Sunday, May 19 2013 1:21 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:21:57 GMT
LAWRENCE MESSINA,Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's House of Delegates faces a momentous decision after Speaker Rick Thompson departs for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Cabinet: choosing
est Virginia's House of Delegates faces a momentous decision after Speaker Rick Thompson departs for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Cabinet: choosing a new leader will help set the stage for 2014, when Republicans aim to wipe out the Democrats' ebbing majority.
Sunday, May 19 2013 1:19 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:19:54 GMT
MORGANTOWN, WV– Though the Appalachian region is home to less than 10 percent of the United States' population, the region's traffic fatality rate is 45 percent higher than that of non-Appalachian areas,
Though the Appalachian region is home to less than 10 percent of the United States' population, the region's traffic fatality rate is 45 percent higher than that of non-Appalachian areas, according to faculty at West Virginia University's School of Public Health.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:36 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:36:47 GMT
LAWRENCE MESSINA,Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is adding a commemorative coin to the celebratory mix for its 150th birthday, the commission overseeing the sesquicentennial activities
West Virginia is adding a commemorative coin to the celebratory mix for its 150th birthday, the commission overseeing the sesquicentennial activities announced Saturday.
Thursday, May 16 2013 10:00 AM EDT2013-05-16 14:00:28 GMT
A bill moving through Congress could help working families.
A bill moving through Congress could help working families.
CHARLESTON, WV (AP) — Amid all the talk of guns at the
Legislature this session, West Virginia may end up with an official
state firearm.
The state Senate endorsed a measure Friday giving that designation to the Hall Model 1819 flintlock rifle.
John
Hall developed the rifle and had it manufactured at Harper's Ferry in
Jefferson County. The early 1800s weapon was one of the first
breach-loading military rifles.
Senate Majority Leader John Unger,
the Berkeley County Democrat who sponsored the measure, said it was the
first such rifle adopted by the U.S. Army.
The Senate had a model
of the rifle from the Harper's Ferry National Historical Park on
display in its chamber for Friday's vote.
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