Twenty-Four Carrot Country
The West Virginia School Building Authority has denied Fayette County’s request for funding to consolidate four high schools. Fayette County was among 20 counties vying for funding for school construction projects. WCHS-TV reports that...
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has ruled that Frontier Communications must lease part of its broadband service to rival Internet provider Citynet. The Charleston Gazette-Mail says the commission upheld most of an administrative...
The Putnam County sheriff’s office is urging residents to be on the lookout for a phone scam. Some are getting calls from someone who claims they are with the IRS and says the resident...
The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration is encouraging students to enter its “NO School Spirits” contest. The agency is looking for essays or videos that discuss the dangers of drinking and driving or...
In a $130 billion deal, Dow Chemical and the DuPont Co. announce that they are merging. Dow has a South Charleston manufacturing plant that produces over 500 chemicals and plastics for products manufactured in...
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office “zero tolerance” policy was put into action Saturday night with a DUI checkpoint. The checkpoints are always announced ahead of time, and it’s a high visibility sobriety checkpoint aimed...
Legislative leaders want the West Virginia Board of Education to consider additional changes to the state’s K-12 math and English language arts standards. House Education Committee chairwoman Amanda Pasdon told The Charleston Gazette-Mail that...
Billionaire Jim Justice and a company he owns will pay a $220,000 fine to settle a lawsuit by federal and state regulators over environmental violations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Thursday...
Two former Freedom Industries executives have agreed to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2014 chemical spill. Under the proposed settlement, former Freedom President Gary Southern would pay $350,000 and former...
Federal officials say more than 11,000 West Virginia residents have signed up for the health insurance marketplace during the open enrollment period that began Nov. 1. Open enrollment runs through Jan. 31. However, people...
