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Two dozen Huntington city employees are being cut from the police and fire departments. Mayor Steve Williams authorized the layoffs yesterday in the middle of a budget crisis. He said the reduction in force...

A Huntington man is behind bars and accused of stealing from an elderly neighbor. WSAZ reports Shawn Rackley allegedly started taking things from the neighbor in 2015, including a computer and TVs but it...

The administration at West Virginia Business College will be on pins and needles for the next few months. The school found out that after four dozen accreditation concerns were raised in December, its permanent...

There’s one less Democrat in the House of Delegates. Rupert Phillips, Jr. is switching his political affiliation from Democrat to Independent. The Logan County delegate is not in favor of the liberal side of...

There’s one less Democrat in the House of Delegates. Rupert Phillips, Jr. is switching his political affiliation from Democrat to Independent. The Logan County delegate is not in favor of the liberal side of...

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has picked Republican Charles Clements to fill the state Senate vacancy left by Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt. The governor’s office says Clements is a former member of the state...

There’s one less place for women to get that yearly exam. The OB/GYN Women’s Services department of Summersville Regional Medical Center is shutting down and will eliminate as many as 25 positions. Some of...

Raleigh County Superintendent Davis Price is set to receive a $6,000 travel stipend amid cuts of at least 33 teaching positions in the school system. The Register-Herald of Beckley reports that Price’s latest contract,...

Preparation for this weekend’s auto show in Charleston is underway. The West Virginia International Auto Show opens tomorrow at the Civic Center. Yesterday, giant cranes lifted several luxury cars into the display area that...

Nearly two years after a landslide at Charleston’s Yeager Airport, the debris which had covered Keystone Drive has finally been cleared away. The March 9th, 2015 landslide dropped nearly 540-thousand cubic feet of rocks...