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Donors have pushed West Virginia University to 94 percent of its current fundraising goal with two years left in the “State of Minds” campaign. WVU says in a news release that alumni and other...

A fugitive from West Virginia wanted in a child sex abuse case has been arrested in Louisiana. The U.S. Marshal’s Service says 40-year-old Clifford Robinson of Princeton was tracked down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....

Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray is calling for a deep cut to a state coal mining tax possibly offset by higher taxes on tobacco, alcohol, professional services and natural gas production. Murray spoke to...

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is calling for the Senate Commerce Committee to investigate the possible impact of a proposed merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern. Manchin’s office said Norfolk Southern has a...

It’s been hard to get the trash trucks down residential streets after the snow, and that has had impacted pickup schedules. Residential routes were canceled on Monday in Charleston and Logan and that pushed...

Kanawha County public school officials blamed Wednesday’s school cancellation, the fifth consecutive nixed school day, on snow-covered parking lots and roadways, and said they didn’t know when the problem will cease.

A Cross Lanes man is facing armed robbery charges. 23-year old David Allen Young was arrested Tuesday on warrants for two armed robberies for car-jacking incidents on Sunday. Additional charges may follow.

The House of Delegates will take a final vote Wednesday on a bill that would repeal the state’s prevailing wage. An attempt by House Democrats to amend the measure was struck down during Tuesday’s...

Kanawha County Deputies are investigating a series of crimes committed in Cross Lanes on Sunday. First, in Putnam County a man stole a car and drove into Kanawha County and car-jacked at gunpoint another...

Sen. Joe Manchin says legislation he’s introducing would create an enforceable program for states to oversee the disposal of coal ash. Manchin introduced the bill with a Republican Senate colleague and it’s scheduled for...