Road work
West Virginia Paving will mill South Park Road in Charleston, from Glencove Place to the city limits, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday.
View ArticleIowa company helps map WV cemeteries after massive flood
By Lori Kersey Clendenin's Koontz Cemetery has nearly 1,500 graves and is as old as the town itself. Just about everyone in the town has a relative buried there. The town owns and maintains that...
View ArticleRand unity event gathers back-to-school items
By Jared Casto For Mack Reed, his yearly Unity in the Community back-to-school drive is a way to get the Rand community together. "It's a community thing now," he said. "We just have fun." This is the...
View ArticleChurch Activities: July 30, 2016
Aldersgate United Methodist Women will have a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 6 at the church, 6823 Sissonville Drive. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 520 Kanawha Blvd. has a...
View ArticleStatehouse Beat: Fireworks law has unintended consequences
By Phil Kabler The new law legalizing "real" fireworks in the state encompasses two maxims of the legislative process: Every law has unintended consequences, and when a predominately rural Legislature...
View ArticleCamp promotes fun, understanding for kids with asthma
By By Kelsie Vanderwijst Times West Virginian WESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Around 65 campers participated in the 26th Camp Catch Your Breath at Jacksons Mill this past week. The camp was started to provide a...
View ArticleOfficials believe no survivors in Texas balloon crash
By By Jim Vertuno The Associated PressLOCKHART, Texas (AP) - No one appeared to survive a hot air balloon crash in Central Texas, authorities said Saturday. At least 16 people were on board the...
View ArticleTwo missing children found safe in Jackson County
By Staff reports Two Kanawha County children reported missing earlier this week were found safe in Jackson County Saturday, and their mother has been charged in connection to their disappearance,...
View ArticleState to exempt homeless from SNAP requirements
By Lori Kersey Homeless people in West Virginia will not have to find work or training to receive food-stamp benefits, the state Department of Health and Human Resources has decided. The state plans...
View ArticleKansas company to put trains back on Norfolk Southern lines in WV
By Phil Kabler After being mostly silent for months, the sound of steel wheels on steel rail and the wail of train horns will return to Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in the Kanawha Valley next...
View ArticleCommittees aim to coordinate long-term flood recovery efforts
By Daniel Desrochers As state and federal relief programs begin winding down, people from counties that were hit hardest by the June floods are beginning to prepare for the long-term recovery process....
View ArticleWorkshop teaches "first aid" for mental health
By Erin Beck Sometimes hurting people are surrounded by friends and family who love them, but no one knows how to stop the bleeding. Some don't try. Some clumsily attempt to assist and fail. Some make...
View ArticleWork is still a struggle for WVU researchers who discovered Volkswagen...
By Jake Jarvis MORGANTOWN - Every bit of space in Dan Carder's world has its own purpose. Sometimes, it has two. At the Vehicle and Engine Testing Lab, the newest space for West Virginia University's...
View ArticleThings to do today: July 31, 2016
Stage/Theater"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST": 2 p.m. Tickets $25.Charleston Light Opera Guild production of the Broadway adaptation of the Disney film. Clay Center. Call 304-561-3570 or visit...
View ArticleSTEELHAMMER: Democratic Convention: Haven't I seen these people somewhere...
For some reason, the two or three hours I spent watching random segments of the recently concluded Democratic National Convention gave me a case of deja vu dating back to the 1980s. It started with a...
View ArticleInnerviews: Introspection, joy of dancing leads to pain-free life
By Sandy Wells She's a personal trainer. She teaches yoga and Pilates and leads an exercise class for seniors. And she dances whenever and wherever she can. She radiates health, verve and confidence....
View ArticleAppalachian Bible College sues over donation
By Kate White Appalachian Bible College is suing a Pennsylvania company in federal court claiming it failed to honor a donor commitment. The school in Mount Hope in Raleigh County says Foremost...
View ArticleHooked on ponics: Unique farming yields 'tangy' results
By By Madelyn Dwyer The Journal SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Locals call him "Aqua Man," but six years ago Brian Tanguay was an engineer working for a Fortune 500. Now, he's manning the helm of a...
View ArticleRoad work
West Virginia Paving will mill South Park Road in Charleston, from Glencove Place to the city limits, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 1.
View ArticleCrew from Kansas aids in Greenbrier River Trail flood recovery
By Rick Steelhammer Work done by a 10-person crew of volunteers from the Kansas state parks system helped make possible the reopening on Friday of a flood-damaged 3.5-mile section of the Greenbrier...
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