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Nominations for the Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Awards program are being accepted.

West Virginia's employment picture is improving as construction, government and other fields gain jobs.

Beckley police say they continue to pursue a man who allegedly robbed a downtown bank last Thursday.

Rosalyn Martin, of Mabscott, swings with her daughter, Kiera Martin, 3, on the playground at the Beckley Freedom Park on Eisenhower Drive in Beckley.

The state Supreme Court says a retired judge is being appointed temporarily to the Kanawha County Circuit Court.

The Marshall County Board of Education wants to open three school sites in Sherrard to oil and natural gas drilling.

Marshall University is planning a memorial service for the 75 victims of the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the school's football team.

BOIL WATER ADVISORIES>>> West Virginia American Water has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for a portion of Boone County and Kanawha County.

If you are a single individual in West Virginia looking for a network of new friends and perhaps something to do to fill your calendar, why not join the Speak Easy Singles organization in the Charleston, WV area? This singles organization caters to single, divorced or widowed clientele.

Booker T. Washington, the celebrated African-American educator who spent much of his childhood in 19th Century "Old Malden," has been memorialized on a stone monument at the site of his sister's home.

Some state lawmakers want to crack down on drivers who text-message behind the wheel.

Police are searching for a man they believe shot someone in Institute shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Upon viewing the Capitol Complex in Charleston, one is left with little doubt that the seat of government in West Virginia is securely moored along the north bank of the Kanawha River.

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The Marion County Senior Center in Fairmont is inviting the general public to learn about Alzheimer's disease.

City Hall may be considering a proposal for an excess levy to raise the money needed to repair and repave city streets.

Friday should have been a typical beautiful early September day. Temperatures were mild, a slight breeze rustled leaves that in a few weeks would turn vivid maroon and gold, and the sky was achingly bright blue, dotted with only a few small clouds.

Council members are one step closer to approving a $10.1 million bond project necessary to fix the city's water treatment plant once and for all.

Fairmont State University invites applications for Program Specialist: Elementary Science Education.

As the State Supreme Court debates the fate of the high-profile Lincoln Taylor case, one of the other four men allegedly involved in the Memorial Day 2007 shooting of Derrick "Lil' D" Osborne has been given two more months to file an appeal to his life prison sentence.