Support has been pouring in for the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association after the organization’s building was damaged by a man driving a U-Haul at the end of March.
Compared to national data, the numbers on nursing jobs in West Virginia look good.
Charleston’s 2023 Sternwheel Regatta will feature old favorites, like the Wiener Dog and Great Rubber Duck races, and newer ones, like a professional wrestling competition.
A Washington, D.C., man who had been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Charleston man pleaded guilty instead to a lesser crime Thursday.
Not long after Manna Meal’s green and white food truck pulled onto the former Save-A-Lot store parking lot Thursday afternoon, people gathered, waiting.
Pat Jones thinks it speaks well of his fellow North Charleston citizens that they willingly tolerated all the dogs dumped in their neighborhood so long ago.
A Kanawha County man will serve time in prison for a drunk driving accident that killed a man last year.
A culvert blamed for flooding affecting several houses on Greenbrier Street in Charleston will be repaired, Kanawha officials announced Tuesday.
The Charleston Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a dead woman found on the side of Greenbrier Street earlier this week.
With extremely cold temperatures in the forecast for Charleston this week, a shelter will be open at least two nights for people with nowhere else to keep warm.
A long-time Kanawha County magistrate has resigned and agreed to never again seek judicial office after the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission found probable cause that he violated rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
For the children and staff at a West Side community center, Christmas came a little early this year.
Kanawha County kicked off the Coonskin Festival of Lights with the Christmas at Coonskin event Thursday evening at Coonskin Park. The festivities included rides on Hoppy’s Little Express, a Christmas tree lighting, various family activities, and a visit from Santa Claus. The event was held i…
Monday’s canvass of provisional and absentee ballots from Kanawha County’s general election last week produced “no significant changes” in race totals, officials said.
A grassroots, progressive political organization with a platform that includes decriminalizing harm reduction efforts and cannabis, among other things, saw some success in Charleston Tuesday night.
The West Virginia Board of Education approved Wednesday paying $380,000 to expand the Communities in Schools program on Charleston’s West Side.
The race for West Virginia Senate District 17 is between the Senate Majority Leader and a man seeking public office for the first time in his life.
Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick tested voting machines Tuesday at the Kanawha County Voter Registration office in Charleston. Secretary of State Mac Warner was on hand to watch the test.
West Virginia State University President Ericke Cage said last week that he wants to establish an internal audit office — after the school’s Board of Governors discussed multiple accounting problems.
Kanawha County voters have the choice this election to extend or end the excess levy supporting local public schools.
Showing up to speak publicly at government meetings in West Virginia can pay off.
A Virginia-based lawyer stood Oct. 4 before West Virginia’s Supreme Court and said: “No one contends the Legislature is failing to provide thorough and efficient schools.”
A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses John Adams Middle School’s band director of raping a Logan County High student in 2005, back when he worked there.
A former West Virginia lawmaker will challenge the longtime Kanawha County Clerk in this year’s general election.
Herbert Hoover High senior Caroline Dysart became the 75th Miss Kanawha Majorette Tuesday night, while the second-smallest band competing, George Washington High, won Festival Grand Champion.
Sissonville High Principal Gene Smith is the Kanawha County school system’s Principal of the Year.
An Elkview man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly two decades in prison for killing his cellmate at the South Central Regional Jail in 2018.
A man wanted for a shooting that left a Charleston man dead turned himself into law enforcement over the weekend.
Kanawha County officials are still tallying the costs of flash-floods that affected more than 300 households in the county earlier this month.
The Kanawha, Cabell and Mercer county school systems will be the first in West Virginia to test electric school buses under a pilot program kicking off soon.
The Kanawha County Board of Education unanimously voted Thursday evening to approve approximately $11 million in spending on three security measures, provided that November’s excess levy passes.
Charleston firefighters introduced their new inflatable fire safety house to children from the Bob Burdette Center Thursday morning at fire station number 2 on the West Side.
A Kanawha County woman accused of setting a fire that killed a man earlier this year will undergo a psychological and mental competency evaluation.
The Kanawha County Board of Education plans to finalize on July 21 the excess levy property tax proposal that will go on voters’ ballots this November.
West Virginia’s Board of Education president and the state schools superintendent are asking a judge to block the state’s upcoming nonpublic school vouchers program.
An Elkview man has been indicted in the 2020 shooting deaths of four family members.
Garnet High alumni will take over their former school building from the Kanawha County school system, if their association achieves nonprofit status.
All West Virginia State University full-time employees will receive $1,650 raises July 1, and students may also see different food options in the upcoming academic year.
A Kanawha County jury convicted Joshua Phillips of second-degree murder Monday for the shooting death of Charleston Patrolman Cassie Johnson.
A Kanawha County jury continues to deliberate in the trial of a man accused of killing a Charleston police officer.
As prosecutors continued to make their case Tuesday against Joshua Phillips, jurors saw footage of the altercation and shooting that left Charleston Patrolman Cassie Johnson near death and Phillips wounded twice.
Rob and Anne Hendricks planned to live the rest of their lives in their Blaine Boulevard home.
West Virginia State University is hosting a visiting dance instructor July 11-16 as part of the Norman Jordan African American Arts and Heritage Academy, according to a news release.
The Charleston City Council approved the distribution of about $3.6 million in federal coronavirus relief funds on Monday night.
Another of the former Horace Mann Middle employees who was accused of hitting special education students last spring has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery.
Marty Holstein fills up the green bean box after a customer bought 3 pounds of beans Friday. Holstein is set up along U.S. 60 between South Charleston and St. Albans.
Eleven Democrats are running for a chance at six at-large seats on Charleston City Council.
An at-large Charleston councilman is challenging the city’s long-time treasurer in the May 10 Democratic primary.
Local leaders, transportation officials and first responders gathered Wednesday to urge Kanawha County voters to back the safety levy, as they’ve done every time they’ve been asked since 1973.
Five Democrats are running to represent one East End ward on Charleston City Council.
A state board’s failure to post an open meeting notice will force a second vote on the BridgeValley Community and Technical College’s master plan.
The Kanawha County Board of Education approved employee layoffs and transfers Thursday. The move comes as the school district plans to cut about 55 positions and close Cedar Grove Middle and Garnet Career Center next year.
The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission has approved a bid for the redesign and construction of the golf course at Coonskin Park.
The West Virginia Elections Commission has scheduled an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss an opinion from the Attorney General’s Office stating that county commissions are not required by law to get approval from county political party leaders in establishing new community voting sites.
