New Schools will be Rebuilt
Five West Virginia schools are going to be rebuilt after being badly damaged in the June floods. State leaders said last week, federal money is heading in to help take care of Kanawha County’s...
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Carte Goodwin
The man who replaced Robert Byrd in the U.S. Senate is joining Frost Brown Todd in Charleston. Carte Goodwin will become the member-in-charge. In 2010 at the age of 35, Goodwin became the youngest...
Drug Courts
The Kanawha County Drug Court now has 100 graduates. The alternative drug and alcohol treatment program reached the milestone last week. The drug court started in May of 2009 as a way to rehabilitate...
Justice Talks to Trump
West Virginia Governor-elect Jim Justice had a 15-minute phone conversation Saturday with President-elect Donald Trump and most of the time was spent talking about coal, Justice said. Trump asked Justice to tell West Virginians,...
Clay Names Interim Mayor
Clay has a new interim mayor after controversy this week caused Mayor Beverly Whaling to resign. A social media post by Clay Development Corporation director Pamela Ramsey Taylor gained national attention for racist comments...
School District Forms Social Media Policy
The Kanawha County school district is forming a policy now that will set up guildelines for what employees can and can’t post on social media. If they violate the policy they could be disciplined....
College Students with Autism
The nation’s first support program for college students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder is expanding. Concord University in Athens will soon follow the program put together at Marshall University. The West Virginia Autism...
Rural Economies Bill
A new bill introduced by Senator Shelley Moore Capito will greet the new legislature when they meet after the first of the year. The Creating Opportunities for Rural Economies bill is designed to provide...
Highway Worker & kickbacks
A highway contractor and four workers are facing federal charges of accepting kickbacks. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld says the group worked out a scheme to route one and half million dollars to a South...
Joe Manchin
Senator Joe Manchin will serve as Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Vice-Chair. The Democrat announced the appointment yesterday, saying he plans to be a voice for the pro-growth, commonsense policies that West Virginians...
