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Nitro Gets Tough on Property Owners

Nitro Gets Tough on Property Owners

The Nitro City Council has approved an ordinance that will penalize property owners for having homes that are problems for police. If landlords are renting to repeat drug offenders they can now be fined...

Kentucky County Clerk will seek re-election

Kentucky County Clerk will seek re-election

Kim Davis, the Kentucky County Clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, will run for re-election in 2018. Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively...

A new Kroger contract

A new Kroger contract

Kroger store employees have a new contract. Over 4-thousand workers in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky ratified a deal that will give them a raise and keeps health care and retirement benefits. The contract...

130th Airlift Wing celebrates homecoming

130th Airlift Wing celebrates homecoming

A homecoming for some local soldiers. The remaining members of the 130th Airlift Wing’s returned home yesterday from a tour in Southwest Asia. Friends and family gathered at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base for...

Layoffs at West Virginia Wesleyan

Layoffs at West Virginia Wesleyan

West Virginia Wesleyan College is cutting 15 staff positions and won’t renew ten faculty members’ contracts. The school says the layoffs are the result of market pressures and revenue challenges. The staff members were...

Your internet may be getting faster

Your internet may be getting faster

Frontier Communications is increasing internet speeds for over 40-percent of its customers. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the company is living up to its agreement to improve connectivity after complaints about internet speeds. Frontier...

Sky Zone Sets Opening Date

Sky Zone Sets Opening Date

A big trampoline park opens in Charleston next week. Sky Zone Charleston says it’s opening date will be November 18th with FreeStyle Jump, Ultimate Dodgeball, and SkyFit classes, according to the news release. The...

Dunbar Closes Pedestrian Bridge

Dunbar Closes Pedestrian Bridge

Dunbar is closing a pedestrian bridge. The vote was unanimous this week for the City Council as they approved a request to close the Ninth Street Pedestrian Bridge effective immediately. The Gazette-Mail reports a...