Children chase after each other with water behind the Kanawha City Community Center on Thursday. The children were attending a summer camp at the center that was sponsored by the nonprofit organization Step By Step Inc. and the city of Charleston.
BridgeValley Community and Technical College failed to follow state law in providing free housing to the school president, West Virginia’s top higher education oversight administrator advised in a letter last month.
A weeklong training exercise testing the ability of U.S. military personnel from several branches of the armed forces to stage operations from austere, remote locations, as well as established, traditional bases, is underway at sites across West Virginia.
Veteran demolition man Rodney Loftis says a $1 million project to tear down the former Sears building in the Charleston Town Center mall will be “a pretty big job, the kind that doesn’t come around in Charleston all that often.”
Smoke and ash from massive wildfires in the American West shrouded the sky and led to air quality alerts on parts of the East Coast on Wednesday as the effects of the blazes were felt 2,500 miles away.
Construction activity now underway on the Interstate 64 widening and bridge replacement project between the Nitro and Scott Depot interchanges became even busier Tuesday, when the first in a series of daily rock-clearing blasts was detonated at the site of a new St. Albans access ramp.
Some things just go together — like salt and pepper, peanut butter and chocolate, or chili and beer on a brisk fall day.
A bill introduced to Charleston City Council Monday evening would ban conversion therapy — any practice or treatment that seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Four used car dealers have been permanently blocked from selling vehicles in West Virginia under a recent court order.
The percentage of vacant Class A office space fell by half in downtown Charleston from March to July, but the decrease isn’t worth the rejoicing one would imagine.
While COVID-19 variants are spreading and diseases tied to intravenous drug use are on the rise in Kanawha County, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is on the search for a new health officer and executive director.
Periodic road closures to accommodate mountain blasting are on the schedule for people traveling on Interstate 64 through the end of August.
If anyone is dreaming of the day when the Charleston Town Center returns to full retail occupancy, then wake up, says an official with the company that bought the troubled enterprise in May.
The South Charleston City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday outlawing employment, housing and other discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
West Side property developer Tighe Bullock’s quest to turn the former Staats Hospital into a multi-use building received a recent setback when vandals spray painted graffiti on one side.
Jim Shafer, of Hamlin, sets out fruits and vegetables for sale at his produce stand next to W.Va. 25 in Institute this week. He said he and his father, Franklin Cooper, who has a stand in Eleanor, have been selling from stands for 15 years.
The board that oversees the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority is investigating allegations someone there misused money contributed by employees and meant for staff celebrations.
More initiatives are underway at agencies responsible for helping Kanawha County address its growing HIV crisis, according to reports given at Tuesday’s HIV task force meeting.
Executive director Joe Lynch is retiring from the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority.
It’s next to the tracks on Railroad Avenue, which runs parallel to the rails from its West Side intersection with Maryland Avenue and Washington Street West to its short end about 100 yards away at Watts Street. Along the way is the rear of Denver’s Depot, a venerable West Side watering hole.
The trial for the man accused killing Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson has been postponed until November.
After being canceled in 2020 because of COVID-19, one of Charleston’s most popular events will return this year.
A Capitol Street landmark is eerily quiet these days. The entrance, a grand front platform fronted by handsome wood, is not staffed. Parts of the building are vacant.
