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With the final days of the campaign season coming to an end, gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney is pushing energy issues back to the front in West Virginia. More>>
Investment of $253,000 will support market research, development of business mode.
West Virginia's treasurer has a check waiting for Matt Lauer, albeit a small one. More>>
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated reported a 10 percent increase in net income. More>>
A rule proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Board could extend credit access to stay-at-home spouses, but the CEO of one credit card company sees problems. More>>
Both teachers, awarded grants in FirstEnergy's Mon Power territory, are employed in Buckhannon. More>>
President Barack Obama told 14,000 gathered at Ohio University that GOP nominee Gov. Mitt Romney wants to reduce progress. More>>
Ormet announced it will be able to make smaller payments for the next two months' electricity charges from January 2014 through May 2015. More>>
Quick, which county has produced the most natural gas from horizontally drilled Marcellus Shale wells? If you said Wetzel or Doddridge, think again — it's Harrison. With almost five years of horizontally More>>
Is the state's health part of the government's role or should everything come down to personal responsibility? This is a line government officials are exploring all over the country from smoking bans More>>
West Virginia schools are teaching the youngest generation to exercise and to eat healthier. More>>
Communities in Mingo and McDowell counties are working to improve their statistics. More>>
Program leaders of Change the Future West Virginia worked in six Mid-Ohio Valley counties with the goal of making people healthier More>>
Representatives of a silicon alloy plant say changing water releases from Hawks Nest Dam would increase production costs and hurt operations. More>>
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin released a statement Oct. 17 asking voters to contact his office with any complaints of election fraud or voting rights abuses. More>>
Work is beginning on a nearly $40 million construction project at West Virginia University. More>>
The use of coal, specifically technologies that burn coal in ways cleaner than before, has been at the forefront of the presidential energy debate recently.
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A Kanawha County judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed new vaccination requirements for schoolchildren are illegal. More>>
CSX Corp. officials say they expect to see declines in coal production in Central Applachia over the next few years, while production in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin should increase. More>>
Public safety, protection of property and the environment and communication with regulators, local officials, first responders and homeowners are stressed. More>>
The National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey, hosted every other year by the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at WVU, has 10 events statewide this year and 160 internationally. More>>
A gas company that plowed through a cemetery near a historically black coal camp community must pay $700,000 in damages. Attorney Kevin Thompson says a Logan County jury also agreed Tuesday that EQT More>>
Brett Dillon, director of the United Mine Workers of America’s Career Center’s Beckley office tries to help laid off coal miners at Tuesday’s information session in Logan.After years of waking up nearly every morning to head to the coal mine, hundreds to thousands of West Virginians are facing an unknown – life after coal mining. More>>
The West Virginia Ethics Commission approved two conciliation agreements to resolve pending complaints against the Wirt County Assessor and the mayor of Mason. More>>
CSX Corp. on Oct. 16 reported a 2 percent earnings increase in the third quarter despite growth in export coal and chemical traffic. Coal shipments were down, but chemical shipments were up, partly because of sand and petroleum shipments from shale drilling activity, the company reported. More>>
An Independent candidate for president has been airing a few ads that have made many West Virginians squirm, but election laws permit them. More>>
WorkForce West Virginia said 7.6 percent of West Virginians, or 60,800, were jobless in September. While that number is slightly less than the national average of 7.8 percent, it does mark a slow, continuing climb in the unemployment rate in the state since April.
