The YMCA in Kanawha County is celebrating some exciting news for one of its tennis instructors. Patrick Donaghey, who is paraplegic, has cracked the top ten nationally in singles and doubles rankings in wheelchair tennis. Donaghey was paralyzed after being robbed in New York and had never played tennis prior to the incident. He said … Read more
West Virginia wildlife officials have proposed 16 changes to the state’s hunting and fishing regulations. The Gazette-Mail reported the Division of Natural Resources proposals include lengthening the spring turkey-hunting season, changing smallmouth-bass fishing regulations along the New River, expanding nighttime hunting for coyotes and imposing a creel limit on panfish. Other possible changes could affect … Read more
Some of the Capital High School boys basketball team’s gear was stolen over the weekend from the coach’s vehicle. A post on the Capital High School Boys Basketball’s Facebook page said a GoFundMe page has been set up to help the team recover what was lost.
People of all ages came together Saturday to work on a mural of Martin Luther King Jr.in Charleston. A public painting workshop at the Martin Luther King Community Center had participants painting sections of a mural that will be used to create a larger portrait. The mural’s background will also be designed by people in … Read more
Charleston Area Medical Center announced an affiliation agreement with Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte and Plateau Medical Center in Oak Hill to provide some clinical services. CAMC cited the need for cardiovascular services in Fayette and Greenbrier counties, which have high levels of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. CAMC will help the other hospitals’ … Read more
West Virginia’s Elk River got another helping of trout on Saturday. The Kanawha County Commission announced the plans to add 1,000 pounds of rainbow trout to the river, and it’s the third such stocking in less than six months. The fish are coming from the Indian Lake fish hatchery and released around the Blue Creek, … Read more
Five Huntington restaurants are taking part in the inaugural “Support Your First Responders Restaurant Week.” Participants in the fundraiser include Backyard Pizza and Raw Bar, Buddy’s All-American BBQ, Calamity J Grill & Bar, Jim’s Steak & Spaghetti House and Rio Grande. Beginning Sunday, one restaurant will donate a percentage of its sales each day toward … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice ceremonially signed a bill Friday honoring Bluefield State College more than 100 years after the legislation was written. Senate Bill 122 was originally proposed in 1895, establishing what was originally known as the Bluefield Colored Institute as Bluefield State College, but the bill was never signed by then-governor William A. MacCorkle and … Read more
Governor Justice says he’ll do everything he can to keep the doors open at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. Justice met with hospital officials this week. More than six-hundred doctors, nurses and staff received 60-day layoff notices. Meanwhile, WVU Medicine is hoping to fill the gaps. Plans are being developed to provide emergency room services and … Read more
Clayton Burch is the new state School Superintendent. Burch has been Associate Superintendent, and was promoted to the top job in an emergency meeting on Friday. The board called an emergency meeting after receiving a letter from Dr. Steve Paine to move up his previously announced June 30th retirement to Friday. Paine’s wife suffers from … Read more