Layoffs at Panther Creek Mining

Sixty-five employees at Panther Creek Mining in Eskdale are being laid off. The cuts will take place in March, and impact more than one-hundred family members in Kanawha County.

No cuts at Yeager Airport tower

The Kanawha County Commission received confirmation from the FAA that hours will not be cut for the Yeager Airport tower. Nighttime flights will not be affected, and the tower is not at risk of any future reductions.

Man dies in head-on crash with police cruiser

A Pikeville man died in a crash with a Floyd County deputy’s cruiser. Donald Tackett, Jr. crossed the center line on Bays Branch Road and hit the police car head-on. The deputy was treated at a local hospital and released.

Milton Baseball Field Pressbox is Hit By Vandals

Vandals trashed the Milton Little League baseball field press box for the second time in recent months. The mess left behind includes multiple folding chairs, a TV, food trash and clothes that were thrown through the windows of the press box. Shattered glass is littered all across the grass. The inside of the press box … Read more

High School Groundbreaking Ceremony is Postponed

With a heavy dose of snow causing numerous crashes throughout Kanawha County, a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Herbert Hoover High School is postponed. The ceremony had been set for noon Tuesday at the site for the new school, which is in the Given Fork area between the Elkview exit off Interstate 79 and U.S. … Read more

Charleston Winter Series Run Set for This Weekend

The second of the three-event Charleston Winter Series is scheduled to happen this weekend. Organizers say the next event will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at the University of Charleston Pharmacy parking lot. The run will be 8 kilometers (about 4.9 miles), while the walk is 4 kilometers (about 2.4 miles). The Winter … Read more

Yeager TSA confiscate handgun

Yeager Airport TSA officers confiscated a 22-caliber handgun in a man’s carry-on bag. The man was detained for questioning, and cleared to fly, without his gun. He’s facing weapons charges.