Outgoing Kanawha magistrate reflects on 36-year career
By Kate White Ward Harshbarger's first time covering night court in 1981 was almost his last as a Kanawha County magistrate. At the time, night court was held in the old county courthouse. The...
View ArticleSt. Albans takes up fireworks regulations
By By Emily Rice For the Gazette-Mail A previously discussed ordinance to regulate fireworks in St. Albans was presented to City Council on Tuesday night. The first reading of the ordinance, which...
View ArticleReal estate agent appointed to fill late husband's Charleston council seat
By Elaina Sauber Rutha Chestnut was sworn into Charleston City Council on Monday night to finish her late husband's term representing Ward 7. She is the widow of Councilman Archie Chestnut, who died...
View ArticleReplica spaceship donated to Dunbar
By Caitlin Cook The city of Dunbar has a new ride. In the first Council meeting of 2017, Dunbar City Council members accepted the donation of a miniature replica spaceship from resident Tom Pile. The...
View ArticleKeeping tax base Kanawha's top priority in '17 WV legislative session
By Max Garland The Kanawha County Commission is prioritizing blocking potential tax cuts above all else in the upcoming regular session of the West Virginia Legislature. As all levels of West Virginia...
View ArticleElkview's marooned Crossings Mall set for auction
By Elaina Sauber The Crossings Mall in Elkview is scheduled for the auction block later this month. The notice of a foreclosure sale was published in Monday's Gazette-Mail and confirmed by Martin...
View ArticleKanawha meeting will address continued flood-relief needs
By Elaina Sauber More than six months after the record-breaking floods that swept through eastern Kanawha County, scores of homes still sit empty along Clendenin's streets. Some are being slowly...
View ArticleCarper: Drug firm settlements won't prevent additional lawsuits
By Eric Eyre A dozen prescription drug distributors have been put on notice that their recent settlements with the state won't block the Kanawha County Commission and City of Charleston from filing a...
View Article3 years after MCHM spill, concern about WV drinking water remains
By Ken Ward Jr. Three years after the Freedom Industries chemical spill and the Kanawha Valley water crisis that followed, citizen groups and environmental advocates on Monday said the state has made...
View ArticleKanawha library board plans hazardous materials survey at main branch
By Staff reports The Kanawha County Public Library system's board voted Monday night to hire a Nitro company to conduct a hazardous materials survey of the library's main branch. The board is in the...
View ArticleHardy to be revenue secretary under Justice
By Elaina Sauber Governor-elect Jim Justice announced Tuesday that Kanawha County Commissioner Dave Hardy has been selected as the next secretary of the state Department of Revenue. Hardy, a lawyer...
View ArticleResidents hear updates on Kanawha flood recovery efforts
By Jake Jarvis It's time for communities affected by the historic June floods to start thinking about what their communities will look like years down the road, said Maj. Gen. James A. Hoyer, adjutant...
View ArticleFormer B&B Loans building eyed for CURA's EDGE project
By Elaina Sauber The long-discussed Charleston EDGE building is finally making progress, with investment from both the city and the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority. CURA voted on Wednesday during...
View ArticleNitro remembers town's WW I history in centennial kickoff
By Ali Schmitz There are many flags in Nitro's World War I Museum, but 92-year-old Clyde Mynes has a few favorites. One is a small American flag he carried in Berlin during World War II. The other,...
View ArticleMAP: Inauguration traffic changes
In preparation for Monday's inauguration festivities, some streets will be closed in Charleston beginning 5:30 p.m. Friday. Here's a look at which streets are closed and the alternate routes you...
View ArticleKanawha Commission candidates cropping up
By Elaina Sauber A week after the Kanawha County Commission announced Dave Hardy's upcoming departure to work as secretary of West Virginia's Department of Revenue, residents hoping to fill the vacant...
View ArticleNitro Council considers new city flag
By Staff reports The City of Nitro hopes to soon have a new flag.At City Council's next meeting, on the first Tuesday of February, Council will read an ordinance for the first time which adopts a new...
View ArticleJones seeks pay raise for mayoral successor, council
By Elaina Sauber Charleston Mayor Danny Jones wants a raise for his successor and the rest of City Council. Jones told members of City Council during Monday evening's Finance Committee meeting that he...
View ArticleSt. Albans passes fireworks regulations, discusses lighting in alleys
By By Emily Rice For the Gazette-Mail St. Albans City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday to regulate the use of fireworks within city limits. The ordinance, which passed by unanimous voice vote,...
View ArticleDEP probes Elkview spill
By Staff reports State officials are investigating a small gas and motor oil spill that occurred in the Elkview area while a contractor was using a portable car crusher at Mitch's Towing. The state...
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