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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The state has completed a two-year project to widen a section of Interstate 64 in Huntington to six lanes.Work on the $18 million project began in April 2013.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia's unemployment rate has risen for the fifth consecutive month.According to The Exponent Telegram, WorkForce West Virginia on Tuesday announced that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 7.4 percent in June.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By Megan Kennedy
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High schoolers who are considering West Virginia State University's early enrollment will be given a break financially if they apply early enough. Those students will pay only $25 per credit hour instead of the typical $84 per credit hour, the school announced Tuesday.

By Matt Murphy

GLEN FERRIS - Only about 10 residents attended an information session at the Glen Ferris Inn regarding the ongoing remediation efforts surrounding February's CSX oil train derailment in Mount Carbon.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By Lexi BrowningStaff writerHUNTINGTON - A lack of state and federal funding may discontinue bus service that transports approximately 13,000 riders annually between Huntington and Charleston. Members of both the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority and Tri-State Transportation Authority met Tuesday in Huntington to discuss the six-year-old route between the two cities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By Paul J. Nyden

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Patriot Coal filed a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, last week asking the judge to nullify the company's collective bargaining agreements with the United Mine Workers of America.The motion also asks for permission to change the health care benefits promised under previous contracts to retired union miners who worked for the company.

Home mortgage interest rates through the West Virginia Housing Development Fund dropped Tuesday to 2.81 percent, the lowest level in the agency's history.The new 30-year fixed loan rate was announced Tuesday by Gov.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By Eric Eyre

For the first time in 65 years, the nation's governors are holding their summer meeting in West Virginia.The National Governors Association meeting starts Thursday night and runs through Saturday at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs.About 25 to 30 governors plan to attend the event.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

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MILTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County woman claiming self-defense has been sent behind bars for stabbing a man in the arm and back during a domestic incident.WSAZ-TV reports that Crystal Strunk was arraigned Monday on a charge of attempted second-degree murder following the Saturday stabbing of Shawn Winemiller in Milton.Milton police say Winemiller gave officers a recorded statement Monday in which he said Strunk and himself had gotten into an argument.

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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - West Virginia University at Parkersburg is joining a statewide effort to bring more veterans into farming or a related agribusiness.The West Virginia Department of Agriculture says Parkersburg is the first college to participate in the Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture project.Started in 2009, the program is aimed at helping veterans feed themselves and their neighbors.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share