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Affordable Care Act job requirement

Affordable Care Act job requirement

If you get your health insurance through Obama care, you’ll have to have a job. West Virginia is considering adding employment requirements for the roughly 170-thousand people covered by the Affordable Care Act. Officials...

Fire destroys Coopers Creek home

Fire destroys Coopers Creek home

A house fire destroyed a mobile home in Coopers Creek last night. When firefighters arrived just before ten the trailer was fully engulfed. There were no injuries. No one was home at the time.

Car and scooter collide

Car and scooter collide

At least one person was hurt when a car hit a scooter last night on MacCorkle Avenue. The intersection of Thayer Street and MacCorkle Avenue was briefly shut down, but has reopened. The extent...

Funeral Home Director guilty of fraud

Funeral Home Director guilty of fraud

A Poca funeral home owner pleaded guilty to three felony charges of making fraudulent claims to an insurance company. The owner of the Gaten-Harding Funeral Home, Chad Harding, cashed in on pre-need funeral arrangements...

Governor Justice touts China deal

Governor Justice touts China deal

China Energy’s 83-billion dollar investment in West Virginia will unfold over several decades and take various forms. Governor Justice and other state officials spoke about the deal yesterday calling it a huge economic spike...

Interim Meetings Focus on Jail System

Interim Meetings Focus on Jail System

Interim meetings at the Capitol are focusing on improvements to the safety and efficiency of the jail system. And as part of the discussion, lawmakers have specifically addressed overcrowding of jails and the shortage...

Mashall University Opens Food Pantry

Mashall University Opens Food Pantry

Marshall University’s Department of Dietetics is opening a food pantry in West Virginia this week. The food pantry for university faculty, staff, students and community members will open today (Tuesday) at the Department of...

A winning football weekend

A winning football weekend

WVU is three and one on the road with a win over Kansas State Saturday 28-23. Marshall snapped a two game losing streak with 30-23 win over Western Kentucky.