Gazette-Mail news, ads take honors at annual press gathering
CANAAN VALLEY - The West Virginia Press Association named the Charleston Gazette-Mail the state's Newspaper of the Year on Saturday. The association announced the results of its annual newspaper...
View ArticleJB Akers, Jones' pick for Charleston mayor, first Republican in race
By Ali Schmitz Attorney and Charleston City Clerk JB Akers ended months of speculation Monday and officially announced his run for mayor of West Virginia's capital city. Akers, a Republican, made his...
View ArticleKanawha health department detects mosquito-transmitted viruses
By Erin Beck The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department sent out mosquito bite prevention tips on Monday, after testing found mosquitoes were carrying the West Nile virus and La Crosse virus in Kanawha...
View ArticleCharleston mayor wants to up user fee 50 cents ahead of schedule
By Ali Schmitz Charleston Mayor Danny Jones proposed raising the city's user fee Monday evening during a speech to council members. The fee, which was scheduled to go up in 2020, would be brought up...
View ArticleKanawha schools proposes e-cigarette ban; OKs $740K for Hoover portables
By Ryan Quinn The Kanawha County Board of Education put out for public comment Monday a policy revision that would ban e-cigarettes, vaping and all substances containing nicotine at all times from...
View ArticleKanawha, Putnam health departments offering vaccination clinics
By Staff reports The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Putnam County Health Department are offering walk-in vaccination clinics. Kanawha County clinics are scheduled at the health...
View ArticleKanawha County plans to demolish five homes in coming weeks
By Lori Kersey While Kanawha County has funds to demolish more than 100 dilapidated structures, Planning Director Steve Neddo would much rather a homeowner fix or demolish a problem building...
View ArticleDunbar accepting names of mayor candidates
By Staff reports Dunbar residents interested in becoming the city's next mayor have until Friday to tell city hall they're interested in the job. Mayoral candidates may submit their names in writing...
View ArticleDeadline to enter WV Gaming Championship is Wednesday
By Staff reports Wednesday marks the final day to register to compete in Saturday's inaugural WV Gaming Championship esports event at the Charleston Town Center mall. The day-long event, which...
View ArticleCharleston to use FEMA grant to demolish five houses
By Ali Schmitz City officials will use a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to tear down five houses near the northwestern edge of Charleston. City Council voted to allow the city to...
View ArticleCharleston Beni Kedem employee claims members defamed, intimidated him
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer A maintenance worker at the Beni Kedem Temple in Charleston alleges he was defamed and has suffered from anxiety and other issues after being caught up in a conflict...
View ArticleCharleston police raid West Side bar
By Caity Coyne The state Alcohol Beverage Control Administration temporarily shut down the Park Place bar on Charleston's West Side Tuesday after city police conducted a drug raid earlier that...
View ArticleRoad work: Aug. 9, 2017
West Virginia Paving will pave Daverton Road, from Kanawha Turnpike to Gordon Drive, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today:
View ArticleKanawha judge delays Beni Kedem trial over jury instructions
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Joanna Tabit on Wednesday called off proceedings in a civil trial involving a maintenance worker at the Beni Kedem Temple and...
View ArticleCapito health care protesters plead guilty to trespassing after sit-in
By Jake Zuckerman Six people pleaded guilty to trespassing charges in Charleston Municipal Court on Wednesday after staging a June sit-in at Shelley Moore Capito's office to protest a repeal of the...
View ArticleCURA reviewing plan for Charleston's West Side
By Ali Schmitz The Charleston Urban Renewal Authority has decided to review its West Side Community Renewal plan within the coming weeks after a tense meeting Wednesday morning. The decision comes...
View ArticleCharleston Boy Scout troop celebrates century of scouting
By Rick Steelhammer One hundred years ago in Charleston, 21- to 31-year-old men were learning whether their numbers had been called in a random drawing for World War I's first military draft, the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Happy birthday, South Charleston
South Charleston marked it's 100th birthday Wednesday with cake and festivities at the city's Indian burial mound.
View ArticleCrossings Mall Kmart planning grand reopening
By Staff reports The Kmart store at Crossings Mall in Elkview will reopen early next month, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The store is planning to reopen the first weekend of September and will...
View ArticleWV 'Tuskegee Airmen' leader inducted into state Aviation Hall of Fame
By Rick Steelhammer A West Virginia State College graduate who became one of the first five African Americans to graduate Army Air Corps pilot training before leading two all-black "Tuskegee Airmen"...
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