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Program is one of a very small number nationwide. More>>
Because of impending budget cuts and other reasons, the community and technical college system could change to a per credit hour tuition rate. More>>
In a county where a bright light has been shown on voter corruption, a few new staff members have been doing things a different way. More>>
Just about half the state's agencies have completed their executive budget sessions, putting the whole process exactly halfway done. More>>
The number of teen suicides is decreasing, thanks in part to preventative efforts. More>>
The third in a series of four ornaments hand painted by an Alum Creek resident and designated as the West Virginia Governor's Mansion holiday ornament will be unveiled Oct. 17. More>>
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin recently requested Individual Assistance from FEMA for 20 more counties to recover from the June 29th derecho. More>>
While much has been made about the potential loss of union benefits as a result of the Patriot Coal bankruptcy, an attorney who represents non-union workers in large bankruptcies warns it's not just union members in trouble. More>>
West Virginia Campus Compact has received $45,000 from the Benedum Foundation in support of the program. More>>
University Health Associates said Oct. 15 that Mon General has filed a complaint in Monongalia County Circuit Court, aiming to have UHA declared a public body subject to state open-records laws. More>>
With membership accounting for 98 percent of the coal produced in the state, the West Virginia Coal Association is throwing its weight behind revision of state water quality regulations. More>>
Spanish automotive stamping company will employ at least 400 people at the South Charleston facility. More>>
New data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration indicated that mining fatality and injury rates hit an "all-time low" in 2011.
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In August, D&E accepted an invitation to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference beginning with competition in the 2013-2014 athletic season. More>>
Public Service Commission of West Virginia has ordered lower interim rates that will reduce all natural gas customers' bills; final rates will be set in early 2013. More>>
Nearly 60 alumni from across the country are aiding Wheeling Jesuit University's recruitment efforts and helping it grow enrollment. More>>
In a photo taken three years ago at a celebration at his Kayford Mountain home, the late Larry Gibson dances with his wife Carol.Larry Gibson was honored during an Oct. 14 memorial service by the many friends, family and fellow activists who came to know him over the years. Gibson died Sept. 9 of a heart attack.
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A new four-lane segment of W.Va. Route 9 in Jefferson County is scheduled to open next month. More>>
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) - WorkForce West Virginia is encouraging coal miners who were laid off after March 1 to take advantage of new training opportunities.
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The Children's Home Society of West Virginia will honor "Everyday Heroes" who have fostered or adopted West Virginia children on Oct. 18 at its Davis Child Shelter location at 1145 Greenbrier St. in Charleston.
Glenville State College Assistant Professor of Special Education Tara Cosco has published her first book titled Follow Your Dream: Become a Teacher. More>>
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - Graduates of West Virginia's seven Catholic high schools outperformed public school counterparts on the ACT exam for the fifth straight year. More>>
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –With human rights violations in Syria and explosions of violence in Afghanistan, Uganda and Darfur, people wonder when justice will prevail in the midst of conflict. More>>
Election talk will be the topic of an Oct. 16 lecture at Marshall University. Daniel Feller, the Betty Lynn Hendrickson Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, will be discussing the U.S. presidential election of 1824. More>>
Coal supporters were among the most visible of the Republican constituency at a Saturday rally in southeastern Ohio. More>>
WISE, Va. (AP) - Friends, families and business operators who depend on coal mining are lining up along highways in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. More>>
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The four candidates for two seats on West Virginia's Supreme Court differ on how to respond to criticism of the state's judicial system from some business groups and others, each told The Associated Press.
