Twitter unveils features to filter tweets, notifications
By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter has announced two new settings that will allow users to control what they see in their feeds and what notifications they receive. Twitter says in a...
View ArticleNaked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the US
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - It's Donald Trump like you've never seen him before. Life-size naked statues of the Republican presidential nominee greeted passers-by in New York, San...
View ArticleNaloxone training set for South Charleston
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will have a naloxone training session on Monday at the St. Paul United Methodist Church, located at 4606 Kanawha Turnpike in South Charleston. The training,...
View ArticleGroups reach $6M West Virginia coal mine cleanup deal
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A $6 million settlement has been reached in federal court that will restore damage from West Virginia mountaintop removal mines. The Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental...
View ArticleDetroit man fired into West Side Go-Mart, police say
By Staff reports Charleston police were looking Friday for a Detroit man who allegedly shot into a convenience store on the city's West Side on Friday afternoon. Ronel Lloyd McCauley, 26, should be...
View ArticleBoil-water advisories
n The Putnam Public Service District has issued a boil-water advisory for customers, 1.5 miles on Black Hollow Road toward Hurricane Creek. The advisory follows replacement of a water main. n A...
View ArticleTwo third party candidates added to ballot
By Andrew Brown Two more third party candidates have made it onto the West Virginia's ballot in November to run for president of the United States and West Virginia's next governor. Tennessee resident...
View ArticlePutnam woman honored for cancer fundraising effort
By Lydia Nuzum When Missy Bowles' father was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2008, it was already too late. He passed away just one month later, at the age of 65. For Bowles, her memory of her...
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Photos: State Fair of West Virginia runs through August 21
By Sam Owens Staff photographer For 10 days every year people from all over the state descend upon Fairlea, near Lewisburg, to attend the State Fair of West Virginia. From zippy carnival rides, active...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Job Corps students celebrate graduation in Charleston
Job Corps students celebrated graduation Friday at a commencement ceremony in the gymnasium at the Charleston Job Corps Center. Family and friends were in attendance for the event.
View ArticleWV school boards sue over alleged underfunding
By Kate White Several county school boards filed lawsuits this week over the West Virginia school aid funding formula, seeking to recover millions of dollars the school systems say they were...
View ArticleAlyce Faye Bragg: Our second home in the West Virginia woods
By By Alyce Faye Bragg For the Sunday Gazette-Mail Fall weather is trying hard to enter our hills, with a few premature yellowing leaves drifting down from trees that are beginning to look tired and...
View ArticleBulletin Board: Aug. 20, 2016
The Kanawha City Community Choir, created to perform at the Kanawha City Community Association's Tribute to First Responders, will rehearse at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Morris Memorial United Methodist...
View ArticleThings to do today: Aug. 20, 2016
MusicWREN ALLEN, CHRIS ALLEN AND ANDY PARK: 7 p.m. Free. Bluegrass Kitchen, 1600 Washington St., E. Call 304-346-2871. DANIELLE AND STEVE: 7:30 p.m. Free. Bridge Road Bistro, 915 Bridge Road. Call...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Sights and sounds of South Charleston's Summerfest
Crowds of those young and young at heart are gathering at the mound in South Charleston for the city's annual Summerfest. There's live music and activities for children. The event runs from Aug. 17-20.
View ArticleCharleston disaster recovery site closes
By Lori Kersey Saturday was Ronald and Martha Jones' last visit to the disaster recovery center in Charleston, but it wasn't their first. The Elkview couple, whose home was damaged in the June 23...
View ArticlePark Service investigates vandalism on Long Point Trail in New River Gorge
By Staff reports GLEN JEAN, W.Va. - The National Park Service wants to know who used spray paint to vandalize a rock at an overlook site on the Long Point Trail in the New River Gorge. One or more...
View ArticleGroup seeks volunteers to give cancer patients rides to treatments
By Jared Casto Diane Smith, 71, doesn't know her way around the Charleston area very well. Since she moved to the outskirts of St. Albans in 2006 after living in Florida for more than 30 years, she's...
View ArticleSummersville Dam's 50th birthday focuses on activities its lake makes possible
By Rick Steelhammer SUMMERSVILLE - Hundreds of people celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summersville Dam's completion on Saturday by gathering on the shores of the 2,700-acre lake it created....
View ArticleAnnual SportsFEST brings athletes, crowds to Charleston
By Lydia Nuzum Joseph Kyle Smith maneuvered his board in a twisting path along Kanawha Boulevard's bridge over the Elk River, skirting the orange and white traffic cones that lined the street in the...
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