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If you needed a reason to take chemical reform seriously, you got it in the form of the Elk River chemical spill in West Virginia in January.

A woman involved in a head-on collision near Cross Lanes early Monday is facing multiple charges as a result of the accident.

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission has approved Gordon Gee's appointment as West Virginia University's permanent president.

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones with Rough & Rowdy Brawl Heavyweight Champion Obi Henderson.

American is beginning to connect the dots in its post-merger route map, announcing five new routes from the hubs the joined its network from the US Airways side.

During the recent water contamination crisis, the West Virginia Poison Center fielded more than 2,500 calls from residents who said they had symptoms of exposure or had come in contact with tainted water.

State Division of Highways workers patch potholes along Sissonville Drive in the Edens Fork area on Monday afternoon.

Charleston, W.Va. Before the legislative session ended this weekend, state lawmakers approved Senate Bill 317, which clears the way for all gun laws in the state to be the same.

Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson took the Clay Center stage on Monday, nearing the end of what has been a brutally cold, record-breaking winter, to talk about climate change, the Earth's increasing temperatures and the disappearance of ice and glaciers.

The bill, which won approval Saturday before the end of the regular legislative session, would allow the carrying of guns into municipal buildings if the person armed has a legal conceal-carry permit.

A man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from shooting a St. Albans man seven times through his apartment window.

Charleston's mayor says he expects to revoke the city's limits on gun purchases next week in the wake of action by the Legislature.

A man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with a robbery at a Rite Aid in South Charleston.

Davis & Elkins College Associate Professor of Nursing Melissa McCoy and 40 second-year nursing students joined others in their profession to take part in the Nurse Unity Day Program on Feb. 26 in Charleston The annual event at the state capitol building is designed to allow students to meet and network with stakeholders, including nurses, other ... (more)

It's no secret that meth is a huge problem in our region. But Saturday night, lawmakers once again failed to pass the controversial meth bill to require a prescription for commonly-used cold medicines.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston's Community Music Association usually doesn't put on a bad show.

Although central West Virginia's historic 2014 water crisis was miserable, it had a bright facet: It demonstrated how numerous people, schools, agencies and volunteers can work together to cope with a dilemma.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Mingo County man accused of fatally shooting the county's sheriff last April has been moved from jail a month after a judge delayed his trial following a psychiatric evaluation.

On the final day of the 2014 legislative session House Speaker Tim Miley, D-Harrison, conferred with Majority Whip Mike Caputo, D-Marion during a debate on municipal gun laws.

A fugitive wanted in two states has been arrested in West Virginia after allegedly holding a man at knifepoint for two hours in a Charleston motel.