News Staff The Kanawha County Commission has allocated more funds to go towards assessing abandoned structures to see if they can be saved. Eyewitness News said the grant awarded is 1.2 million dollars and the Brownfields program aims to reutilize abandoned buildings. This comes after the Kanawha County Commission allocated 600,000 to do assessment work in 2022 … Read more
Former West Virginia lawmaker Doug Skaff has died. Governor Patrick Morissey confirmed that Skaff died in a car accident on I-79 in Jane Lew Tuesday afternoon. Skaff served in the West Virginia House of Delegates 2008 to 2012 and again in 2018 until he stepped down in 2023. While representing the 57th District, Skaff served … Read more
Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman recently told CNN that although he wouldn’t prosecute someone for a miscarriage, he made the suggestion out of an abundance of caution after hearing from other prosecutors. He warned that women could be charged under state laws related to the disposal of human remains. In response, the West Virginia … Read more
The Corton Lodge officially opened last weekend, after much hard work and community involvement. An old church in Hurricane was turned into lodge and event venue by Hurricane resident Ryan Stamm, with the help of local contractors and artisans. The lodge is near more than 100 acres of walking trails and has direct access to … Read more
Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a stabbing that happened early Sunday morning at Last Stop Bar, 5760 Sissonville Drive. Deputies were dispatched to the bar at about 1:50 a.m. and learned that the male victim had already been taken to the hospital and the suspect had fled the scene. The victim … Read more
The West Virginia honeybee population is declining, but biologists are hopeful they can turn that around. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture said severe weather over the past year has negatively impacted bee colonies by about forty percent, but there are ways to help. The easiest thing to do is grow a garden to encourage … Read more
A Fayette County man faces felony charges after nearly beating his pregnant girlfriend to death in Jackson County. 21-year old Logan Willis of Oak Hill has been charged after he self-reported that he had possibly killed his girlfriend Friday afternoon. Deputies found the woman still alive in a wooded area in Kenna. Sheriff Ross Mellinger … Read more
Officers responded to disturbance of about 30 teenagers in the St. Albans Mall parking lot Thursday evening where the St. Albans Red Dragon Football Carnival had been taking place, according to a news release from the St. Albans Police Department. Police dispersed the crowd and minutes later, gunshots were heard across MacCorkle Avenue in the … Read more
The West Virginia State Supreme Court is dealing with a $5.5 million cut in funding which is causing a hiring freeze that will impact all 55 counties. Jobs include probation officers, court reporters, law clerks, and magistrate’s assistants. Most of its Supreme Courts’ workforce is not at the Capitol but in county courtrooms and offices. … Read more
The Kanawha County Commission approved $100,000 in funding for Camp Virgil Tate. A camp representative told Eyewitness News that’s 20% of their overall annual budget and they’ll use it to make repairs. This comes after the commission decided to not restore funding following liability issues being brought to light of children being housed at the … Read more