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The group re-enacts the Matewan massacre every summer is trying to raise $100,000 for a 500-seat amphitheater that would also host Hatfield and McCoy dramas. More>>
Gestamp officials will be in the Kanawha Valley Oct. 15 to cut the ribbon and dedicate a new plant in South Charleston. More>>
Marshall University's new Sixth Avenue parking facility will become fully operational at 7 a.m. Oct. 17, according to James E. Terry, director of public safety. More>>
The grand opening of the Mingo County Air Transportation Park was marked Friday morning in Varney. More>>
CHARLESTON (AP) — The Greenbrier resort is buying one of the nation's oldest golf courses after it failed to sell at auction over the summer, the resort's owner told The Associated Press on Friday. More>>
Obama's moves on clean air and fossil fuels have complicated the lives of Democrats in coal-rich states that count on mining for jobs and economic growth, with incumbents and candidates adopting drastically different strategies to ensure their own political survival. More>>
C&H Taxi is marking its 31st year in Charleston with the addition of an app for users to book a cab from their Android devices. More>>
MORGANTOWN (AP) — Morgantown police have arrested four West Virginia University students and two others in the aftermath of last weekend's post-game rioting. Three are from Maryland, two are West Virginians and one is from Pennsylvania. More>>
WEST LIBERTY (AP) — West Liberty University is unveiling plans for its largest fundraising campaign ever. More>>
HUNTINGTON – Marshall University will break ground Oct. 29 for its new Applied Engineering Complex. A Charleston company, BBL Carlton, has been awarded the construction contract for the long-planned complex. The Carlton firm, one of six bidders on the contract, submitted the low bid of $47.75 million. More>>
GLEN DALE (AP) - The West Virginia Division of Highways plans to spend about $8.2 million to renovate the historic Wheeling Suspension Bridge. More>>
Delegate Don Perdue, D-Wayne, is the new co-chairman of the National Committee of State Legislatures' Health Committee. More>>
Collaborative project will draw on and celebrate the history of Clarksburg as represented in its architecture and stories to generate new public artwork downtown. More>>
Experts say if something isn't done to mitigate the issue, six of every 10 adults will be obese by 2030. More>>
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has approved a variance that allows a West Virginia chlorine manufacturing plant to continue discharging mercury. More>>
Josh Sword, who most recently worked with the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, will replace Larry Matheney as the organization's secretary-treasurer. More>>
WESTON (AP) — A new statewide campaign seeks to empower students, teachers and community members to prevent bullying. State education officials launched the It Does Matter bullying prevention campaign Thursday during an assembly at Lewis County High School. More>>
MORGANTOWN (AP) — Morgantown police have gotten at least a dozen solid tips, and detectives are working to confirm the identities of people involved in fires and rioting that followed last weekend's football game. More>>
Traveling long distances for specialized care is a common problem in rural West Virginia. More>>
According to the West Virginia Division of Tobacco Prevention, the leading cause of death and disease in West Virginia stems from tobacco use. More>>
Together with other poor health choices, the state's collective drug addiction is causing residents to live short lives on average than residents of other states. More>>
HUNTINGTON – Cabell Huntington Hospital, the Marshall University Health Science Center and all their satellite facilities will officially become tobacco-free on Thursday, Nov. 15. The date coincides with this year's observance of the Great American Smokeout. More>>
Some say a healthy work force influences businesses' willingness to locate.
The 2012-13 competition has received 141 entries from 11 schools, both of which represent records. More>>
Shepherd University is moving ahead on plans for a Martinsburg campus. More>>
The Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority is moving to settle old debts after securing a commercial lease agreement with the West Virginia National Guard. More>>
A survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business shows that owners became more pessimistic during September as employment and sales remained weak. The NFIB's index of owner optimism fell 0.1 point to 92.8. More>>
Facility will create 500 construction jobs in Bradford County. More>>
The former head of Massey Energy is giving $300,000 to the medical school at Marshall University. More>>
Weirton is imposing a 6 percent tax on natural gas drilling companies to protect its infrastructure and residents from potential damage. More>>
Sen. Jay Rockefeller is appealing to national health associations to encourage what he calls a more intense effort to combat prescription drug abuse. More>>
Wal-Mart to accelerate small store growth Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accelerating the expansion of small stores, particularly its Neighborhood Market stores, as it looks to compete with a variety of rivals More>>
Top researchers in the field of mine safety are gathering today to discuss the potential use of $48 million set aside for mine safety as the result of a settlement from the worst disaster in decades. More>>
Century Aluminum issued a statement today on last week's decision by the West Virginia Public Service Commission on its request for a special electric rate. More>>
Photo courtesy of Charleston Daily Mail pool photographer Craig CunninghamDuring the first and only gubernatorial debate for the 2012 General Election, the candidates faced questions on economy, energy and budgets. More>>
Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said President Barack Obama will likely rack up 277 electoral votes in November. More>>
As the November election nears, West Virginia's two top Democrats – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Sen. Joe Manchin – continue to distance themselves from President Barack Obama. Given Obama's widespread unpopularity in the state, that's smart political strategy, Robert Rupp told those attending a Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday, Oct. 9. More>>
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