By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sprouting from a lengthy list of charges against West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry is a web of deadlines, recusals, hearings and potential discipline to come. Following months of investigation, the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission filed a 32-count statement of[Read More…]

By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The mood was celebratory around Raleigh County as Bluestone Coal officials announced the hiring of 250 additional workers at mines across southern West Virginia. A variety of jobs are being offered, with the highest paying wages in the coal sector, along with a[Read More…]

By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BECKLEY, W.Va.  — West Virginia’s motorists and visitors traveling across the Mountain State learned Thursday that tolls along the West Virginia Turnpike will double when the year 2019 arrives on their calendars. West Virginia Parkways Authority voted Thursday to increase rates at three toll[Read More…]

By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch HURRICANE, W.Va. — More than 1,300 citations have been issued by several police departments along the 20-mile work zone of an Interstate 64 construction project spanning Cabell and Putnam counties. The citations are a result of an increased police presence from local and state agencies[Read More…]

By JOHN McCOY Charleston Gazette-Mail CAMP CREEK, W.Va.  — There are few things more gross than an earthen pit toilet in a public campground. Even when they’re well-kept, they stink and they attract flies. Summer heat can make an afternoon trip to the loo downright disgusting. Not for long, though[Read More…]

Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Grab your fishing pole and get your bait and tackle box ready because West Virginia’s Free Fishing Days are this Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10. This annual program gives residents and nonresidents a chance to fish in West Virginia for free. “West[Read More…]

Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va.  — Marshall County officials said a pipeline explosion on Nixon Ridge at about 4 a.m. today was contained by 6 a.m. The explosion happened at the Columbia Gas TransCanada Midstream pipeline outside Moundsville, said Robert Jones, chief of Roberts Ridge Volunteer Fire[Read More…]

By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Local physician Dr. Ayne Amjad joined impassioned Minden residents Thursday evening to issue a direct plea for help to United States Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Region Director Cosmo Servidio, who was in Minden for a listening session. Servidio heard residents’ concerns about[Read More…]