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By Max Garland The sounds of jet skis whizzing by on the Kanawha River filled the air Saturday afternoon at Magic Island, and other niche sports were eager to ride the waves and cultivate their...
View ArticleCharleston Correctional Center says inmate wanted after escaping facility Friday
By Staff reports A Charleston Correctional Center inmate's whereabouts are unknown after escaping from the facility Friday, according to a West Virginia Division of Corrections wanted poster. A...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Girls Night Out in Charleston
The annual YWCA fundraiser "Girls Night Out" took place at the Culture Center Saturday in Charleston. This year's theme was "boho chic."
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter rally at WV Capitol promotes equality
By Carlee Lammers Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer said she wants one thing to be clear about the Black Lives Matter movement: It doesn't mean just black lives matter. "The phrase Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleFormer councilman Slater discusses drug, alcohol addiction
By Ali Schmitz Bernard Slater has a family portrait inside the front cover of his 12-step book. Slater, 33, a former Charleston city councilman who resigned in April, has been a patient at Recovery...
View ArticleCharleston council approves replacing Oakwood fire station
By Ryan Quinn Charleston City Council approved Monday paying about $1.1 million to replace a fire station that was located just off Corridor G before structural issues forced the relocation of the...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to federal indictment for gun, drug charges
By Giuseppe Sabella New details emerged at Monday's hearing for Dana Stevenson, a man believed to be connected to two area shootings and a gun recently found in the Kanawha River. Stevenson, 26,...
View ArticleDunbar council taps Bill Cunningham for mayor
By Jake Jarvis Dunbar City Council members narrowly selected Bill Cunningham to be the city's new mayor on Monday night. Community members packed into council chambers to see who of the 10 applicants...
View ArticleTennessee company to purchase Highland Hospital
By Erin Beck The parent company of Highland Hospital plans to sell the psychiatric hospital, Highland Health Center and Process Strategies to Meridian Behavioral Health Systems, the company announced...
View ArticleFree shredding event set for Saturday
A free "Fight Fraud, Shred Instead" event will be held Saturday morning at Cabela's in Southridge Centre off Corridor G. This event runs from 9 a.m. to noon. It is open to all Kanawha Valley residents...
View ArticleSissonville shooting leaves man dead after suspected knife attack
By Giuseppe Sabella In what appeared to be act of self defense, a man shot and killed another man in Sissonville on Tuesday afternoon. Tracy Stalnaker, 53, armed himself with a knife and chased the...
View ArticleCharleston's Civil War soldier statues erected with private funds
By Rick Steelhammer As Confederate monuments across the country have been toppled, removed and attracted the attention of neo-Nazis and counter-protesters, Charleston's Stonewall Jackson monument...
View ArticleCrossings Mall Kroger reopens with new look more than a year after flood
By Max Garland After a 416-day drought, Elkview finally has its Kroger open once again. The grocery store at the Crossings Mall shopping center is reopening 9 a.m. Wednesday, and the Kanawha County...
View ArticleMan accused in machete attack pleads not guilty to murder
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer A man accused of killing another man with a machete pleaded not guilty to murder in Kanawha County Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon. Brian Dakota Thompson, 23, of...
View ArticleCharleston police officer pleads not guilty to negligent homicide
By By Lacie Pierson Staff writer A Charleston police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges related to a fatal crash in January. Officer Stephen Doss, 27, stood before Kanawha County Circuit...
View ArticleNeedle exchange coalition grows in Kanawha, Putnam, Cabell counties
By Carlee Lammers WINFIELD - The Great Rivers Harm Reduction Coalition is continuing to grow. The newly formed coalition consists of officials from harm reduction clinics in Kanawha and Cabell...
View ArticleCharleston man arrested for 'Black Lives Matter' graffiti
By Erin Beck Charleston police arrested on Tuesday night an East End man who allegedly spray painted "Black Lives Matter" on the Clay Center the previous night. Detectives arrested Ray Hensley Jr.,...
View ArticleRoad work: Aug. 23, 2017
West Virginia Paving will mill and pave the following streets in Charleston from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today: MillingBauer Avenue: from Summit Drive to endTinder Avenue: from Matthews Avenue to Bauer...
View ArticleShooting leaves one dead, another wounded in Kanawha County
By Carlee Lammers Staff writerA Clendenin man has been charged with first-degree murder and malicious wounding, after he allegedly shot two of his neighbors Wednesday afternoon. Randall Douglas Woods,...
View ArticleReturn of Purple Heart re-knits ties of WV family
By Douglas Imbrogno In 1985, a woman shopping an antique store in Missouri picked up a box of vintage picture frames. She got something unexpected along with her purchase - at the bottom of the box...
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