The body of a decomposed man found along MacCorkle Avenue in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Tuesday afternoon has been identified.
A new plastic-to-fuel plant coming to the Upper Kanawha Valley promises jobs and innovation — but critics say the facility could do more harm than good.
Julian "Jule" Heath Sockman, 102, a longtime Kanawha City resident who was wounded in action in World War II and served as marshal of last year's Armed Forces Day Parade in South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, died Saturday in Hubbard Hospice House in South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
From Huntington to ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, fireworks displays will light the night skies this week in celebration of Independence Day.Â
The West Virginia Turnpike in Kanawha County was closed Thursday night into Friday morning due to high water.
Classic cars from all over the world drove down Winchester Avenue in Ashland, Kentucky, and Kanawha Boulevard in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä on Thursday as part of a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Lake Murray, South Carolina.
The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority Board of Directors on Thursday approved $1.5 million for the purchase of four new ambulances and the refurbishment of four existing fleet ambulances.
Downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä will host multiple events through July 6. Street closures continue, with preparations for the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Sternwheel Regatta and The Jungle 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament and community celebration.
The Kanawha Valley Regional Transit Authority continues to operate with a budget deficit, so management is proposing several changes, including route cuts, the expansion of on-demand KRTplus and fare capping.
Rome may not have been built in a day, according to the old adage attesting to the need for time and patience to complete great works. But 75 years ago this week, it took only two days for an impatient army of volunteers to build Kanawha County's Coonskin Park.
Wednesday's monthly meeting of the Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority — the board that governs ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä's West Virginia International Yeager Airport — was the last for its long-time chairman and 32-year member Ed Hill, along with three other veteran board members.
Manna Meal, a ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä nonprofit that feeds two meals a day to anyone in need, has launched a fundraising campaign to rent dining space in inclement weather, particularly during the winter.
After a day of riding utility terrain vehicles Saturday with friends on the trails around Kelleys Creek in the Upper Kanawha Valley, the group ascended a hill to the Pratt Overlook for a view of the valley.
An extreme heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä which is in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday.
An extreme heat warning has been issued for most of West Virginia from noon Sunday through Wednesday evening.
Hundreds of people crowded Slack Plaza in downtown ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Friday to celebrate Juneteenth with an annual parade and festival.
From the beauty of the state parks to the thrill of Camden Park, West Virginians all had something to celebrate during the state’s 162nd birthday celebration Friday.
The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority is proposing to completely or partially cut six ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä routes while expanding the on-demand KRT Plus service.
An $8 million upgrade to the passenger terminal at West Virginia International Yeager Airport is expected to get underway this fall, thanks to a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Terminals Program.
Drivers can expect delays and detours, beginning later this year and through 2026, as workers dig into a major bridge repair plan across West Virginia. Commuters should prepare for one-lane traffic, road closures and probably a lot of horn honking.
Two people have died at South Central Regional Jail, 1001 Centre Way, ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, in the past week, according to a statement from the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The Culture Center, at the State Capitol Complex in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, will host a West Virginia Day celebration for the Mountain State’s 162nd birthday on Friday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä landfill is fast approaching its capacity, but Craig Arnold, Waste Management district manager, thinks he can eke out 10 more days of trash space.
Kanawha County held municipal elections June 10 in Clendenin, Marmet and Pratt, joining more than 100 other cities and towns across West Virginia.
Several thousand family, friends and well-wishers turned out Monday to say goodbye to Doug Skaff Jr.
The clue: This 2013 South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä High School alumnus won three nights of “Jeopardy!†last week, earning $82,000.
A woman from Belle and a man from Huntington were nearly 50 years apart in age and stood about 200 feet apart at the Capitol in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Saturday.
The top two floors of the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Town Center mall's Quarrier Street Garage have been closed by the City of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä after a loose concrete slab was reported.
The Metro Valley Highway Safety Program will conduct a high-visibility Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign next week, leading into West Virginia Day on Friday, and through the following weekend.
A public visitation and celebration of life event has been set for Doug Skaff Jr., who died in a vehicle crash on Tuesday.
A second nursing station and a new changing space were unveiled at the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Coliseum and Convention Center Thursday.
When serving food like barbecue, beef ribs, hamburgers and kielbasa, good cookout weather is a must.Â
For years, West Virginia kids have been screened for risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease, families have spent food stamp money on locally grown fruits and vegetables and people with health problems have learned how food and exercise could heal their bodies.
After the tragic death on Tuesday of Doug Skaff Jr., tributes and remembrances have poured in for Skaff, the president of HD Media, which publishes the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Gazette-Mail and other newspapers in West Virginia, Ohio and Virginia. Skaff was also a former member of the West Virginia House …
Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday announced an “overhaul†of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, saying years of financial mismanagement and outsized investment in new projects, instead of maintaining existing infrastructure, has left the agency broke.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To support the West Side Neighborhood Association's Dad Joke Comedy Battle fundraiser.
Many in West Virginia knew Doug Skaff Jr. as a politician. Others recognized him as a successful businessman.
Two parked cars were heavily damaged Tuesday when a large tree branch from one of the original oak trees at the Capitol Complex crashed down on California Avenue.
A donkey, a wallaby and sheep, oh my — these creatures were just a few of the many animals featured in the Great American Petting Farm that's traveling through West Virginia this month.Â
Local officials are warning people about phone and text scams affecting West Virginia residents.
Large crowds, mom hugs, affirmation and support marked ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä's annual Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday.
An 86-year-old man was killed Monday morning in a traffic crash at the Tudor's Biscuit World in the 100 block of Goff Mountain Road in Cross Lanes.
The Kanawha County Commission restored funding to Camp Virgil Tate Thursday night with $100,000 for the 2026 fiscal year — $40,000 more than in recent years.
While some Republican-led states have opted out of the federal initiative, West Virginia has launched the 2025 Summer EBT program to help low-income families pay for food during the summer months when children are home from school.
Gloria Lopez's brittle bones made simply leaving her house a dangerous proposition.
HUNTINGTON — One church in Nitro wants the property of the now-former Meadows Elementary School in Huntington.
When Mina Bailey went to check her food stamps balance on the first of April, as she always does, she found her benefits — a little over $400 — had been stolen.
Friday marks the 87th annual National Donut Day, a celebration started by the Salvation Army to honor the organization’s Donut Lassies, who handed out donuts to World War I soldiers.
Smoke from some of the 200 wildfires now blazing across Canada swept into West Virginia on Thursday, prompting the state Department of Environmental Protection to issue a statewide Code Orange Air Quality Advisory due to elevated particulate matter.
A former church stands along the roadside in Corton — just north of Clendenin along the west bank of the Elk River — with concrete pillars out front. Sunlight pours through the trees onto newly seeded grass behind the structure, and the river flows behind it. An embankment has been cleared t…
It's heating up in the Kanawha Valley.
Last October, Kanawha County Commission members were shocked when they heard the lowest bid for a renovation of the Judicial Annex — $16.2 million. Silling Architects initially estimated the cost would be $13.5 million.
A former Tornado volunteer firefighter was sentenced to almost three years in federal prison for defrauding both an insurance company and his volunteer fire department — now called West Side Volunteer Fire Department No. 2.
Editor's note: NECCO Foster Care program director Jamie Sartin was misidentifed in an earlier version of this story.
