NJ rescuers taking on care of W.Va. Arabian horses
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A New Jersey horse rescue group is heading to West Virginia's Northern Panhandle to save 50 Arabian horses whose owner died in ...
View Article50 a.m.: Pedestrian struck on U.S. 340
UPDATE at 1:37 p.m. According to scanner traffic, roads were reopened at around 1:32 p.m. and all responding emergency units had left the scene. CHARLES TOWN - A pedestrian was reportedly struck by ...
View ArticleFirst Putnam schools to get wireless Internet determined
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View ArticleState tourism officials see Parkersburg rebound
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- Parkersburg-area tourism officials say the region has seen an increase in visitors in the last couple years, a rebound from the dip caused by the national economic downturn ...
View ArticleWVU researchers showcase work for private sector
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- More than 80 West Virginia University researchers are gathering for what organizers call the state's largest-ever bioscience and biomedical technology showcase. ...
View ArticleMore than 11,000 still without power in state
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -- More than 11,000 Appalachian Power customers in southern West Virginia remain without electricity in the wake of a winter storm. Appalachian Power says on its website that it ...
View ArticleMore than a dozen fires in Huntington suspicious
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Authorities believe more than a dozen recent fires in Huntington were deliberately set. State assistant fire marshal Reed Cook says the fires shouldn't alarm residents. ...
View ArticleGreece secures bailout to avoid debt default
BRUSSELS -- The countries that use the euro pulled Greece back from an imminent and potentially catastrophic default on Tuesday, when they finally stitched together a €130 billion ($170 ...
View ArticleHotel/motel tax revenue increasing
STEUBENVILLE, Oh. -- Local hotels and motels have seen record occupancy over the last 10 years, and local leaders say the tax revenue being generated is an indication that the gas drilling industry ...
View ArticleLayoffs Announced At Ballistics Lab
We just announced that ATK has been selected to develop a new warhead system for an army multiple launch rocket system and it is a pretty exciting new program here for the company and for the U.S. ...
View ArticleProgress Made On Power Outages
At the height of Sunday night's winter storm, 29,000 customers lost power. Phil Moye with Appalachian Power says that's down to about 8,000 ...
View ArticleBack For All To See
The items were stolen on December 20. Four rifles were discovered in a bag in the middle of a Parkersburg street back in January. Farris says they'd been left out in the elements and all needed ...
View ArticleOn The Scrap Metal Bill
The Senior Vice President for Frontier Communications says copper thievery is at an epidemic level in West Virginia, driven by a higher price for copper that is around $4 a pound. Dana Waldo says ...
View ArticleSoftball. FSN to Televise Marshall Softball Game versus Memphis
Feb. 21, 2012 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Conference USA announced today that Fox Sports Network (FSN) has decided to televise the Marshall softball game at Memphis March 17th. Game one of ...
View ArticleDefense contractor warns W.Va. workers of layoffs
Gibbons says reductions are needed because of federal budget cuts and the end of some defense programs. He says any company working in the defense industry faces similar ...
View ArticleWhite House typo has Biden headed to Road Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The vice president is hitting the road -- to what the White House wrote as "Road Island,'' mistakenly spelled R-O-A-D instead of R-H-O-D-E. A release outlining ...
View ArticleWWII vet who survived two sunk ships gets medals
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Farris H. Burton waited several days to be rescued after two ships he was on were torpedoed during World War II. He waited a lot longer for his medals from that war. Sen. Jay ...
View ArticleHouse OKs $8.6M for settlements in judgments vs. state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fatal traffic accidents, jail fees and lawsuits have led to $8.5 million in judgments against West Virginia agencies this year. The House of Delegates unanimously agreed ...
View ArticleRights of many outweigh interests of a few
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Contending that "the constitutional rights of the many outweigh the parochial interests of the few," attorneys for former Sen. Frank Deem, R-Wood, asked the state ...
View ArticleState lawmakers question proposed tobacco ban
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia has one of the nation's worst teen smoking and spit tobacco use rates, but members of the House health committee aren't sure that targeting flavored ...
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