City groups to hold flood relief fundraiser at Power Park
By Elaina Sauber Community associations from all over Charleston are coming together to host a citywide fundraiser that will benefit those affected by the late-June floods in West Virginia. On Aug. 16...
View ArticleKroger wrongly charged city tax at three stores
Three Kroger stores in Kanawha County have mistakenly been charging Charleston's 1 percent sales tax on certain items at stores outside the Charleston city limits, the company said late Tuesday. The...
View ArticleEx-Charleston officer charged with violating domestic order
By Kate White A former Charleston police officer, who resigned after allegedly making racially insensitive videos, was charged this week with violating a domestic violence protective order. Shawn...
View ArticlePositive event gives residents, police a needed chance to talk
By Jared Casto For Charleston Police Chief Brent Webster, National Night Out is about making friends with members of the community - and given recent events, he believes that's more important this...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Aug. 3, 2016
Unity of Kanawha Valley will have its monthly Inner Listening class with Marianne Gettman at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at the church, located at 804 Myrtle Rd. This class consists of mindful breathing...
View ArticleNitro council votes for 'brunch bill'
By Caitlin Cook Nitro City Council members voted Tuesday to allow alcohol sales in restaurants before 1 p.m. on Sundays, becoming the latest Kanawha County city to move forward with a "brunch bill."...
View Article2 disaster recovery centers closing in WV
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two disaster recovery centers opened after floods this summer in West Virginia are closing permanently this weekend. The centers are in Monroe County at the...
View ArticleAround WV: Aug. 3, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia: a Beckley pastor accused of selling drugs, a riot at the Central Regional Jail, and an update on a 2014 Mercer County domestic violence shooting. n A Beckley...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n West Virginia American Water issued a boil-water advisory for approximately 350 customers in the Sissonville area. The affected area includes Edens Fork Road, Tate Hollow Road, Holmes Hollow, Legg...
View ArticleKanawha health department expands needle exchange clinic hours
By Lydia Nuzum Bryan Arnold bent at the waist to talk to the woman who sat half-curled in a chair in the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department's waiting room, her dark hair tied in a loose bun at the...
View ArticleFlood warning canceled for Putnam County
By Staff reports The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Putnam County on Wednesday afternoon, but canceled it early after flooding failed to develop. At about 1 p.m, the weather...
View ArticleRandolph man sentenced on wanton endangerment charges
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - A Randolph County man accused of pointing a gun at police officers before being shot and wounded has been sentenced. Preston Lane Burrows, 26, entered a plea Friday and was...
View ArticleMega Millions ticket sold in Morgantown worth $1M
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mega Millions ticket sold in Morgantown is worth $1 million. West Virginia Lottery officials said Wednesday that a ticket sold at Bell's 119 Grocery...
View ArticleWV amends complaint over Volkswagen emissions
By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia attorney general's office has amended a civil complaint against Volkswagen of America Inc. over the automaker's emissions-rigging scandal....
View ArticleMan leaves casino, robs bank, returns to casino, police say
By David Gutman Kerry Johnson told Charleston Police that he got to the Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro around 10 a.m. Tuesday and was there for more than six hours, until around 4:30 p.m. But sometime...
View ArticleNational Academy of Sciences to study mountaintop removal health effects
By Ken Ward Jr. An expert team being appointed by the National Academy of Sciences will examine a "growing amount of academic research" that suggests "possible correlations" between increased public...
View ArticleWV officials believe lenient voter ID law safe
By Phil Kabler While federal courts have recently overturned voter ID laws in five states on the grounds they discriminate against minorities and the poor, the lead sponsor and primary author of West...
View ArticleTeachers unions sue Boone County over pay cuts
By Kate White Teachers unions have asked a judge to declare the pay and benefit cuts that Boone County Board of Education members voted for last month unconstitutional. The American Federation of...
View ArticleRoad work
West Virginia Paving will pave South Park Road in Charleston, from Glencove Place to the city limits, between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
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