Man Faces Charges for Fake Shooting Report
A fake shooting report is landing a Charleston man in hot water. Charles Loftus II from the South Hills area is facing charges for calls and text messages to Kanawha County Dispatch about a...
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Marshall Expands Football Beer Sales
Marshall University is expanding beer sales at home football games. The university Board of Governors approved the sale of beer in six sections on the west side of Joan C. Edwards Stadium and security...
Alpha Natural Resources Bankruptcy Plan Hits a Snag
The federal government has raised the stakes in Alpha Natural Resources’ bankruptcy reorganization by finding that Wyoming regulators failed to require adequate environmental bonding for the coal company’s two open-pit mines in the Powder...
The State Could Take Over Boone Schools
The West Virginia Board of Education could vote this week to take over Boone County’s public school system. State board members tell The Gazette-Mail that the county board has refused the state schools superintendent’s...
New Dean at WVU
The new Milan Puskar Dean at WVU’s College of Business and Economics is in place and says there is a lot of opportunity in front of him. Javier Reyes took over the office yesterday...
Sewage spilling into Elk River
Sewage is spilling into the Elk River. WSAZ reports that last month’s floods damaged two lines and sewage from nearly one-thousand customers is running into the water. The leaks are where pipes are supposed...
Fairmont has new millionaire
A Fairmont resident is the state’s newest millionaire. Robert Lane was introduced yesterday as the most recent winner of the Powerball drawing. The East Park Mart in Fairmont sold the retired hydraulic mechanic the...
Alcohol on Sunday’s
Six West Virginia cities have been approved to move forward with local ordinances to allow for earlier alcohol sales on Sundays. The Municipal Home Rule Board gave approval to Clarksburg, Bluefield, Charleston, South Charleston,...
New School Board Prez
The new president of the Kanawha County school board is Jim Crawford. He is well-acquainted with the schools, having been a board member for the past 16 years. The 79-year-old Crawford was unanimously selected...
Temporary housing
Temporary housing in the form of mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are beginning to show up in West Virginia. The FEMA “multi-step, multi-week” process of providing mobile homes is a last...