Snowstorm Was an Expensive One For the DOH
Winter Storm Jonas, one of the largest snowstorms to ever hit the East Coast, cost the West Virginia Division of Highways nearly $9 million dollars. 154,389 total employee hours were devoted to snow and...
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Another Freedom Executive Learns His Sentence
A former owner of Freedom Industries has been sentenced to three years of probation and a $20,000 fine. Charles Herzing was sentenced Tuesday in Charleston federal court. He’s the second of six former Freedom...
Coach Back With the Team After Suspension
An assistant men’s basketball coach at Marshall University has been reinstated in time for Thursday night’s game against UTEP. Basketball assistant coach Chris Duhon is back with the team after getting arrested on a...
Boone County Schools Face Layoffs
Boone County Schools Superintendent, John Hudson will recommend later this month that positions be eliminated to save money. Sixty of 77 positions up for elimination are professional positions, including teachers and administrators. The other...
Legislature Approves Bill to Help Pay Bills
The Legislature has approved taking $51.8 million from reserves to avoid late payments amid a grim budget. Tuesday’s 96-2 House vote sends the measure to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who proposed it. Senators passed...
Former School Administrator Sues
The former West Virginia State University vice president of business and finance has filed a lawsuit against the university over his firing. William H. Featherstone filed the lawsuit last week, saying that university president...
New Women’s Treatment Center Comes to Raleigh County
Construction is underway for an all-female drug rehabilitation facility in Raleigh County. Leon Brush and his wife, Donita Brush, decided to create The Sparrow’s Nest to mimic the treatment and success happening at Brian’s...
School President Steps Down
Dr. Jo Harris will be leaving BridgeValley Community and Technical College this summer. The school’s president announced on Friday that she is retiring in July. Harris has been president at BridgeValley for the past...
More Layoffs Hit Coal Industry
Bankrupt coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says it has laid off an additional 93 miners in southern West Virginia due to the industry’s downturn. Bristol, Virginia-based Alpha announced Monday the immediate layoffs at Kingston...
Doctor’s License Suspended Over Pain Prescriptions
The West Virginia Board of Medicine has suspended for three years the license of a Charleston neurologist accused of writing too many painkiller prescriptions. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports an investigation found Dr. Iraj Derakhshan...
