Day: August 24, 2016 Archives


WednesdayAugust 24, 2016

Martirano wants fewest distractions possible for flood-impacted students

State school superintendent concerned with talk of moving Elk River students again.

North Central features top 10 matchup with Fairmont Sr. and RCB

Week one of the North Central report looks at a top 10 matchup in Class AA and a few other key games to open up the season.

Mylan’s EpiPen at center of controversy

Meteoric rise in price and executives' pay called into question.

Former Marriott worker admits to embezzling nearly $1 million

Milton man faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

Road of Charleston car explosion reopens

Woodward Drive was shutdown after a Ford Mustang exploded there early Wednesday morning.

Southwestern: Top 5 battle between Spring Valley, Cabell Midland

Week one of the Southwestern Report features Spring Valley vs. Cabell Midland, along with several other key early season matchups.

Kickoff returns, coverage pivot on narrow margins

Special-teams coach Mark Scott shows players their best and worst from 2015 and wonders if the sport will soon outlaw kickoffs entirely.

Kanawha Valley Report: Week 1

New faces and new places for several teams as the 2016 WV high school football season begins in the Kanawha Valley.

Criticism of Obama’s EPA toned down at grant ceremony

West Virginia projects get $10 in POWER grants.

Recovery Point program working to help substance abuse addicts in W.Va.

The long term recovery model got its start in Huntington, expanded out to Bluefield and is set to open next month in Charleston.

Northern Kanawha County grocery store reopens doors for 1st time since June flood

It took nearly nine weeks to clean and repair Smith's Foodfair in Elkview. It could be months before Smith's Foodfair reopens in Clendenin.

Feds now involved in Charleston car explosion

Nobody injured and so far no evidence of bomb found, but authorities are treating early morning explosion as suspicious

Mid-Ohio Valley Report: Week 1

A look at opening week high school football games in the Mid-Ohio Valley.

Lawmakers take another swipe at budget cutting

Author Keith Davis said, “We didn’t actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.” It’s a funny sort of double-speak about spending, especially as it relates to government.  The public spending paradigm is often upside down:  If the government spends more than it takes in, the focus too often is on