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Charleston, West Virginia is located in Kanawha County. Zip codes in Charleston, WV include 25360, 25328, and 25304. The median home price in Charleston is $159,900 which is roughly $73/per square foot. More Charleston information.

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41 min ago | Charleston Daily Mail

W.Va. Supreme Court yanks law license of politico H. John Rogers

Calling his conduct reprehensible, West Virginia's Supreme Court stripped a veteran lawyer and frequent political candidate of his license Monday after he had someone involuntarily committed on mental health allegations later deemed untrue.

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41 min ago | Charleston Daily Mail

House to meet Tuesday to pick new speaker

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Monday that delegates would meet Tuesday in special session to elect outgoing Speaker Rick Thompson's replacement.

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1 hr ago | Wheeling News

Kennedy's Kin To Be on Hand

A member of the Kennedy family will come to Wheeling this week on West Virginia's 150th birthday to honor the state's place in Kennedy family history and discuss the need to eliminate child poverty in West Virginia, state Senate President Jeff Kessler announced.

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2 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston trash bag program to see changes

Charleston residents will continue to receive garbage and recycling bags for the next year, but how they get those bags is set to change.

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3 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

W.Va. sesquicentennial quilt unveiled Monday

First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin stands with a few of the 72 quilters who assembled the West Virginia Sesquicentennial Quilt at the West Virginia Culture Center on Monday.

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4 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

Teenager injured in daylight shooting downtown

Police investigate a shooting that took place in the crosswalk between the Charleston Town Center Mall and the Charleston Civic Center on Monday afternoon.

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7 hrs ago | Big News Network.com

Paving schedule in Charleston for Tuesday June 18 2013

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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8 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston couple make record donation to Kent State

A West Virginia nursing home owner and his wife have made a record $5 million donation to the Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design, university officials announced Monday.

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9 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

Mayor Jones' son approved to attend drug treatment center

Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom approved a request from Zachary Jones, the son of Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, to attend a drug treatment center in Huntington.

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11 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

Charleston man sentenced in Impulse stabbing

A Charleston man who pleaded guilty to charges in the stabbing of a University of a Charleston football player last year outside a Capitol Street nightclub told a judge if given home confinement, he'd never commit another crime.

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11 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

Police investigate shooting

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston Police are investigating a shooting after a man walked into St. Francis Hospital with a gunshot wound.

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11 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

UC plans Triana townhouses

Reviving an idea shelved four years ago, University of Charleston leaders once again hope to build upscale housing along the Kanawha riverfront at Triana Field.

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12 hrs ago | West Virginia Metro

AG Morrisey wants answers from abortion clinics

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey wants to find out how abortion-providing clinics in West Virginia are regulated.

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16 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

Student to compete in National Braille competition

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Alexander Holstein, 8, doesn't hesitate when asked what he wants to be when he grows up.

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20 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

Fighting fire sparked state marshal stint

After more than two decades in fire service, first as a firefighter and later as West Virginia's fire marshal, Sterling Lewis stepped down last month to experiment with life in retirement.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Charleston Daily Mail

Staff efforts lead turnabout of Herbert Hoover into School of Excellence

Herbert Hoover was recently named a "School of Excellence" by the state Department of Education.

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Huntington News

Charleston's Peer to Pier Murals

Charleston City Council's Strong Neighborhoods Task Force will implement a third phase of this popular public art project.

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WCHS-TV Charleston

Man In Critical Condition After Raleigh Shooting

A shooting in Raleigh County left a man in critical condition Sunday. William Shelton,30, has been arrested for the shooting in the Lanark area .

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Charleston Daily Mail

W.Va. backlash emerging over education standards

West Virginia is sticking with new standards for math, reading and writing in public schools, but faces opposition fueled by the tea party movement, which believes the benchmarks are part of an attempted federal takeover of local education authority.

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Charleston Gazette

Quilter known for hands innovates on computer

To her grandchildren, Anita Shackelford is just Grandma -- a great cook who spends time with them when she isn't running that business she has.

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