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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Volunteers spent Saturday making Kanawha Valley homes safer from fires.
“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.
West Virginia’s only U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center has moved from ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä to Poca.
Around 60% of fire deaths occur in homes with no working smoke alarms, according to the National Fire Prevention Association. This weekend, the American Red Cross is trying to make sure those tragedies are eliminated in Kanawha County.
If you like your onions wild and pungent, West Virginia has a season for you.
The driver of a Putnam County school bus that crashed early Wednesday morning remained hospitalized Thursday while investigators await toxicology and medical reports as well as the results of “black box†data that will help them determine the cause of the crash.
Former ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä police chief James “Tyke†Hunt has been suspended and demoted following an internal investigation, according to a police spokesman.
A record amount of rain fell Thursday in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, causing localized flooding and property damage, all while emergency personnel responded to almost 70 water rescues.
About a third of the South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Public Library’s roof was blown off during last week’s storms, but City Manager Rick Atkinson is hopeful the repairs will be finished by the end of April.
Tudor’s Biscuit World emerged victorious Wednesday, being named “The South’s Best Biscuit†in an online competition run by “Garden & Gun†magazine.
For an event that involved bombings, beatings and boycotts and has been credited with birthing the tea party movement and the culture wars that now divide America, the Kanawha County textbook controversy came into being quietly and unexpectedly 50 years ago this week.
The Kanawha County textbook controversy helped set the stage for the culture wars of today, according to at least two academicians and two leaders on opposite sides of the 50-year-old event.
An 8-year-old second- grade girl who was seated behind the driver was among nine Putnam County students treated in area hospitals Wednesday following an early morning school bus accident on Roosevelt Boulevard, in Eleanor.
The National Weather Service has confirmed two more tornadoes from the April 2 storm. In total, 11 tornadoes touched down in the tri-state area — five in Kanawha County.
For 8-year-old Brisen Lanham, Monday’s 93% total solar eclipse over ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä was all five syllables of “in-de-scri-ba-ble.â€
Spring cleaning is in full swing as two cleanup initiatives took place in Kanawha County Saturday.
Bellies were filled with delectable delights Saturday during the 50th annual Dunbar Critter Dinner.
Will we have a clear view of the solar eclipse Monday?
The 85-year-old Municipal Auditorium is in bad shape.
The Kanawha County Commission covered many topics at their April 4 meeting, including the Kanawha ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Humane Association building, Sissonville Public Service District, Tuesday’s storms and the use of opioid litigation funds.
As Kanawha County residents work to clean up from Tuesday’s storms, they can take their debris to previously scheduled free community clean-up events this weekend.
A Pocahontas County man with a loaded .32 caliber handgun in a carry-on bag was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at the security checkpoint at West Virginia International Yeager Airport on Wednesday, according to a news release from the TSA.
Editor's note: Return here for live weather and outage updates following Tuesday's severe storms in the Kanawha Valley. Contact us with outage and weather details at 304-348-5124 or by email at cmillette@hdmediallc.com.
A former board member of the Kanawha County Public Service District was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation for an embezzlement charge to which he pleaded guilty in January.
There was a brief moment of joy Wednesday afternoon on South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s D Street as Pat Stone’s next-door neighbor headed into his home and called out, “Hey, power’s on.â€
If you’re planning to watch the eclipse in West Virginia, you can see it from anywhere that you have a clear view of the sky. But you need to protect your eyes. And you can join your friends and astronomers at several viewing events happening in the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä area and across the state.
Chef Paul Smith will return to Chicago again this year as a finalist in the prestigious James Beard culinary competition.
A Sissonville woman died following a fire at her home on Tuesday night.
Editor's note: Return here for live weather updates as severe weather blows through the Kanawha Valley on Tuesday. Contact us with weather details at 304-348-5124 or by email at cmillette@hdmediallc.com.
The U.S. Postal Service has confirmed plans to transfer outgoing mail processing operations from the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Processing and Distribution Center to facilities in Pittsburgh and Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
The likelihood of not being able to meet a two-year deadline for completing an Environmental Impact Statement for West Virginia International Yeager Airport’s (CRW) planned runway extension was a primary factor in the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision last week to “pause†work on th…
ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä’s City Council passed eight resolutions during a quick 37-minute meeting Monday night.
Editor's note: Return here for live weather updates as severe weather blows through the Kanawha Valley on Tuesday. Contact us with weather details at 304-348-5124 or by email at cmillette@hdmediallc.com.
More than 150 dogs are in temporary foster care as the Kanawha-ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Humane Association continues to deal with the aftermath of a U-Haul truck crashing into its building last week.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 1:00 p.m. for the following West Virginia counties:
Around 1,400 customers are still without power in the Patrick Street, Florida Street and Central Avenue areas as of 4:30 p.m.
A Dunbar woman who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the July 2023 death of a 2-year-old she was babysitting was given the maximum penalty Monday.