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Rev. wants lawmakers to address school discipline issues

BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — The leader of a faith-based non-profit organization and Charleston church says he wants Gov. Jim Justice to call lawmakers in for a special session to address issues of discipline in West Virginia schools. The Rev. Matthew Watts, pastor at Grace Bible ...

Law enforcement make largest meth bust in state

BY JARETT LEWIS CHARLESTON — Local and federal law enforcement made a significant seizure of drugs Wednesday in Charleston. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Will Thompson said 30 federal indictments were returned after an eight-month long investigation into a ...

Dolly Parton to visit W.Va. next Tuesday

A musical legend will drop by the Clay Center in Charleston on Tuesday. At 5:30 p.m., Dolly Parton will visit the cultural center for “An Evening with Dolly: Celebrating Imagination Library in West Virginia.” The event will feature a fireside chat with the singer, as well as a ...

UHS Symphonic Winds ensemble to perform in Charleston

If you had closed your eyes while listening, you may have thought you were in a movie theater. That’s because the music coming out of the University High School band room on Wednesday afternoon was that cinematic. Soaring trumpets, thunderstorm-timpani and the sonorous commentary of a ...

Oct. 17 letters to the editor

Gov.’s sexist remarks can’t go unchallenged The members of the Morgantown Chapter of the National Organization for Women are dismayed at Gov. Jim Justice’s disrespectful comments made on Thursday, Oct. 7, about Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin. He responded dismissively to a formal ...