Bradley from an eating disorder that controlled her life throughout middle and high ...
View ArticleBroadcasting panel raises funding questions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A committee appointed to deal with financial problems facing West Virginia Public Broadcasting reviewed everything from the costs of broadcasting WVU women's basketball ...
View ArticleGazette endorses Luoni for assessor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When early voting begins Wednesday, we hope Kanawha Democrats favor longtime community leader John Luoni for their party's nomination for county assessor. Once an ...
View ArticleLocal woman wins 4-H Club pig raffle
GERRARDSTOWN - The Back Creek Valley 4-H Club pig raffle was won by Carol Brining. Matty and Sammy Schuler sold the most raffle tickets. Members did talks and demonstrations. Matty Schuler showed a ...
View ArticleShepherd names Music chair
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Robert Tudor has been named chair of the Department of Music and associate professor of music at Shepherd University, effective June 30. Tudor is chair of the Division of Music at ...
View ArticleKids meet Shepherd baseball team
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Shepherd University's baseball team and President Suzanne Shipley hosted 60 second-grade students from Shepherdstown Elementary School on March 28. Students from Nicole Austin, ...
View ArticleJackson's Mill holds dance weekend
Jackson's Mill held a state event, Dance Weekend, on the weekend of March 2-4. During Dance Weekend, 4-H members from Berkeley County learned several different folk and cultural dances from ...
View ArticleFerns Pleads Guilty to DUI
WHEELING - West Virginia Delegate Ryan Ferns, D-Ohio, pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of DUI after police said he was driving with nearly three times the legal amount of alcohol in his system. ...
View ArticleThorn Fights Money Battle
WHEELING - Democrat congressional candidate Sue Thorn acknowledges her campaign funds don't compare to those raised by her Republican opponent, Rep. David B. McKinley, but she believes ...
View ArticleWPHS Has New Principal
WHEELING - The Ohio County Board of Education named Amy Minch as the next Wheeling Park High School principal Monday. Minch is currently one of the school's assistant principals and will take ...
View ArticleSocial Security Fund Drying Up
WASHINGTON - Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge ...
View ArticleFort Frye residents meet superintendent finalists
LOWELL - Residents and workers in the Fort Frye Local school district met Monday with three finalists for the district's superintendent job.Crooksville High School Principal Casey H. Coffey, ...
View ArticleEx-North Hills School sold by Marietta BOE
MARIETTA - The sale of the former North Hills School on Colegate Drive for $61,500 was approved by Marietta's Board of Education Monday night."For the last eight or more years we have not ...
View ArticleChildress would welcome second downtown hotel
PARKERSBURG - The idea of a second downtown hotel in Parkersburg would be a welcome sight, according to the general manager of the Blennerhassett Hotel.Last week, Mayor Bob Newell disclosed ...
View ArticleMcKinley speaks to Rotary
PARKERSBURG- Changes in America that continue to have an impact on West Virginia prompted a U.S. congressman to seek public office.U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., spoke to the Parkersburg Rotary ...
View ArticleBoard talks user fee
PARKERSBURG - A candidate for mayor is pledging to work toward the elimination of the city's user fee.In a new advertisement and campaign mailer, Democratic mayoral candidate Gerald Board ...
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