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A woman is in custody after she allegedly stole a car with two children inside at a yard sale in Lincoln County Friday, troopers said.Frances Louise Adams, 31,

Thousands of volunteers gathered in April to collect more than 140 tons of litter across 900 miles throughout the state as a part of West Virginia Department of

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is holding a lottery for hunters to get the chance to go on a controlled waterfowl hunt in Mason County.The hunt

West Virginia is expected to be one of the first states to receive broadband expansion due to the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, officials sai

Islanders new GM eager to place stamp on team, projected to take D Schaefer No. 1 in NHL draft

Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to trim their interest rate target by a quarter percentage point at this week's meeting, lowering the range to 3.5–3.75 percent.

Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan recently proposed ditching the federal funds rate target as the Fed's main policy tool.

Energy-driven inflation and slowing growth have put the Fed in a difficult position. A look at monetary policy rules shows why holding rates steady may be the most prudent response.

The Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to leave its policy rate unchanged at this week's meeting. The CME Group puts the odds that the FOMC will continue to target the federal funds rate within the 3.5 to 3.75 percent range at 99.5 percent. But the near certainty regarding this week's decisions masks the growing problem Fed officials face.