CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Board of Education is once again trying to reduce high school graduation requirements. News outlets report the board voted Wednesday to open two proposals to public comment until Jan. 24. One such proposal involves lessening the number of social ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has received a $1 million federal grant for a flood control project in Wellsburg. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant on Tuesday. Officials say the project ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The murder trial of a West Virginia man has been delayed after he requested his accusers' DNA be compared to DNA found at the scene of the crime. The Huntington Herald-Dispatch reports 42-year-old Ronald Amory Witherel's trial set to start Tuesday has been ...

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Veteran West Virginia Del. Mike Caputo, who was criminally charged after a recent controversy involving racist signs at the state Capitol, announced Tuesday he will seek a state Senate seat next year. The Democrat announced his ...

HEPZIBAH, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia man has admitted to setting his mom's house on fire two days before Thanksgiving. The state fire marshal's office on Monday said 33-year-old Christopher M. Curia has been charged with first-degree arson for setting the blaze. Officials ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia man was caught trying to bring two handguns onto a plane at Yeager Airport. The Transportation Security Administration on Monday said the firearms were found in the man's backpack at a security checkpoint on Thanksgiving. Officials ...

INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — The president of West Virginia State University is leaving the school next year. A news release from the college on Monday said President Anthony L. Jenkins has been chosen to lead Coppin State University in Maryland. Jenkins has been president of WVSU since July ...

WESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Officials say an adverse reaction to a prescription drug sent five West Virginia high school students to the hospital. Lewis County High School Central Office Administrator Chris Derico told news outlets that officials think one student brought in the medication on ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — Longtime West Virginia Del. Mike Caputo is running for state Senate in 2020. The Democrat announced his candidacy for the 13th District Tuesday at an event in Fairmont. Caputo has served in the House of Delegates for 23 years and was previously the vice president of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia's capital city have released the name of a woman who was shot to death over the weekend. The Charleston Police Department on Monday identified the victim as 18-year-old Laurina Blake. Authorities say they found Blake lying on Lovell Drive in ...

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — Bluefield's Holiday of Lights festival has officially opened. The West Virginia city's annual holiday display in Bluefield City Park went up last week and will run until the end of December. The decorations include more than 1.2 million lights throughout the park's ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Multiple West Virginia counties have shut down their schools ahead of a winter storm expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds to the state. The Department of Education says schools in Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh and Webster counties will be closed Monday. The ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Huntington, West Virginia, Police Chief Hank Dial and his fellow officers have been chosen as the grand marshals of the city's Christmas parade. The city's chamber of commerce says the Christmas Parade of Lights in downtown Huntington will take place on Dec. 7 at ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial date has been set for a West Virginia man who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his wife. News outlets report 40-year-old James Michael Kiser entered the plea Wednesday. His trial has been set for April. Prosecutors say he has ...

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia county's only animal shelter has launched a fundraising effort to save it from closing at the end of the year. The Register-Herald on Thursday reports the leaders of the nonprofit Humane Society of Raleigh County say they need $80,000 to keep from ...

By GREG JORDAN, Bluefield Daily Telegraph undefined BRAMWELL, W.Va. (AP) — Almost 20 years ago, a new ATV trail was opened as an economic development project for southern West Virginia. Nobody was sure if any riders were interested in trying the new trails, but they came, they rode, and ...

WILLIAMSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a hunting dispute resulted in two people being shot and killed. According to the West Virginia State Police, 33-year-old Jeremiah Thomas and 34-year-old Jennifer Thomas allegedly got into an argument on Friday afternoon over a hunting ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College have agreed to offer a joint degree program for aviation maintenance technicians. Marshall President Jerome Gilbert and Mountwest President Keith Cotroneo announced the creation of the ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The body camera for a West Virginia deputy wasn't working the day he shot and killed a man brandishing a knife, a sheriff says. Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer issued that statement in response to a request by The Dominion Post for body camera footage from the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia State Police determined that one of its own troopers sexually assaulted two women, yet was never charged. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Friday that the case is just one example of how the state spends millions in taxpayer money to settle ...