New Ambulance building
In Kanawha County, a brand new ambulance authority building is now up and running. Station 30 in South Charleston is ready to open its doors to the community. They’re relocating from the fire department...
Local News
Two women had 100K in luggage
Two women traveling from Los Angeles were detained at Yeager Airport Tuesday morning after more than $100,000 was found in their carry-on baggage. Yeager Airport officials said in a news release that Transportation Security...
Subterranean Insects Are Coming
Researchers are expecting a new brood of subterranean insects to emerge from the ground and begin mating across West Virginia. The Gazette-Mail says members of the cicada population, known as Brood V, are expected...
State police lose one of their own
West Virginia State Police say a trooper has passed away after experiencing an unspecified medical problem during physical fitness training. 50-year-old First Sgt. Joseph G. Portaro of Clarksburg had been participating in training near...
Healthy Eating Promoted
A couple DropTheHotdog.org billboards are going up in Charleston warning about the health dangers of eating processed meats. The funding for the advertising comes from a nonprofit physicians’ group known as Physicians Committee for...
Catholic High School gets some help
A fundraising and expansion project at Charleston Catholic High School got a big boost. The school announced that a donation of one and a half million dollars from the John and Margaret Krupa Foundation...
Common Core
The Common Core bill is headed to the governor. The House and Senate passed HB-4014 which will make some changes to how high school standardized tests are conducted. If signed by Governor Tomblin, the...
Voter ID Bill
All indications are Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has pen in hand and is ready to sign the Voter ID bill that was passed over the weekend. The House made some modifications to the proposed...
Nurse Practitioners
Whether or not some nurse practitioners in the state will have full authority to prescribe meds is in the hands of Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. After some amendments, the House and Senate passed the...
West Virginia Joins States that Favor a Constitutional Convention
West Virginia lawmakers have joined a group of states calling for a convention to add a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The GOP-led Senate voted 17-16 Saturday for a resolution favoring the...
