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Former U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin has filed to run for governor. Goodwin filed to run as a Democrat. Late last month, Goodwin announced his resignation. For more than five years, he was the U.S....

Charleston’s annual urban deer hunt has set record numbers this season. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the hunt saw its largest kill to date this season. According to City Manager David Molgaard, of the...

State Police have been investigating a murder, and released the name of the man in Logan County who was shot and killed. It happened Saturday afternoon. 38-year old Tyrone Miller of Holden died. 25-year...

Sen. Daniel Hall’s resignation is back on. The Wyoming County Republican announced last month that he would resign for a National Rifle Association job, then said later that he would not step down until...

Snow may affect your time on the roads today. Lower elevations may see a 1/2 inch to 1 inch of snow and the higher elevations east of Route 19 could see up to 3...

A Charleston attorney has notified state officials he will challenge guidelines that would cut the amount lawyers are paid for their time in court-appointed cases. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Anthony Majestro sent the notice...

With the change of the calendar came a few more dollars for West Virginia’s lowest-earning workers. On Friday, the state’s minimum wage grew from $8 an hour to $8.75 an hour. The change was...

West Virginia’s attorney general is urging state lawmakers to adopt a substance abuse program used in South Dakota. Patrick Morrisey says he sent a letter this week to the chairmen of the Senate and...

Former West Virginia State University basketball player Kendrick Leon Ward will spend two years in prison for distributing heroin. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says Ward sold heroin to a confidential informant near a dormitory...

Officials of Yeager Airport are asking Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin for a $10 million loan to start the repairs of the airport’s collapsed safety-overrun area. The Charleston Gazette-Mail officials asked the governor for a...