West Virginia political leaders stand apart from a wide range of public health, labor and environmental groups in response to significant rules federal regulators finalized Thursday to sharply slash emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
West Virginia American Water has reported lacking formal written policies and customized records containing information requested by state utility regulators in their investigation of the utility’s practices following an extended gas outage that hit ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s West Side in November 2023.
People may turn in unused or expired prescription medication at several locations throughout Kanawha County this weekend as part national U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s spring National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
The mother of a teen victim of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s gun violence will hold the 10th annual block party Saturday in his memory.
A small crowd of government officials stared Thursday at lurching excavators clawing down the walls of the former Macy’s building on Lee Street in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
The Kanawha County Commission convened Wednesday for a public test of the county’s voting machines prior to the early-voting period for the 2024 primary election, which runs May 1-May 11.
The U.S. Department of Energy has set up a second virtual listening session to collect public input on a controversial planned hydrogen production network it has selected to award up to $925 million.
Kanawha County Schools will greatly expand its use of electric buses in 2025, but it also will continue to buy and use diesel buses for the foreseeable future.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has asked to intervene in a federal lawsuit that yielded a proposed settlement establishing a plan to clean up a local watershed spanning roughly 100,000 people.
It’s going to be a blast from the past at the 2024 ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified former Civic Center and Municipal Auditorium general manager John Robertson.
A decade after it was announced and nearly seven years after federal regulators approved it, the end is in sight for construction of the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Federal election regulators have asked West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s U.S. Senate campaign what became of debt it reported it owed to one of his companies facing millions in tax liens against it.
Five West Virginia University student athletes were in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Monday to visit with children in a hospital pediatric ward and to attend a scholarship fundraising dinner.
West Virginia has secured approval of a Maintenance of Effort waiver request from the U.S. Department of Education, staving off the potential loss of $465 million in federal funds.
Tyran Gray, 27, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting of Norman Sweeney II, 49, after the jury deliberated for about two hours Monday afternoon.
West Virginia University Hospitals announced Monday that an adult was diagnosed with measles in Monongalia County. This is the first confirmed case of measles in West Virginia in 15 years.
Food and furniture were removed Monday from two popular ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Town Center Mall restaurants that closed over the weekend without any advance notice to employees. Local restaurants have pledged support to workers who lost their jobs.
There were smiles across the faces of many city and county officials Monday afternoon during a news conference outside the Macy's building on ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä's Lee Street.
The following property transfers and marriage applications were filed in Kanawha County from April 8-12, 2024:
As noted here previously, a number of elements have to align perfectly in order for Democrat Steve Williams to find himself in the long-unoccupied governor’s mansion on Jan. 13, 2025.
POINT PLEASANT — After nearly 120 years of operation, Point Pleasant’s landmark Lowe Hotel is on the market.
West Virginia will not face a clawback of $465 million in COVID-19 money from the federal government, alleviating concerns raised by state lawmakers during the legislative session in March.
Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of articles delving into the need behind the state’s newly launched We Foster West Virginia campaign, which seeks residents willing to foster older children and teens.
Kanawha County Schools is developing a policy that would allow armed security personnel in the county’s elementary and middle schools.
Norman Sweeney II was shot and killed in front of his 9-year-old daughter on Sept. 9, 2022, on Wyoming Street in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. — “Think of John Henry.â€
The ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking for 300 volunteers to act as race marshals during next month’s USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships.
The deadline to register to vote in the May 14 primary election is Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know.
West Virginia University is navigating through new territory as it prepares to open its campuses to the legal carrying of concealed handguns.
Seven guided hikes covering a variety of nature and history themes will take place Saturday in Kanawha State Forest during the Kanawha State Forest Foundation’s annual Osbra Eye Spring Nature Walks program.
The 2024 West Virginia primary election is just a few weeks away. In this year’s election cycle, there are scores of local and statewide candidates to know about and choose from.
A mountain bike park featuring steep, challenging riding terrain, downhill race courses, uphill shuttle service and trails built to accommodate adaptive cycles for riders with disabilities will soon begin taking shape in the hills east of Clendenin.
Repairs are expected to begin by the end of the month on the Kanawha-ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Humane Association animal shelter that was badly damaged by a U-Haul truck three weeks ago — and shelter workers can’t wait.
Kanawha County Schools took another step forward in the annual budget process this week with the approval of levy rates by the county Board of Education.
A man is dead and a woman was wounded in what began as a domestic incident early this morning near Cabin Creek.
A woman who accused former ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Police Chief James “Tyke†Hunt of sexual misconduct in 2022 spoke to City Council Monday night, expressing her displeasure with the most recent discipline of the former chief.
The Kanawha County Commission approved the levy rate at a Tuesday morning meeting.
West Virginia State University hosted its annual Career and Employment Expo on Tuesday.
SOUTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Gary Hairston has been asked a question with an all too common answer after going upstairs to pick up the phone at his Beckley home.
One of two 14-year-old boys charged with murder in the January death of Caden Martin has had his case transferred from juvenile to adult criminal court.
West Virginia lawmakers got an update Sunday on state plans to secure federal disaster relief funding in response to this month’s tornadoes and flooding that have devastated much of the state.
In the year that the free naloxone vending machine has been set up at ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 300 boxes — containing 600 doses of the overdose-reversing drug — have been distributed.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., cried foul last month when West Virginia environmentalists got federal regulators to agree to set pollution limits for a watershed covering a population of 100,000 in their settlement of a lawsuit the groups filed against the EPA earlier in the month to force the a…
West Virginia University will conduct an online meeting this week to discuss a new law taking effect July 1 that permits carrying concealed weapons on campus.
Following severe storms on April 2 and April 11 that caused damage and left thousands without power in the Kanawha Valley, the Alum Creek Alliance and emergency preparedness officials have planned a public meeting to help with reports and questions.
A Huntington woman was stopped Saturday by Transportation Security Administration officers at West Virginia International Yeager Airport with a loaded firearm among her carry-on items. The 9mm handgun was loaded with 19 bullets, including one in the chamber.
Volunteers spent Saturday making Kanawha Valley homes safer from fires.
Despite having gerrymandered themselves into safe districts, the Republican legislative supermajority is attempting to further tip the scales in its favor on the November general election ballot with one and possibly two referenda for amendments to the state Constitution; measures that are d…
ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä suffered its ninth-wettest day on record Thursday as 3.32 inches of rain was recorded at West Virginia International Yeager Airport, the National Weather Service said Friday.
“The RV is gone,†Julie Thornton’s father-in-law told her over the phone Thursday night.
ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä City Council will vote on approving a new outdoor drinking area in the East End, bringing the total to five private outdoor designated areas (PODA) in the city.
The following property transfers and marriage applications were filed in Kanawha County from April 1-5, 2024:
West Virginia’s only U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center has moved from ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä to Poca.
