Commissioners approve solution for Kanawha precinct problem
By Daniel Desrochers Kanawha County commissioners approved several new precincts at a special meeting Wednesday, moving 407 voters into new state delegate and Senate districts in the process. The...
View ArticleOne dead in Hernshaw crash
By From staff reports One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in eastern Kanawha County Wednesday evening. Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said the crash occurred around 5:45 p.m. in the 6400...
View ArticleKanawha Schools to continue operating daycare until December
By Jake Jarvis A day after parents received notice that the Public Employees Day Care on Charleston's East End would shut down within a few weeks, Kanawha County Schools appears to have reversed its...
View ArticleMural to be centerpiece of new Nitro park
By Elaina Sauber As the City of Nitro looks forward to its centennial next year, it's tapping into younger talents to help complete a key feature at the city's upcoming Memorial Park. Nitro High...
View ArticleArmstead: Build new Clendenin Elementary in town
By Jake Jarvis House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanwaha, is calling on Kanawha County Schools to build a new elementary school within the town of Clendenin. In a letter addressed to Kanawha Schools...
View ArticleAir-conditioning, power problems close 7 Kanawha schools
By Ryan Quinn Amid an already tumultuous start to the school year for Kanawha County, public education officials closed seven schools by noon Friday, blaming air conditioning and power issues. The...
View ArticlePHOTO: Overdue library book? Better late than never
"So You Want to Be a Doctor," was the name of the book Michael Kelly (left) checked out of the Kanawha County Public Library in the early 1970s. Now a Miami plastic surgeon, Kelly returned to...
View ArticleView: Learning to share a school
Kanawha County students affected by the late-June floods returned to school Wednesday after a short delay. For many of them, it wasn't the school they were used to. The same flood that destroyed or...
View ArticleCharleston councilwoman picked for Spirit of the Valley award
By Elaina Sauber In the 32 years the YMCA of Kanawha Valley has given its annual Spirit of the Valley award, only five recipients have been women. When Charleston City Councilwoman Mary Jean Davis...
View ArticleScience industry, community donates to labs in flooded WV schools
By Ryan Quinn INSTITUTE - Piles of cardboard boxes fill the former research lab on West Virginia State University's campus, where the school has collected a smorgasbord of science donations for...
View ArticleTwo Kanawha County Schools to be closed Monday
Two Kanawha County Schools will be closed Monday due to no air conditioning. South Charleston High and Pratt Elementary will not have classes on Monday, according to robocalls from the district. South...
View ArticleAC, power failures close 4 Kanawha schools Monday
By Ryan Quinn As Kanawha County's public school system continued Monday to close schools due to air conditioning and power failures, the local schools superintendent said the county has old AC systems...
View ArticleCharleston settles with basketball legend Akers after 2013 fall
By Elaina Sauber The City of Charleston is settling a lawsuit with a West Virginia basketball legend who was severely injured three years ago at the Charleston Civic Center. City Council's Finance...
View ArticleDunbar welcomes new firefighter
By Caitlin Cook While holding his two-and-half-month-old daughter, Shonn Hank Cobb smiled at his fiancé, Shyenna Wheeler, as she pinned a badge on his chest. Dunbar City Council welcomed Cobb as its...
View ArticleSt. Albans votes to limit tobacco-less cigarettes
By By Emily Rice For the Gazette-Mail St. Albans council voted Monday to place restrictions on where people may and may not smoke cigarettes, and those of the tobacco-less variety, within city limits....
View ArticleMethanol production facility planned for WV would bring 60 full-time jobs
By Andrew Brown US Methanol, a chemical manufacturing startup, wants to build a methanol production facility in Kanawha County next year, bringing with it an estimated 60 full-time jobs and 300...
View ArticleCharleston police investigating man shot in Kanawha City
By From staff reports Charleston police are investigating after one person was shot in Kanawha City late Tuesday. Kanawha Metro 911 dispatchers said it happened at about 9:30 p.m. in the 800 block of...
View ArticleYMCA helps students in schools affected by flooding
By Laura Haight After the June 23 floods led to the consolidation of Elkview Middle School and Herbert Hoover High School, YMCA of Kanawha Valley aquatics and member services director Erin Dydland has...
View ArticleKanawha school maintenance, heat issues draw complaints
By Ryan Quinn Kanawha County's school board heard an unusual number of public complaints Wednesday, including those about mold, the early August school start date and continued air conditioning...
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