Flinn Elementary students soar at library Sculpture Show
By Jared Casto John Harper, itinerant art teacher at Flinn Elementary School, wants students to know that artistic minds have the ability to change the world. "The message that we try to instill in...
View ArticleJudges look for purr-fection in Charleston cat show
By Jake Jarvis Hotels across Charleston were filled with the sound of hair dryers Saturday morning as contestants got prepared for competition. Contestants were primped and pampered before the big...
View ArticleMan arrested for deadly North Charleston shooting
By From staff reports One man has been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting last Saturday at the Boondocks Bar and Grill, in North Charleston. Jaquez Slade, of North Carolina, was arrested...
View ArticleKanawha Boulevard bike lane project may not happen again this year
By Elaina Sauber With construction season well under way, it appears less and less likely Charleston's first bike lane will be built this year. Nearly three years after city council first approved the...
View ArticlePiece from 9/11 Pentagon attack to be displayed at airport
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The public will be able to see an artifact from the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon after it is unveiled this week at the Charleston airport. The Transportation Security...
View ArticleCommittee approves CAMC's utility bridge over Brooks Street
By Elaina Sauber Charleston City Council's Planning Committee voted unanimously on Monday to allow a bridge over Brooks Street that will connect to Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital. The...
View ArticleKanawha officials say nearly 500 people voted in wrong House race
By Daniel Desrochers Armed with the knowledge that 470 county residents voted in the wrong House of Delegates race in this month's primary, Kanawha County commissioners officially certified the...
View ArticleGroup considers bringing refugees to Charleston
By Erin Beck As Charleston's population continues to decline, a refugee resettlement service is considering opening an agency in the city that would assist hundreds of refugees in moving to the area....
View ArticleJudge gives stiff sentences in fatal Vista View fall
By Kate White Several people in the courtroom Thursday gasped when a judge sentenced Lisa Ferrebee. Prosecutors had called her the least culpable out of the four who pleaded guilty earlier this month...
View ArticleGroup finds no roadblocks for refugees after meeting with Charleston employers
By Erin Beck Resettlement workers found no roadblocks to bringing refugees to Charleston during a day of meetings with various community stakeholders on Friday. The West Virginia Interfaith Refugee...
View ArticleAmmunition factory planned for Eastern Kanawha
By Andrew Brown A Texas-based company is set to make an announcement Tuesday for what is expected to be a proposed ammunition manufacturing facility in Eastern Kanawha County that, according to a...
View ArticleVideo: Live on the Levee kicks off in Charleston
The annual event, now in its 13th year, kicked off Friday night with performances by the Bob Thompson Band and Hybrid Soul Project and ended with fireworks. The free concert series will run every...
View ArticleKanawha authority to stop taking recycling from businesses
By Daniel Desrochers The Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority will no longer accept recyclables from businesses in Kanawha County. The new policy comes as the Solid Waste Authority is looking for a...
View ArticleVandals target abandoned Kanawha County schools
By Elaina Sauber Ryan QuinnRyan Quinn Nothing seemed out of place when Megan Pennington and her family moved into their home next to the shuttered Watts Elementary in the fall. Shortly after, she...
View ArticleKanawha cities could use home rule to bypass county vote on brunch bill
By Daniel Desrochers After Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill allowing counties to vote on whether restaurants could sell alcohol before 1 p.m. on Sundays, Kanawha County Commission President Kent...
View ArticleBridge Road cabins now dismantled; salvaged parts to get new life
By Elaina Sauber It took just three weeks for crews to carefully dismantle the Gilliland Cabins in South Hills. While the cabins no longer sit on the four-acre property at the corner of Bridge and...
View ArticleKanawha animal shelter opens in-house vet clinic to combat overpopulation
By Jared Casto Kitten season is right around the corner, but the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association is taking strides to curtail pet overpopulation with an in-house spay/neuter program. Kittens are...
View ArticleFifth Quarter restaurant unexpectedly closes
By Elaina Sauber The Fifth Quarter Restaurant in Charleston unexpectedly closed its doors this week. An employee who answered a call from the Gazette-Mail Wednesday morning confirmed that the...
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