Charleston News

Students to help select name for new Teays Valley school

Charleston Gazette - Mon Aug 25

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The new Teays Valley elementary school will open its doors to students today, but those doors won't have a name over them.

Scientists urged protection for W.Va. squirrel

Charleston Gazette - Mon Aug 25

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Against the advice of outside experts, the Bush administration today will formally remove the West Virginia northern flying squirrel from the endangered species list.

Putnam to review contractor drug testing proposal

Charleston Gazette - Mon Aug 25

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Putnam County commissioners will review a proposal today to enforce mandatory drug testing of all contractors employed by the county.

Charleston native referees world trade

Charleston Gazette - Sun Aug 24

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Charlotte Lane, a longtime Charleston resident, spends her time reading legal documents, listening to testimony and deciding whether to impose penalties on foreign companies exporting ...

Union protests low wages, lost jobs

Charleston Gazette - Sun Aug 24

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - About 30 members of a state workers' union rallied against what they called unfair pay and the privatization of jobs Saturday, within earshot of the Governor's Mansion.

Aunt gives part of liver to help baby have a second chance

Charleston Gazette - Sun Aug 24

On June 19, Kenya Goard celebrated her first birthday - a major milestone in her arduous struggle for survival.

WJU Makes The Grade

Wheeling News - Thu Aug 21

The 2009 edition of U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" ranks Wheeling Jesuit University No.

Table Games Open in Kanawha County

The State Journal - Thu Aug 21

But Thursday at what was called the soft opening hundreds of people lined up to get their chips and try their luck.

Sponsors dive in for Innertube Regatta

Charleston Gazette - Thu Aug 21

Call it the power of the press, if you will. Hours after a Gazette article profiled the problems Innertube Regatta organizers were having finding sponsors for their event, multiple backers stepped up.

Hearing set for proposed Hamlin dialysis facility

Lincoln Journal - Thu Aug 21

The development of an eight station dialysis facility with a nephrology and hypertension clinic in Hamlin will be the subject of a hearing next month in Charleston.