Electrical tower falls on men in Kanawha forest
By From staff reports Dispatchers at Kanawha Metro 911 say an electrical tower fell on two men in the Loudendale area of Kanawha State Forest around 3 p.m. Monday. Dispatchers did not have information...
View ArticleFormer WV senator Wells files to run for Kanawha County Clerk
By Daniel Desrochers Erik Wells officially filed to run for Kanawha County Clerk, Monday. Wells, a former Democratic state senator and husband of Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, submitted about...
View ArticleWV Wildlife Center gift shop subject of hearing
By Phil Kabler An Ethics Commission hearing against a former Division of Natural Resources supervisor accused of using his public office for private gain turned into something of a "she said-she said"...
View ArticleWV's Capito one of few elected officials speaking in primetime at RNC
By David Gutman When Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., addresses the Republican National Convention Tuesday sometime after 10 p.m., her speech will be carried live on at least four cable news...
View ArticleWV colleges don't have much cash on hand
By Jake Jarvis The commission that oversees West Virginia's four-year colleges breezed through its agenda Monday morning, reauthorizing every school up for review, approving every school's budget and...
View Article'Bathroom bill' tops WV GOP senator's wish list for special session
By Eric Eyre A Republican state senator is urging West Virginia lawmakers to take up a transgender "bathroom bill" as the No. 1 item on a special session agenda that places flood relief as the fourth...
View ArticleCharleston unveils bike and trail plan
By Elaina Sauber City officials unveiled Charleston's first all-inclusive bike and trail master plan on Monday, designed to serve as a 20-year template for future bicycle infrastructure projects. Alta...
View ArticleDunbar ends fiscal year with surplus
By Caitlin Cook The city of Dunbar finished its financial year better than it anticipated. Dunbar City Council passed a resolution to revise the city's 2016-2017 budget to account for the savings. "We...
View ArticleSt. Albans directs flood damage reports to FEMA
By By Emily Rice For the Gazette-Mail St. Albans City Council opened session with a public hearing regarding a code ordinance regarding floodplains and protocol for reporting flood damages. The city...
View ArticleBulletin Board: July 19, 2016
The St. Albans Coin Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the basement of the St. Albans Municipal Water Co. Building, 1499 MacCorkle Ave., St. Albans. For information, call 304-727-4062. The Point...
View ArticleTrump campaign dismisses criticism of Melania Trump speech
By By ERICA WERNER and SCOTT BAUER The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - The Trump campaign on Tuesday dismissed criticism that Melania Trump directly lifted two passages nearly word-for-word from the...
View ArticleUber starts offering rides in WV
By Jared Casto Charleston and Morgantown residents can begin taking advantage of on demand transportation today, following Uber's official launch in the state Tuesday afternoon. During the launch...
View ArticleAround WV: July 19, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: one West Virginia county plans to sue pharmaceutical companies, a list of those killed in last month's flooding is released, WVU Parkersburg plans for a tuition...
View ArticleCase of Zika confirmed in pregnant WV woman
By Staff reports West Virginia public health officials have confirmed the state's first case of Zika virus in a pregnant woman, bringing the total number of West Virginians who have contracted the...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n Pineville Municipal Water Works has issued a boil-water advisory for customers on W.Va. 10 from the bridge to the end of the system on Pineville Terrace, to River Road. The advisory follows a water...
View ArticleEPA veto of WV mountaintop removal permit upheld again
By Ken Ward Jr. A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's veto of a permit for one of the largest mountaintop removal coal-mining proposals in West Virginia...
View ArticleNorovirus strikes the Republican National Convention
By By Joel Achenbach, Elahe Izadi and Ed O’Keefe The Washington Post CLEVELAND - The highly contagious norovirus appears to have hit the Republican National Convention. A dozen California Republican...
View ArticleSolid Waste Authority turns a small profit
By Daniel Desrochers In June, the Kanawha County Solid Waste Authority turned a profit for the first time in about a year, banking $446. "It's not much," said James Young, the authority's executive...
View ArticleLap dance proceeds will support WV flood relief
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Lap dances at a West Virginia strip club will help pay for flood relief. The Blue Parrot Cabaret club in Morgantown is offering the lap dances for charity from Wednesday...
View ArticleCharleston broadcaster Sahley remembered for his personality
By Rick Steelhammer Kanawha Valley radio personality Albert "Big Al" Sahley once told an interviewer he was aware as a teenager that entertaining was his calling, but he had no idea at the time that...
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