Here's a roundup of what happened in September ā plus a little of what's to come in OctoberĀ ā in municipal government in Kanawha County's outlying towns and cities.
Downtown ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä will see a few road closures this weekend for different events.
Although West Virginia lawmakers gaveled in and out Monday for the first day of a special legislative session, they approved appropriations for public school programs, neuroscience research at WVU and more.
There are new rules on the table for fire hydrants across the Mountain State.
A ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä man charged in a stabbing that started at a Kanawha City McDonaldās last December has died in custody at the South Central Regional Jail, according to the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Editor's note: This story has been updated with an additional donation site.
More than four years after its developers abandoned the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, land along the project route still isnāt fully reclaimed.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election is approaching with in-person, mail-in and online options available for West Virginians. Absentee voting has already begun. Early, in-person voting will begin Oct. 23.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission is considering a proposal from WM (formerly known as Waste Management) to open a transfer station at the site of the ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä landfill, at 741 South Park Road.
During his weekly news briefing on Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice referenced the āfirst round of our special session,ā and pointed to the $160-plus million in supplemental appropriations he requested that was passed by the West Virginia Legislature on Monday.
Kanawha County Manager Jennifer Herrald, who has worked for Kanawha County for 24 years, is relocating, she said at Tuesday nightās County Commission meeting.
Staff for West Virginiaās utility regulators say Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power must do a better job of living up to their names ā and that the utilities arenāt eying high enough standards to do so.
A garden is growing on Leon Sullivan Way.
Did you catch a glimpse of a large legume Tuesday on Capitol Street? Donāt worry. You werenāt going nuts.
NEW YORK ā In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each otherās running mates and sought to shore up their campaignsā vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation fr…
Editorās note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Air Guardās search and recovery teamās deployment has been put on hold for now.
West Virginia lawmakers have fast-tracked a bill toward becoming law that would allow the state to take over regulation of certain radioactive materials from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The West Virginia Legislatureās most recent special session began ā but did not end ā Monday. Legislators will return Sunday, which also is the first day of the October interim meetings.
Hurricane Heleneās destruction in the Southeastern United States has affected some with West Virginia roots.
Federal prosecutors have indicated that nearly two dozen of Gov. Jim Justiceās coal companies have made very little progress in paying off over half-a-million dollars in mine safety fine debt dating back to 2014.
Bluestone Dam, the 75-year-old Summers County flood control project, might well have saved ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä and other downriver communities from catastrophic flooding from the epic rainfall recently produced by Hurricane Helene.
More than 150 gardeners from West Virginia and beyond are taking part in āMotherland ā Appalachian Beauty,ā a Garden Club of America Zone VII Flower Show at the Clay Center for Arts & Sciences of West Virginia in ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä. The show, which includes about 250 entries, is sponsored by the…
HUNTINGTON ā Marshall University has announced its 2024 homecoming activities and theme ahead of Homecoming Week, Sept. 30-Oct. 5.
Free COVID tests are once again available from the U.S. government.
To debate or not to debate, that is the question. (With apologies to the Bard of Avon.)
Linda Farwell moved to West Virginia in part for the lower cost of living.
Welcome to the United States of America.
With the special session due to begin on Monday, Gov. Jim Justice said meetings are āongoingā with legislators and, āI think weāre ready.ā
The Rev. Randy Richardson from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä has lunch plans Friday ā at a Haitian restaurant 180 miles away in Springfield, Ohio.
Itās been seven months since an Indiana bank sued one of Gov. Jim Justiceās coal companies in federal court for over $4.5 million and identified nearly four dozen of the Justice firmās property items itās been looking to possess as collateral it says secured unpaid loans.
Originally aired on September 24, 2024, watch as eight high school bands and six featured twirlers from Kanawha County high schools compete for Festival Grand Champion and Miss Majorette 2024 awards.
A Kanawha County woman charged with murder is no longer mentally competent to stand trial, a doctor says ā less than four months after she was found competent.
Kanawha Rapid Transit Authority officials voted Thursday to eliminate Sunday service and raise day pass rates. The changes will take effect in February.
FLATWOODS ā Forty years ago this week, Bernard Coffindaffer and a group of helpers erected a cluster of three crosses atop a grassy knoll overlooking Interstate 79 near the geographic center of West Virginia above the Braxton County community of Flatwoods.
Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers have had to endure some of the most frequent and long-lasting power outages in the country.
For the first time in four years, West Virginia and national overdose death rates have dropped, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Personal income taxes ā and the consequences of cutting them ā have been a source of recurring debate across the Mountain States for longer than Gov. Jim Justice has been in office. But Justiceās desire to cut them by an additional 5% has resurrected the topic.
U.S. officials briefed Donald Trumpās campaign this week on Iranian threats against the Republican presidential nominee, but the briefing centered on previously reported threats and not a new plot. In July, authorities boosted Trump's security after linking a threat against Trump's life to Iran. Iranian hackers also stole information from Trump's campaign. U.S. officials say they have been tracking the threats for years and that they were prompted by Trump's decision in 2020 to order the killing of a top Iranian general. Authorities have given no reason to believe two recent attempts on Trump's life at a rally in Pennsylvania and a golf course in Florida have any connection to Iran.
The intersection of ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉäās Patrick Street and Fourth Avenue will be closed for āa couple of daysā because of a water main break, according to a social media announcement from Metro 911.
See the sights and sounds from the 77th Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival featuring bands from eight high schools at Laidley Field at University of ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä Stadium on Tuesday Sept. 24, 2024. Herbert Hoover High School's Sailor Lucas won the 2024 Miss Kanawha Majorett…
Blood, sweat, tears ā and rain ā all contributed to making Sailor Lucas 2024ās Miss Kanawha Majorette Tuesday night at the Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette & Band Festival, held at Laidley Field at University of ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä Stadium.
West Virginiaās 2nd Congressional District taxpayers may not expect their money to go toward supporting political mailings. But a disproportionately high amount of taxpayer dollars is going toward funding political messaging through mailings from Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va.
On ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉäās West Side last week, three local drug prevention organizers sat on the porch of a house, bathed in warm late-summer sunlight. Behind them, two rooms were filled with boxes of stickers, naloxone and other materials for Save a Life Day. They were some of the 463 kits to be dist…
The Kanawha County Sheriffās Office will conduct a roadside safety checkpoint on Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to midnight on W.Va. 25.
In the mid-1990s, Herbert Hoover High School student Rachel Rule didnāt waste time.
A lockdown has been lifted at the West Virginia State University campus, almost three hours after police began searching for a suspect following a stolen-vehicle pursuit.
Following a pause issued in March, the Federal Aviation Administration has officially canceled the preparation of an environmental impact statement associated with the plan to extend the runway at West Virginia International Yeager Airport.
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Editor's note:Ā This story has been updated with new information about a rescheduled flu vaccine clinic sponsored by the Cabell-Huntington Health Department.
For about the next two months, easy driving access will be curtailed on what some locals call the āback wayā from Jefferson Road to the Shops at Trace Fork retail area in South ĀŅĀ×ÄŚÉä.
