South Charleston Tech Park gets new tenant
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new tenant has been added to the West Virginia Regional Technology Park, officials announced Tuesday. ALS Environmental, an international environmental analytical ...
View ArticleConsignment sale offers bargains on items for kids
This is the fourth year Another Mother's Treasure has hosted a consignment sale event at the India Center in South Charleston. The event features more than 50,000 items ranging from ...
View ArticlePutnam OKs blueprints for new animal shelter
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Plans for a new animal shelter in Putnam County moved forward Tuesday after county commissioners approved an estimated $2.3 million construction plan. The new state-of-the-art ...
View ArticleElk roaming Northern Panhandle is captured
The elk, a mature bull that escaped last year from a Pennsylvania captive deer facility, was tranquilized in rural Marshall County Feb. 9 and transported to the West Virginia Wildlife Center at ...
View ArticleTwo escape trailer fire in Hurricane
HURRICANE, W.Va. -- An elderly couple managed to escape their trailer unharmed after it caught on fire Tuesday morning, firefighters said. At around 8 a.m. a trailer caught fire at Bendonwood ...
View ArticleWeaver Out; Bill Alive
Convicted felon Jerry Weaver is not running for Lincoln County sheriff. He withdrew Tuesday; the same day the state Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would prevent a convicted felon from ...
View ArticleMorgantown Hotels Fill Up After WVU Schedule Released
Brenda Simpson, the sales manager for the Residence Inn in Morgantown, said her phone started ringing off the hook only minutes after the home schedule for West Virginia University was released ...
View ArticleFight Between Brothers Puts Man In Hospital
A Mercer County man is charged with malicious wounding after putting his brother in the hospital earlier this week. State Police say Floyd Bennett, Jr., 53, from Matoaka stabbed his brother Basil ...
View ArticleW. Soccer. Women's Soccer Announces Spring Fixtures
Feb. 14, 2012 HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- The Marshall University women’s soccer team unveiled its 2012 spring schedule this past week, lining up a host of games that span from March 4 to April 21. ...
View ArticleRoundhouse work set to begin
MARTINSBURG - Plans have been finalized for a Nevada contractor, along with the West Virginia National Guard, to begin working at the Roundhouse beginning March 1, project officials said Tuesday. ...
View ArticleFestival of Banners applications due soon
MARTINSBURG - March 1 is the deadline to submit applications and design sketches for Main Street Martinsburg's Festival of Banners 2012. This is the second year for the juried decorations, ...
View ArticleMSM adds to events calendar
MARTINSBURG - Main Street Martinsburg is adding two new events to its calendar and reviving a downtown event for 2012 as well as continuing to produce several special and seasonal activities. New ...
View ArticlePayroll Tax Deal Reached
WASHINGTON (AP) - House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers hopeful of unveiling the ...
View ArticleU.S. Weighing Steep Nuclear Arms Cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons. Even the ...
View ArticleWill Vote Be In Time
BENWOOD - City Council appears mostly in agreement that a one-year bus levy should go on the ballot this May. At a Jan. 24 meeting, council heard from several residents who wanted to vote on the ...
View ArticleBayer Lease To Fetch $30 Million
NEW MARTINSVILLE - With Bayer Corp. officials still waiting to see if they can bring an ethane cracker to West Virginia, they signed a deal to collect $30 million for gas drilling at the New ...
View ArticleFeds seek 25 years in jail for Upper Big Branch security chief
Federal prosecutors want a former Massey Energy security chief to spend 25 years in jail for lying to investigators and trying to destroy evidence in the probe of the Upper Big Branch Mine ...
View ArticleTracking systems dont stop meth, says Kentucky cop
Electronic systems designed to track a popular over-the-counter decongestant and curb methamphetamine production don't work, a Kentucky drug enforcement officer told West Virginia lawmakers ...
View ArticleCharleston-Montgomery bus service proposed
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Kanawha Valley Regional Transit Authority is looking at offering bus service between Charleston and Montgomery. Assistant general manager Doug Hartley told ...
View ArticleCouncil wont appeal reinstatement of White Sulphur mayor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The White Sulphur Springs City Council isn't going to challenge a judge's ruling that reinstated Mayor Thomas Taylor. WVVA-TV said council members voted unanimously ...
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