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CHARLESTON (AP) — Police say about 20 anti-coal protesters have been arrested at a strip mine in West Virginia. State Police Capt. D.M. Nelson said most of the activists arrested Saturday were charged with trespassing. The demonstration was held at the Hobet mine, which is owned by Patriot Coal. Patriot Coal officials did not immediately [...]
Continue reading …WESTON (AP) — The historic West Virginia Building in Lewis County has received a half-million-dollar makeover. The Exponent Telegram reports that the renovations include new lighting, fire and smoke detectors and repairs. Using historic photos as their guide, crews matched the original landscaping and repainted the brown building its original blue-gray. The nearly 80-year-old building [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed protecting a rare fish called the diamond darter and more than 120 miles of its Elk River habitat in West Virginia and Kentucky. The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity said Wednesday that the decision stems from a legal settlement that would speed decisions on [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — The West Virginia Division of Culture and History will open a new exhibit that celebrates the state’s oil and gas industry. “The Oil and Gas Industry: West Virginia’s Gift to the World” is to debut Friday at the Culture Center in Charleston. The culture agency says the exhibit will feature gasoline pumps [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is thanking contributors who helped replenish the state’s food pantries after recent storms left thousands of people without electricity. Tomblin said Thursday that the Mountaineer Food Bank and the Huntington Area Food Bank have received more than $147,000 and five truckloads of food collected during statewide food drives [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — An annual report on the well-being of West Virginia children gives the state’s education system low marks, ranking it 47th in the nation. Seventy-nine percent of the state’s eighth-graders weren’t proficient in math in 2011, while 73 percent of fourth-graders weren’t proficient in reading, according to the 2012 KIDS COUNT data book [...]
Continue reading …SUTTON (AP) — Jesse Johnson is making another run for governor as the Mountain Party’s candidate. Media outlets report that the party chose Johnson during its nominating convention in Sutton on Sunday. Johnson also was the party’s nominee for governor in 2004 and 2008. He ran unsuccessfully in 2010 to fill the U.S. Senate seat [...]
Continue reading …WASHINGTON (AP) — People are inventing so many new, legal ways to get high that lawmakers can’t seem to keep up. Over the past two years, the U.S. has seen a surge in the use of synthetic drugs made of legal chemicals that mimic the dangerous effects of cocaine, amphetamines and other illegal stimulants. The [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia officials are looking into updating or repealing a state law that allows for the involuntary sterilization of “mentally incompetent” people. West Virginia is the only state that still has such a law on its books. Mark Bold of the Christian Law Institute in Lynchburg, Va., is advocating striking the law [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia has begun drug testing people who seek job training through federally funded programs. Acting WorkForce West Virginia Director Russell Fry told lawmakers on Monday that the screenings debuted July 16. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin ordered the testing in April, citing a frequent complaint from employees seeking workers. It screens for [...]
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