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Cyber service

Cyber service

Only two other states have Internet service worse than West Virginia. That is one reason why Senator Shelley Moore Capito toured Fayette County this week to see the difficulties of increasing broadband service. This...

Yeager working with UBER and LYFT

Yeager working with UBER and LYFT

The state’s busiest airport is working with the state’s new ride sharing service. Yeager Airport and UBER say they are working out a deal that will allow airport passengers to get to and from...

Extension in unemployment

Extension in unemployment

Representative Evan Jenkins is pushing for an extension for unemployment benefits for miners who have been laid off. The Third District congressman is proposing an additional four months of benefits through a bill called...

Archaeological complex

Archaeological complex

Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville is presenting several programs next month, all free and open to the public. Grave Creek also has two new permanent exhibits _ Prehistoric West Virginia and The...

Federal officials add more

Federal officials add more

Federal officials have approved two more counties for temporary housing after deadly floods washed through thousands of homes last month. A press release Wednesday from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says Clay and Nicholas counties...

Sanders talks to WV

Sanders talks to WV

Bernie Sanders told West Virginia delegates Thursday that this election was never about electing him, and said their push for political change can’t stop even after they unite behind Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald...

Fraud unit

Fraud unit

West Virginia is projecting state and federal savings of $1.2 million over the next few years from the first six months operation of a new disability fraud unit. According to the Attorney General’s Office,...

Yeagar Airport

Yeagar Airport

A Yeager Airport committee is meeting to discuss a contract with the ride-hailing service Uber. The Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority’s financial committee will meet Wednesday to discuss the contract. A law that...

Kanawha Prosecutor

Kanawha Prosecutor

A Kanawha County prosecutor says a magistrate’s assistant has admitted to stealing money from the office. Kanawha Prosecuting Attorney Charles Miller tells the Charleston Gazette-Mail Doris Aliff resigned from her job as an assistant...

Disaster Nutrition assisstace

Disaster Nutrition assisstace

West Virginians affected by devastating floods last month have until the end of the week to apply for additional aid to buy food. The Department of Health and Human Resources says Sunday is the...