News Staff The West Virginia Division of Highways will be conducting a routine safety inspection next week on the Fort Hill Bridge on Interstate 64 in Charleston. Road crews will be working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, through Saturday, Jan. 18, on the Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge. The DOH said traffic will … Read more
Medal of Honor of recipient Woody Williams was celebrated this week at the governor’s State of the State address. Gov. Justice highlighted what Williams is doing for Gold Star Families – families who have lost an immediate family member in the line of duty of military service. Williams has been backing an effort to have … Read more
Volunteers are needed to staff Charleston’s warming stations when it’s fifteen-degrees or colder. The Kanawha Valley Collective said nine warming stations opened their doors last winter and at least 12 volunteers are needed per night.
There is a growing nationwide trend of grandparents raising their grandchildren. More than 50-percent of students in some West Virginia counties are not being raised by their parents. The state is second in the nation in the percentage of children being raised by grandparents, primarily driven by the opioid crisis.
Lawmakers, on the first day of the legislative session, heard WVU’s state economic forecast for the next four years. The report calls for the economy to expand just over point-two-percent, and job growth will be volatile for the next two years, dropping thousands of jobs, as construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline is completed.
The economy, taxes and health care highlighted Governor Jim Justices’ State of the State address. The Governor laid out a positive vision for 2020 that includes a leaner budget, and programs to help seniors, families, and children.
Former Charleston Mayor Danny Jones is getting back into the restaurant business. Danny’s BBQ Stand will open in February on Quarrier Street. Jones served 16 years as Charleston’s Mayor.
A Hardy County couple is under arrest in connection to a storage facility fire last month in Petersburg. Thirty-four-year-old Hunter Largent and 45-year-old Marci Lyn Largent are facing arson charges. Additional charges are pending for causing injury to several firefighters who put out the fire.
Infant Dylan Groves’ foster mother took the stand in the trial against his parents Jessica and Daniel Groves. They’re accused of killing their six-month-old son, who was found in a well last June. Foster mother Andrea Bowling gave emotional testimony about the 12 days spent with the baby.
A man and a woman are facing drug charges for supplying large amounts of meth to three different counties. Thirty-six-year-old George Stacy and 33-year-old Brittany Cassady were taken into custody after officers seized more than one-thousand doses of meth during a traffic stop.