Government is all about priorities.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has approved a permit for a planned industrial facility whose projected environmental health impacts and murky economic outlook have sparked fear among Kanawha Valley residents.
Both lanes of the Dunbar Toll Bridge, which connects Dunbar and South , will be closed Sunday for deck repair, the West Virginia Department of Transportation announced in a news release Friday.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has indicated acceptance that a Virginia-based company with controversial plans for massive data center complex operations in Tucker and Grant counties controls a Tucker County site on which it plans to do business.
Joshua Robert Scales, 34, pled guilty Friday by Kennedy plea to voluntary manslaughter in the Jan. 26, 2025, shooting death of Ethan Chic-Colbert.
The holding company for the Greenbrier business empire of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his family announced Friday afternoon it has entered into a long-awaited joint venture aimed at staving off a court-appointed takeover of the Greenbrier portfolio.
The Police Department, in conjunction with the Governor's Highway Safety Program, has planned a high visibility DUI sobriety and child safety seat checkpoint for Kanawha City.
An initial analysis by the West Virginia Department of Human Services showed that about 33,000 state Medicaid recipients are not currently meeting federal work or volunteer requirements taking effect in January, and are not automatically exempted from them, lawmakers were told Wednesday.
Vinny Franck sat cross-legged on the floor of the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia while he worked, glancing at a photo of the West Virginia Capitol on his phone as he placed small wooden planks down in the formation of the north steps of the Statehouse.
Half of West Virginia's homeless students were suspended as a result of behavior last school year, according to new data from the state education department.
For Mark Bowe, of "Barnwood Builders" fame, taking on the task of disassembling, moving and rebuilding the Ruffner Cabin, 's oldest home — built circa 1795 — is fulfilling a childhood dream.
School in the area begins next week, and when it comes to students' safety, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office isn't messing around.
Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his family have told a federal court they will shutter The Greenbrier’s casino to expedite closure of a deal to stave off a court-ordered takeover of the rest of their resort business.
Lawmakers were clearly displeased with the first state Department of Human Services’ report on West Virginia child deaths, saying the short document was light on details as elected officials try to get a handle on the ongoing child welfare crisis.
Appalachian Power Company has announced a project beginning in 2028 to establish a substation at Estes Farm in Putnam County.
WAYNE — Though most Wayne County students will return to school Thursday, Wayne High School students will not start back at their school until Monday, the district announced.
The Skatepark closed indefinitely Tuesday, as announced on the City of Facebook page.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey gathered West Virginia lawmakers and members of his administration inside the Governor’s Reception Room at the Capitol on Tuesday for what he hailed as nothing less than the “defining moment for the future of the great state of West Virginia.”
New Human Services Secretary Carl Ayers appeared before lawmakers for the first time Tuesday to field questions about the Morrisey administration’s handling of the school clothing allowance program for low-income children.
A man died and a woman was injured in a weather-related motorcycle fire and electrocution Tuesday night outside .
Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s team laid out his office’s ideas for revamping West Virginia’s school funding formula, a decades-old equation that has been linked to public schools’ dire financial situation.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s team laid out his office’s ideas for revamping West Virginia’s school funding formula, a decades-old equation that has been linked to public schools’ dire financial situation.
With control of their Greenbrier business empire in jeopardy, Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his family are on the hook for millions of dollars in new financial and legal liabilities as federal and state agencies look to recoup what they say Justice businesses owe them.
Due to road work in the 200 block of Oakwood Road, the location for a Thursday evening checkpoint has been changed to the 3800 block of Chesterfield Avenue in Kanawha City, according to a revised news release from the Police Department.
Tuesday rainfall totals
Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s team laid out his office’s ideas for revamping West Virginia’s school funding formula, a decades-old equation that has been linked to public schools’ dire financial situation.
FORT GAY — Fort Gay’s former mayor, Joetta R. Hatfield, and former treasurer and recorder, Sheila K. Bowen, have been granted parole from their respective sentences for convictions of embezzlement from the town.
