Man back behind bars
A West Virginia man is back behind bars after escaping and hiding in a campground. Randolph County authorities say Mark McAtee overpowered a corrections officer while at an Elkins medical center yesterday and got...
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Painkiller Epidemic
West Virginia’s Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says a small town pharmacy fueled the state’s painkiller abuse epidemic. Patrick Morrisey has filed a lawsuit against Larry’s Drive-In Pharmacy of Boone County alleging it provided nearly...
Yeagar & Runway Safety
Yeager Airport is hiring an Ohio company to look at runway safety. Airport officials voted yesterday to hire engineering firm Landrum and Brown of Cincinnati to look at the Master Plan for the operation,...
DOH Workers Will Be Asked About Second Jobs
The West Virginia Department of Transportation is cracking down on highway engineers who have second jobs with private firms that pose a conflict of interest. The Gazette-Mail reports the department has ordered employees to...
Block Grants Available for Local Farmers
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is accepting proposals for specialty block grants. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, maple syrup and Christmas trees, among others. Excluded are livestock, eggs and field crops...
Mountaineer Gas
Before the rumor mill gets out of hand, Mountaineer Gas says it plans to hold several meetings after the first of the year about the expansion of a Eastern Panhandle gas line. The 24...
WV Board of Governors
Tom Heywood and Ben Statler will be joining the West Virginia University Board of Governors. Their appointments were announced yesterday by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. Heywood is a Charleston attorney, and Statler is a...
Embezzling Charges
The man who embezzled one million dollars from his employer will spend the next 30 months in jail. Mark Kuhn was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to pocketing almost one million dollars over an...
State Lawmakers
State Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss is telling state lawmakers they need to make some changes, fast, or the state’s deficit could climb to over 400 million dollars. Kiss told lawmakers yesterday they have a...
Slow Buck Harvest
This year’s two-week buck harvest season in West Virginia is being called a slow one. State officials say 25-percent fewer bucks were harvested during the season, which ran from November 21st through this past...
