FEMA Helping
West Virginia’s U.S. senators say the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide $1.7 million to the state for the Nicholas County School to secure temporary facilities following the flooding in late June that damaged...
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HS Graduation Rate Rises
West Virginia education officials say the state’s high school graduation rate has risen to nearly 90 percent. Superintendent of Schools Michael Martirano says the 2015-16 rate is up from 86.5 percent a year earlier...
Food Cleanup
The Nicholas County School District is getting nearly two-million dollars in federal money for flood cleanup. The area was hit hard during the late June flooding and the FEMA money was announced yesterday. It...
Highways Need Friction
A combination of wet roads and drivers in a hurry to get a start on the weekend appears to be the reason why Interstate 64 was such a mess last Friday evening near Institute....
Tomblin Sees Tax Hike
Governor Tomblin sees a tax hike in the future for West Virginia. The governor says budget cuts can only do so much for the deficit woes, and at some point additional revenue sources will...
Bill Cole Campaign
The Bill Cole campaign is downplaying rumors that they are running out of funds. A spokesperson for the GOP hopeful for governor also says the polls that show Democrat Jim Justice with a double...
Four Law Enforcement Agencies Get Drug Incinerators
Four West Virginia counties will receive drug incinerators to destroy old and unwanted prescription drugs. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office announced that the devices will go to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the Huntington...
False Robbery Report Sends Woman to Jail
A Charleston woman is in trouble for accusing a man of robbing her. Police say 27-year old Whitney Lynn Roberts gave cash to a man to buy drugs, and then called 911 and faked...
Art
The result of about 10 years of work was presented to the public July 23. That’s when sculptor Jamie Lester’s statue of the late actor and Morgantown native Don Knotts was unveiled along High...
Jim Justice
Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia’s most impoverished counties. Among them is a county in Kentucky that is struggling to pay...