When she was born, World War I had been over for less than a year, Woodrow Wilson was president and the federal government had just begun selling off components of the newly built — but already obsolete — Army Ordnance Plant in Nitro, which her father, a carpenter, helped build.
A West Virginia home energy rebate program designed to save homeowners and renters money that the state Office of Energy was assigned $88 million in 2022 to implement still hasn’t launched.
West Virginia is using nearly $8 million in federal anti-poverty dollars to pay for its long-troubled and broken online database system.
Former Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Cass A. Close, now facing federal charges following his arrest and indictment in July 2025 on state charges of sexually assaulting a female inmate in his custody in his role as a Kanawha Circuit Court bailiff, waived his right to a preliminary he…
The safety and futures of ’s youth is a concern for Pastor Matthew Watts of Grace Bible Church on the city’s West Side.
Imagine two risky surgeries taking place at the same time at CAMC General or WVU Medicine | Thomas Hospitals, but there’s only enough Type O blood in the cooler if one emergency transfusion is needed.
Senate Majority Whip Ben Queen, father of a young child, stood on the Senate floor in March to celebrate the Legislature’s first-ever hallmark childcare bill. “If we want people to go to work in this state, then we have to make sure they have somewhere safe and reliable for their kids to go during the […]
Editor's note: This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of a Gazette-Mail series on drinking water quality in West Virginia.
An unusual proclamation was made Monday as part of a normal three-day interim session of the West Virginia Legislature, which began Sunday in .
See moments from the second night of Multifest 2026 at Haddad Riverfront Park, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.
More than 50 people turned out at a Kanawha County Commission meeting on Thursday to spend 90 minutes airing their views on the proposed 260-mile, 765-kilovolt Valley North power line project that would extend from the coal-fired John Amos Power Plant near Poca in Putnam County to Frederick …
An $88 million home energy rebate program designed to benefit Mountain State homeowners and renters still hasn't launched, nearly four years after the funding was announced for it.
PRINCETON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey, facing scrutiny for the state’s handling of the school clothing allowance program, has shifted his focus this week from financial instability to fraud.
A train derailment dumped grain in the 400 block of Second Avenue in South Thursday morning.
HUNTINGTON — Representatives from Wayne County Schools, Marshall University and the Empowerment Collaborative announced a new partnership focusing on middle school education following Tuesday’s Board of Governors meeting.
The City Council on Monday approved more than $1.8 million worth of new equipment for the Fire Department. The bulk of the funds — nearly $1.75 million — will be used for the purchase of a new Pierce Enforcer 107 ladder truck.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey purported to be a champion of “beautiful, clean water” on a two-day tour Tuesday and Wednesday of Southern West Virginia communities that lack it on what he billed as a move to hear firsthand about aging water infrastructure and operational challenges from local residen…
Do you want to help shape the future of transportation safety in ? City of officials invite residents, commuters, business owners and visitors to participate in a survey, they announced in a news release Tuesday.
YAWKEY — For more than two years, Helen Swire Comer put her own life on hold.
Editor's note: This story has been updated with information about FEMA Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits
The Kanawha County Board of Education unanimously approved language for the excess levy renewal vote that will be part of the Nov. 3 general election during Monday’s special session.
Dunbar and several neighborhoods joined the National Night Out campaign on Tuesday, August 4, to enhance connections between communities and law enforcement.
A Virginia-based company that has been quiet about its plans for massive data center complex operations in Tucker and Grant counties is again under scrutiny from West Virginia regulators.
Chuck Miller, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2005 to 2009 and Kanawha County prosecuting attorney from 2014 to 2024, died Tuesday, the Kanawha County Commission announced that day.
Former Delegate David Elliott Pritt has voluntarily withdrawn his candidacy for the Nov. 3 general election, West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner announced in a news release Tuesday.
After more than a century of cakes, candles and gifts, resident Virginia Cadd only has one thing in mind for her 107th birthday: birthday cards.
