MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Researchers at West Virginia University are testing an idea to help save freshwater resources by combining wastewater from power plants with wastewater from fracking. The Dominion Post reports the power industry is the biggest water user in West Virginia. Nationally, ...
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) — Severe weekend thunderstorms caused flash flooding that knocked homes off their foundations and washed out roads in several mountainous counties of West Virginia, prompting Gov. Jim Justice to announce plans Sunday to declare a state of emergency in the region. The ...
HARMAN, W.Va. (AP) — Still Hollow Distillery isn't close to any interstate exit. It's in Randolph County, West Virginia, not far from the Pendleton County line, and it's nestled in the high Allegheny mountains. You can only get there by driving curvy two-lane roads. And like many former ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University is eying a fall 2021 start date for new aviation programs. According to The Herald-Dispatch , Marshall's board of governors voted Friday on an intent to plan two new degrees in aviation sciences to train commercial airplane and helicopter ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been sentenced to one year and six months in federal prison for stealing $135,000 from a former employer. Fifty-eight-year-old Robert Casdorph of Charleston was sentenced last week for mail fraud. U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart says in a news ...
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — NASA is holding a formal ceremony to rename a West Virginia facility after a mathematician whose calculations helped astronauts return to Earth. The ceremony is set for Tuesday in Fairmont for the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate passed a sweeping GOP education bill Monday that would allow the state's first charter schools, a move that has drawn heavy protests from teachers. Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled chamber approved ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The National Weather Service says it will be surveying storm damage in West Virginia. News outlets report a storm system passed through the Charleston area Monday evening knocking down trees and power lines and leaving more than 20,000 Appalachian Power customers ...
PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia State Police say human remains have been found in Mercer County. First Sgt. J.K. Cooper is district commander of the Princeton and Welch police detachments. He says the remains were initially found Thursday in an area near the Virginia state line and ...
CAMP CREEK, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Parkways Authority says guardrails will be installed on either side of an 8-mile stretch of Interstate 77 where 12 have died as vehicles cross over the median on the hilly road. Parkways Authority manager Greg Barr says the interstate near Camp ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Vehicles that help stranded motorists along the West Virginia Turnpike now have a sponsor. The West Virginia Parkways Authority announced Tuesday that State Farm is sponsoring the Courtesy Patrol program along the 88-mile stretch from Charleston to Princeton. The free, ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate is set to take up a sweeping education bill that would allow the state's first charter schools. The Republican-controlled chamber is scheduled to reconvene Monday at 5 p.m. as part of the special legislative session. The wide-ranging GOP ...
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — How substance use disorder impacts a child's growth — directly or otherwise — remains an emerging science, even as many of those born in the crisis years of the nationwide opioid epidemic now reach toddlerhood. For those whose ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Mine-safety regulators say a West Virginia mining death occurred because the mine operator didn't identify the place where the miner was standing as an area that should be avoided. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says the operator also didn't train ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia health officials say the number of HIV cases in Cabell County has risen to 53. The Herald-Dispatch reports the total increased by four cases in the past four weeks and nine cases in the past nine weeks. The cluster has spread primarily among ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A new study says a Boy Scouts reserve funnels millions of dollars in revenue into West Virginia each year. The West Virginia University Bureau of Business Economic Research study says the Boy Scouts of America's Summit Bechtel Reserve in Fayette and Raleigh counties ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A court appearance has been delayed for a West Virginia woman charged with falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter from a shopping mall. The Herald-Dispatch reports 24-year-old Santana Renee Adams was scheduled to appear Monday on the ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republicans in the West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday advanced a sweeping education proposal to allow the state's first charter schools after a similar Senate bill sparked massive teacher protests at the state ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri casinos will be getting new owners. VICI Properties Inc. and Century Casinos Inc. are acquiring the Isle Casino Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau and Lady Luck Casino in Caruthersville. The companies also are buying Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Robert C. Byrd Institute is giving 3D printers and other technology to more than 30 middle and high schools across West Virginia. Huntington-based RCBI says in a news release that the move is aimed at promoting innovation among agricultural educators and ...