SOUTH CHARLESTON — The opportunity was there. South Charleston had defeated Woodrow Wilson last month in the first regular season contest, and in effect, knocked the Flying Eagles from the No. 1 position in the Class AAA poll. Woodrow had a chance to ret

Bo Nickell, of Appalachian Power, works with his crew on Robert C. Byrd Drive in Beckley Friday afternoon. The team was installing reclosers prior to an upcoming weekend snowstorm. Early weather models call for between 4 and 8 inches of snow Sunday with

U.S. history class at the Senior Center are on Fridays at no cost. The time is 10:30 a.m. ; everyone is welcome. Indoor Flea Market, Bradley Fire Department, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ,vendors spaces available, 304-877-2340. AARP Tax-Aide, free tax help, Fayettevil

CHARLESTON — The Associated Press high school boys basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Team Record Pts Prv Class AAA 1. South Charleston (6) 16-2 91 4 2. Morgantown (3) 12-3 84 6 3. Martinsburg (1) 15-2 81 1 4. Fairmon

After the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd died in 2010, virtual chaos in West Virginia politics resulted. It took until last fall to sort everything out. Part of the problem was in the gubernatorial succession process, after former Gov. Joe Manchin left that of

Tom Gavin is leaving his White House perch for the Information Technology Industry Council, where he will be vice president for external affairs. Tom Gavin is leaving the White House for a job in the private sector. (Jonathan Ernst - Reuters) As special

Beckley Police believe they have identified two male suspects involved in a robbery at Donut Connection on Robert C. Byrd Drive just before 11 p.m. Friday. A West Virginia State Police K-9 unit led officers to the residence of the suspects, reported Beck

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Senate leaders have agreed to nominate West Virginia lawyer Carte Goodwin to a two-year seat on a panel studying trade relations between the U.S. and China. Goodwin briefly held the Senate seat of the late Robert C. Byrd, un

Robert Hancock remembers when Skelton, West Virginia, was a town. A coal camp erected for serving the purposes of a long defunct mine of the same name, one of the 500 mines located between Beckley and Bluefield in southern West Virginia in the 1930s and

Senate Republicans at their retreat this week are expected to consider ways to take a stand against the White House and Senate Democrats after four controversial recess appointments were made earlier this month, Senate Republicans said today. “It’s going

At this year’s Cast Iron Cook-Off competition at The Greenbrier, more than a dozen West Virginia chefs created dishes that tried to answer the elusive question — what is Appalachian cuisine? A young man is dead after his truck went off an overpass on Rob

A Supreme Court decision that opened the deep pockets of corporations to political action committees will be the focus of a rally in Charleston. The rally Friday outside the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse is intended to mark the second anniversary of

CANAL FULTON: One of the last things you might expect to see the president of a scientific research organization wearing is a clerical collar. But it’s a natural fit for the Rev. Thomas S. Acker, administrator at SS Philip & James Roman Catholic Church i

In a Washington Post editorial Thursday, Edwin Meese, the former U.S. Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan, and Todd Gaziano, Director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, wrote that President Obama’s unilateral a

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she is “very glad” and “proud” that President Barack Obama appointed a director to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and three members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) without p

Remember those terrible days of the Imperial Presidency, when George W. Bush made several “recess appointments” to overcome Senate opposition? Well, Czar George II never did attempt what President Obama did yesterday in making recess appointments when Co

Remember those terrible days of the Imperial Presidency, when George W. Bush made several "recess appointments" to overcome Senate opposition? Well, Czar George II never did attempt what President Obama did yesterday in making recess appointments when Co

CHARLESTON - In 2011, the West Virginia Legislature dealt with how the succession of governor would be handled, lowered the food tax and formed regulations on the emerging Marcellus Shale industry. The Legislature spent the first days of the 2011 regular

West Virginia begins its 2012 election calendar with barely a pause after a far-reaching political chain reaction triggered by the death of one man, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd. The state has conducted back-to-back special elections. It's seen a reshuffling