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W.Va. ready to get 150th birthday party started

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:32:14 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - West Virginia is ready to get its 150th birthday party started.

Vandals damage 30 school buses in Braxton Co.

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:13:19 -0400

SUTTON, West Virginia - Police say vandals caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to Braxton County's school bus fleet.

Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:37:33 -0400

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but two historical parks dedicated to his legacy can't afford to bid on them

W.Va. ag department encourages garden giants

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:49:19 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Can you grow an ear of corn over a foot long? How about a 28-pound cantaloupe?

Report ranks W.Va. poorly in bridge quality

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:34:22 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - A new report says that West Virginia has some of the nation's worst bridges.

10 things to know about W.Va. sesquicentennial

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:23:11 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - A look at facts and events surrounding West Virginia's 150th birthday celebration:

Patrick, Bradshaw take early lead at W.Va. Open

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:21:07 -0400

VIENNA, West Virginia - Ian Patrick and six-time West Virginia Open champion David Bradshaw each shot a 3-under-par 69 to share the first-round lead Wednesday at Parkersburg Country Club.

Column: Looking for work? Why not be a U.S. senator?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:23 -0400

By DALE McFEATTERS - So you're about to turn 30. You're living in your mother's basement. You don't have a job. You have no skills to speak of. That master's degree in 15th-century Russian literature has left you pretty much unemployable, not to mention $100,000 in debt. The military insists that you shed 25 pounds of beer fat before it'll even take a look at you.

2 lawsuits filed over runoff from reclaimed mines

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:29:04 -0400

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia - Environmentalists are going after the owners of two more former mountaintop removal mines in West Virginia, hoping to hold them responsible for water pollution from the sites.

W.Va. IDs schools with biggest learning gaps

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:23:03 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - The West Virginia Board of Education has identified nearly 100 schools across the state that will get additional support to close learning gaps.

W.Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:27 -0400

ELKINS, West Virginia - A Marshall County man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial slurs.

W.Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:09:37 -0400

ELKINS, West Virginia - A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial slurs.

Mother of missing W.Va. girl arrested in Wheeling

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:37 -0400

WHEELING, West Virginia - The mother of a missing West Virginia girl is in the Northern Regional Jail after violating the terms of her supervised release.

W.Va. to increase work zone safety enforcement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:08 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - West Virginia is increasing enforcement of traffic laws in highway work zones in an effort to improve safety.

2 W.Va. Capitol streets to close for celebration

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:56:52 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Two streets around the West Virginia Capitol Complex are being closed for the state's sesquicentennial celebration.

W.Va. horse rescued after getting stuck in tire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:46:42 -0400

BELINGTON, West Virginia - Belington police, firefighters and residents pitched in to rescue a horse after it got stuck inside a large tire.

W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:29:45 -0400

JULIAN, West Virginia - Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of fire is replaced by the trickle of nearby water.

Rockefeller seeks sharing stories for W.Va. 150th

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:31:20 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Sen. Jay Rockefeller is asking West Virginians to share their stories of service and giving as part of the state's 150th anniversary.

W.Va. institute to offer organic produce

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:06:34 -0400

DUNBAR, West Virginia - The Kanawha Institute for Social Research is offering organic produce for sale through the summer.

W.Va. birthday cake is Capitol replica

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:04:35 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - West Virginia's birthday cake will be an 8-foot long replica of the State Capitol decorated with nearly 900 pounds of icing.

W.Va. jobless rate declines to 6.2 percent in May

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:41:07 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - West Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May inched down to 6.2 percent.

W.Va. House elects Miley as new speaker

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:07 -0400

CHARLESTON, West Virginia - West Virginia's House of Delegates elected Tim Miley as its new speaker Tuesday - though only after one of his fellow Democrats crossed party lines to vote for the GOP nominee.

Ex-Massey official asks W.Va. judge for leniency

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:50 -0400

BECKLEY, West Virginia - A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.

Ex-coal official seeks leniency in conspiracy case

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:43:22 -0400

BECKLEY, West Virginia - A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. 1.

West Virginia editorial roundup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:54 -0400

Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: