Dunbar police, firefighters to receive pay raises
By Caitlin Cook Following several months of negotiations, members of the Dunbar Fire Department and Dunbar Police Department will receive pay raises, effective July 1, 2016. City Council members...
View ArticleNitro to consider allowing alcohol sales on Sundays
By Jake Jarvis Nitro's city council is set to consider next month whether it wants to permit alcohol sales before 1 p.m. on Sunday. Mayor Dave Casebolt said the council decided at its Tuesday night...
View ArticleKanawha Commission says $800K spent on flood cleanup
By Daniel Desrochers The Kanawha County Commission has spent about $800,000 on flood cleanup so far, county officials announced at a County Commission meeting Thursday. The commission proceeded to...
View ArticleSouth Charleston sends brunch bill proposal to home rule board
By By Emily Rice For the Gazette-Mail South Charleston City Council passed the so-called "Brunch Bill" at Thursday's meeting with a voice vote of 7-2. After opening the floor to a public hearing,...
View ArticleClendenin community meets to talk flood assistance
By Jake Jarvis In the two weeks since the flood waters destroyed much of Clendenin, people there have only begun grasp how long and how much money it will take to try and rebuild their communities. As...
View ArticleJ.E. Robins, Watts elementary buildings to be auctioned this week
By Ryan Quinn Kanawha County Schools is auctioning off two shuttered schools on Charleston's West Side Wednesday. Alan Cummings, the school system's purchasing director, said the separate auctions...
View ArticleWV Home Rule Board OKs Sunday alcohol sales for Charleston, 5 others
By Elaina Sauber Half a dozen cities in West Virginia are on their way to allowing Sunday morning alcohol sales. The state Municipal Home Rule Board met in Morgantown on Monday to vote on amendments...
View ArticleKanawha library board to remodel flood-damaged Clendenin branch
By Laura Haight Kanawha County Public Library board members discussed how to move forward with two branches following the fatal late June floods on Monday. The Clendenin branch was badly damaged when...
View ArticleDOT unveils improvement plans to relieve congestion on Jefferson Road
By Rick Steelhammer Jefferson Road in South Charleston would be widened to four traffic lanes plus a turning lane and use an overpass to cross over Kanawha Turnpike, a set of CSX railroad tracks and...
View ArticleCrawford named Kanawha school board president
By Ryan Quinn Kanawha County school board members voted unanimously Monday to appoint Jim Crawford, who's been on the board 16 years, as their new president and to appoint as their president pro tem...
View ArticleJennifer Garner to host fundraiser in Charleston for flood relief
By David Gutman Jennifer Garner, the Hollywood actress and Charleston native, will host a fundraiser at the University of Charleston next week to raise money for Herbert Hoover High School, which was...
View ArticleElk River Community Center to reopen for lunch after floods
By Daniel Desrochers When Karen Edwards saw that the Elk River Community and Education Center was covered in two feet of water and mud, all she could do was cry. “There was so much mud, that you just...
View ArticleMagic Island splash pad finally opens after flood delays
By Elaina Sauber The city of Charleston finally activated the long-awaited splash pad at Magic Island on Tuesday after two previous ribbon cuttings were canceled due to rain. While the splash pad...
View ArticleHead-on crash in Cross Lanes closes Big Tyler Road
By Staff reports Big Tyler Road in Cross Lanes is shut down while emergency responders work to free a person trapped in their vehicle, Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers said. Two vehicles hit...
View Article2 closed Charleston schools sold, but for far below listed value
By David Gutman The market for shuttered, vandalized, 1920s-era elementary schools on Charleston's West Side is not so hot. Two such schools were tentatively sold at auction Wednesday morning, but for...
View ArticleCity renewal authority votes to demolish West Side building
By Elaina Sauber The Charleston Urban Renewal Authority approved the demolition of a commercial building it owns on the West Side that's become a safety concern. The board voted at its meeting on...
View ArticleCoonskin Park hosts National Guard day camp
By Jennifer Gardner More than 200 West Virginia National Guardsmen were active Wednesday as flood relief continued in southern parts of the state. But not all jobs were related to clean-up. Many spent...
View ArticleHoover High students to temporarily attend Elkview Middle
By Ryan Quinn Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Ron Duerring said Thursday that Herbert Hoover High students will temporarily attend classes in the Elkview Middle building in the upcoming school...
View ArticleHoover band marches on after flood
By Lori Kersey Weeks after 7 feet of floodwater all but destroyed their room, equipment and instruments, the Herbert Hoover High School Marching Huskies returned to band rehearsals this week, in the...
View ArticleAfter 18-month absence, Customs agent to return to Yeager Airport
By Staff reports West Virginia will no longer be the nation's only state without a U.S. Customs and Border Protection customs agent, after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., secured funding to replace a...
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