New Kanawha County court aims to get veterans help
By Kate White Hershel "Woody" Williams said he first heard of a drug treatment court designed specifically for veterans about five years ago while he was in New York City. "It was a separate section...
View ArticleCharleston officials planning new cab mode of public transit
By Staff, wire reports Officials are planning to unveil a new mode of public transportation in downtown Charleston. Tourism officials plan to hold a news conference Friday afternoon. In attendance...
View ArticleBacterial meningitis case diagnosed in Kanawha County
By Elaina Sauber The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is investigating a case of bacterial meningitis, just two days after a student at Marshall University was diagnosed with the same illness....
View ArticleCoal train derails in Eastern Kanawha County
By Staff reports A train hauling coal overturned in the eastern part of Kanawha County Thursday evening, blocking the road for about two hours. The derailment happened just after 5 p.m. near the...
View ArticleSouth Charleston makes way for fiber-optic network
By By George Hohmann For the Gazette-Mail South Charleston has approved a resolution giving Alpha Technologies Inc. the non-exclusive right to install fiber-optic cable and related facilities in...
View ArticleCarper questions Charleston Area Alliance on county community development
By Daniel Desrochers Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper challenged Charleston Area Alliance President and CEO Matt Ballard on why the Charleston Area Alliance doesn't do more community...
View ArticlePittsburgh pedicab company expands to WV capital
By Elaina Sauber Charleston's newest mode of transportation is cheap, emission free and virtually silent. Autopods, a pedicab company started by two Carnegie Mellon graduates, is expanding outside of...
View ArticleVoting problems in Kanawha County may be growing
By Daniel Desrochers The issue of people voting in the wrong delegate district may be bigger than the Kanawha County Clerk originally thought. Vera McCormick's staff was able to identify 10 people who...
View ArticleFor Charleston, vacant buildings present big challenges (interactive map)
By Elaina Sauber If derelict properties were a disease, much of Charleston would be quarantined. Charleston's Building Commission is finally enforcing an ordinance, passed by City Council in 2014,...
View ArticleRace to benefit foster, adopted children
By Staff reports There's still time to register for the second annual SMART 5.29K run and walk, a race which will benefit adopted and foster children so that their families can afford the price of...
View ArticleCicadas beginning to emerge around Charleston
By Jared Casto This generation's brood of cicadas has emerged, beginning the final phase of its 17-year life cycle with a buzzing chorus and a surplus of discarded shells. The cicada population native...
View ArticleResults from Tuesday's races
1,591 of 1,761 precincts Bernie Sanders 114,109 Hillary Clinton 80,104 Paul Farrell 19,666Keith Judd 4,084Martin O'Malley 3,423 Rocky De La Fuente 953 1,591 of 1,761 precinctsDonald Trump 138,876Ted...
View ArticleCavender, Crawford win seats on Kanawha school board
By Ryan Quinn With about 20,900 votes in Tuesday's primary election, newcomer Ric Cavender won a seat on the Kanawha County school board, while incumbent board member Jim Crawford won re-election with...
View ArticleKanawha races: Rutherford elected sheriff; Harshbarger loses after 36 years
By Erin Beck With nearly 70 percent of the vote, Kanawha Chief Deputy Mike Rutherford defeated Dave Tucker in a winner-take-all primary election on Tuesday. In other Kanawha County races, a 36-year...
View ArticleKCHD offers free naloxone training
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will hold another training on how to administer the overdose-reversing drug naloxone today, and will provide auto-injector naloxone kits to those who complete...
View ArticleStamp Out Hunger food drive to distribute bags today
By Jared Casto Stamp Out Hunger bags are being distributed today, encouraging Kanawha Valley residents to donate to the largest one-day food collection event in America. Residents wishing to...
View ArticleJohn Norman Street dedication to celebrate namesake
By Elaina Sauber Anthony Kinzer has worked for years to preserve the memories of those whose lives were shaped by the historic Block District. The West Virginia Center for African-American Art and...
View ArticleFirms hope to build hotel on parking lot near Power Park
By Elaina Sauber Less than a month after two debt-ridden hotels on Washington Street East were auctioned to a Texas bank, the city of Charleston is in talks with a pair of hospitality firms set on...
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