Kanawha commission chooses Charleston lawyer Salango
By Lori Kersey Ben Salango, a Charleston-based personal injury attorney and business owner, was appointed to the Kanawha County Commission Thursday night. Kanawha County commissioners Kent Carper and...
View ArticleSouth Charleston sets public hearing for new tax district
By Max Garland South Charleston City Council passed a resolution Thursday night to set a public hearing on a tax increment financing district that would cover much of the city. South Charleston Mayor...
View ArticleWater crisis class-action deal still being written
By Ken Ward Jr. More than three months after a tenative settlement was announced, lawyers are still trying to work out detailed documents to spell out the terms of a $151 million deal resolving the...
View ArticlePermission sought to work on new Crossings Mall bridge
By Elaina Sauber Even if construction on the new bridge to Crossings Mall began today, the shopping center's biggest creditor says it wouldn't be fully operational until August at the earliest. After...
View ArticleKanawha County Schools announces preschool application fairs
Kanawha County Schools will hold several preschool application fairs during March. Kanawha County children that are age 4 by Sept. 1, 2017 are eligible. Parents need to bring a completed online...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Sewer line construction closes Porter Road
Drivers in the Porter Hollow area of Charleston may need to find other ways in and out of the neighborhood over the next several days. A "major line reconstruction project" for the city's sanitary...
View ArticlePhoto: Keystone Drive reopens nearly two years after Yeager slide
After nearly two years buried beneath rock and earth, Charleston's Keystone Drive has reopened to local traffic. The March 2015 landslide, which shoved down about 540,000 cubic yards of earth from...
View ArticleChanges to Civic Center plan include $1.8M for Wi-Fi upgrades
By Elaina Sauber Charleston City Council approved a nearly $3.4 million change order to the Civic Center renovation project on Monday, bringing its new price tag up to $92.3 million. The change order...
View ArticleSt. Albans approves candidates for Council, mayor
By By Emily Rice For the Gazette-Mail St. Albans City Council moved to certify all but one submission for candidacy for Council and mayor at Monday night's meeting. Every candidate, with the exception...
View ArticleHusband of late Dunbar councilwoman will serve remainder of her term
By Caitlin Cook Dunbar City Council approved several appointments during its city council meeting Monday evening. Beach Reynolds took his oath of service and thanked people in the crowd for their...
View ArticleSt. Albans mother charged with child neglect
A St. Albans woman is in jail after she was accused of snorting methamphetamine in front of her children. Heather Louann Stewart, 40, is charged with child neglect with serious injury. According to a...
View ArticleBeloved drag queen, LGBT advocate Canterbury dies
By Erin Beck Michael Canterbury was Judy Garland, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and Tina Turner, but most notably, he was Michelle St. James. Canterbury, who was a beloved drag queen of nearly 40 years...
View ArticleJustices question proposed punishment for ex-Kanawha prosecutor
By Kate White Several of West Virginia's Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed puzzled as to why the agency that oversees lawyers in the state wants a more severe punishment for former Kanawha...
View ArticlePhoto: Warm weather brings out Charleston residents
Despite a cloudy afternoon, temperatures in the Kanawha Valley peaked in the mid-70's Thursday. Some Charleston residents, like Ellen Radford, took advantage of the warm February afternoon. Radford...
View ArticleNitro plans new WWI-themed city flag
By Caitlin Cook Nitro continues to embrace its World War I identity. City Council members approved two measures during its meeting Tuesday night that further honor the town's legacy as a World War I...
View ArticleNew subdivision proposed for Charleston's Quarry Creek neighborhood
By Elaina Sauber The president of Charleston City Council wants to develop a seven-lot subdivision in a Kanawha City neighborhood. Municipal Planning Commission granted a preliminary plat approval...
View ArticleJustices say Kanawha judge made clear error in abuse, neglect case
By Kate White A Kanawha County Circuit judge "committed clear legal error" by authorizing a mother to have unsupervised visitation with her infant child despite her 20-year history of abuse and...
View ArticleTips poured in after Kanawha commission's reward offer, police say
By Lori Kersey Information about the whereabouts of an Elkview man who police say shot two people flooded the Charleston Police Department on Wednesday after it announced a $10,000 reward offered by...
View ArticlePhotos: Exhibit offers kids a chance to get gross
It's time to get gross at the Clay Center - if you're a kid, at least. The arts and sciences center's newest exhibit, "Grossology," offers children the chance to learn more about the snot, gunk and...
View ArticleCharleston funeral home to display Lincoln casket replica
By Staff reports Like his presidency, President Abraham Lincoln's funeral set the standard for all funerals to come. That's why more than 150 years after his assassination, Charleston's Barlow Bonsall...
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