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Charleston Medical Center Cutting Jobs

Charleston Medical Center Cutting Jobs

Charleston Area Medical Center is cutting dozens of jobs in the near future. The financially troubled hospital already announced plans to eliminate positions but said 40 physician assistants and nurse practitioners will be laid...

Capitol High School Open

Capitol High School Open

Classes were back in session yesterday at Capitol High School. The school had been closed for a week after high levels of mold and carbon dioxide were discovered. There are a still a few...

Tony Lewis has Passed Away

Tony Lewis has Passed Away

West Virginia House Speaker Tim Armstead says Delegate Tony Lewis has died of cancer. The Preston County Republican was 59. Armstead says in a news release that Lewis died Sunday. Lewis was elected to...

Hospital Makes Job Cuts

Hospital Makes Job Cuts

One of West Virginia’s largest employers says it will eliminate 40 jobs. WCHS-TV reports the Charleston Area Medical Center will get rid of the positions effective Nov. 4. Company spokesman Dale Witte said most...

WV Campaign Fund

WV Campaign Fund

Governor Jim Justice is talking about the importance of the West Virginia State Employees Combined Campaign Fund, speaking about a program which benefits all of United Way organizations across West Virginia. Justice was joined...

WV Supreme Court

WV Supreme Court

West Virginia’s Supreme Court clerk is moving to a District Court. Rory Perry the Second has spent nearly two decades with the court but said yesterday he is leaving for the same position with...

Fight Against Opioids

Fight Against Opioids

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says progress is being made in the fight against the opioid epidemic but a lot more work is still needed. Sessions spoke at a conference yesterday in Charleston and...

Airport Expansion

Airport Expansion

The terminal area at the North Central West Virginia Airport is expanding. The Benedum Airport Authority is onboard with the expansion plan, and now the FAA has to give the green light to the...