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Outhouse featuring state’s best view upgraded

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thanks to an army of volunteers, the mountaintop privy said to provide users with the state’s “best view from an outhouse” according to Jeanne Mozier’s guidebook “Way Out in West Virginia” has been replaced with a larger and more durable model. The old comfort station at Hanging[Read More…]

Judge sets hearing on Blankenship case gag order

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next week on an effort by The Charleston Gazette and other news outlets who challenged a gag order she issued in former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s criminal case. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger set the hearing for 10[Read More…]

WVU students protest police actions

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In response to the shootings of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Tamir Rice and the choking of Eric Garner, WVU students protested near the Mountainlair steps Thursday, Dec.11. Students, most with the university’s Center for Black Culture and Research, endured the cold for the cause, holding[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Friday, Dec. 12

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. HOUSE APPROVES BILL FINANCING GOVERNMENTThe $1.1 trillion measure passed[Read More…]

New president named for WVU-Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The new president for West Virginia University at Parkersburg was approved by the college’s Board of Governors Wednesday evening. Fletcher Lamkin of Lane Osage Beach, Mo., was selected during the board’s monthly meeting at the college. The board voted unanimously to offer the job to him. Gerard[Read More…]

Ohio Valley officials unveil heroin strategy

WHEELING, W.Va. — Amid all the talk of smoking bans and Ebola preparedness, Dr. Angelo Georges believes health officials need to focus on a much more acute threat to the public’s well-being: The heroin epidemic that is ruining – and too often ending – lives throughout the Ohio Valley. Georges,[Read More…]

Historic elements to survive Capitol Complex redo

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Scaled-back plans for renovating Capitol Complex Building 3 eliminate some of the more grandiose features of the original design, including conference rooms with floor-to-ceiling teleconferencing screens, but will retain the historical elements of the office building, which opened in 1951. “Our objective on the exterior is to[Read More…]

W.Va. board hears Common Core not wholesale change

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a legislative review of Common Core scheduled for next week, the state school board committed nearly two hours of its monthly meeting Wednesday to update its members on new education standards and how they are changing schools across the state. Implementation of the controversial standards —[Read More…]

The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Thursday, Dec. 11

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.1. CIA PUSHES BACK AFTER TORTURE REPORTAgency officials are painting[Read More…]

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