School for Deaf and Blind Gets New Leader
Martin Keller Jr. has been named superintendent for the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. The state Board of Education voted unanimously to hire Keller and he’ll take his new role...
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New River Bridge Closed for Construction
A portion of the New River is closed while work continues on a bridge replacement project from the Grandview Sandbar to McCreery. The river is expected to remain closed through Sept. 5. The state...
Email Scam Reported at Marshall
An email that went to more than 500 Marshall students last week said it had in important update, but the school says it contained an embedded link that redirected students to a fraudulent website,...
Blankenship Trial Prep Continues
The trial for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is a little over a month away, and questions will be answered about safety at the Upper Big Branch Mine in 2010. An explosion killed...
Construction Work on I-64 continues
The Division of Highways says most of the repairs are finished on the eastbound side of Interstate 64 in Charleston and now crews have started concentrating on the westbound side. The first two phases...
GW Football Field Damaged by Vandals
Vandals destroyed part of the football field at George Washington High School over the weekend. Someone drove a car onto the field and skidded, and put deep grooves in the turg and hit a...
Inmate Labor Helps Park System
Kanawha County parks officials have made up for a shortage of summer workers at Coonskin Park by using prison inmates. Parks Director Jeff Hutchinson told members of the Commission that 11 inmates from the...
Jackson Co. Company May Add Jobs
A company in Jackson County that makes aluminum products is getting ready to expand. Constellium Rolled Products requested a low-interest loan and the WV Economic Development Association gave the preliminary ok on Thursday. The...
Bikers To Help Food Pantry
Food pantries will have shelves stocked with help from a food drive today. The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of Charleston hosts the effort today at the Charleston Marriott, and there’s a scholarship charity ride...
Landslide Takes Toll on Aiport’s Finances
It’s costing almost a million dollars to fix the slide at Yeager Airport, and that’s putting financial stress on operations. The airport isn’t getting any federal dollars and there are no reimbursements so far....