After more than 120 years, Kanawha Manufacturing Company and most of the property will be demolished or renovated. According its website, Kanawha Manufacturing Company opened in 1902 and served the power, coal and metal industries and employed 800 people at one point. The 110,000 square foot property was purchased by the Charleston Area Alliance last … Read more
A woman was found dead after a fire at an apartment building early Monday morning in Hurricane. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. at an apartment building at the intersection of Reynolds Street and Putnam Avenue, according to Putnam County dispatchers. A 56-year-old woman was found dead by firefighters. Eyewitness News said the fire … Read more
State officials will be hosting a meeting in Charleston Saturday to help families interested in the Hope Scholarship. On May 11, Hope Scholarship Board staff will be at the Kanawha County Public Library’s main branch from 10 am to 4 pm to assist parents looking to apply. Last school year, more than 5,000 scholarships were … Read more
The city of Point Pleasant announced plans to renovate Harmon Park last week. Harmon Park is used by little league baseball and youth and high school softball teams. The city said the current fields will be rearranged. In addition to the fields, a playground, pickleball court, walking track and picnic shelters will be added to … Read more
A Detroit man was sentenced to prison Monday in the 2021 shooting deaths of two women on Charleston’s West Side. 24-year old Marquise Goodman was sentenced to 80 years in prison for the deaths of Kytiana Belcher and Bria White. The two women were found shot to death along Hunt Avenue in 2021. Goodman was … Read more
Daycares across the state are struggling to stay open amid a decline in federal relief money that came in COVID stimulus packages. Cuts to the West Virginia state budget are also having an impact. The West Virginia Women’s Alliance is hosting house parties and events to rally to keep more than six hundred childcare centers … Read more
A new study from Lending Tree looked at housing stats for metro areas outside of the nation’s 50 largest metros, and two West Virginia cities made the list. The report ranked Charleston as the second-best hidden gem and Huntington as the fourth-best. Criteria included population, the median home value, the homeownership rate, the median household … Read more
Charleston will host the Road Racing National Championships next week. The competition will feature several cycling events where over six hundred cyclists from all over the world compete for a spot in the Olympics this summer. The Road Racing National Championships will run May 14 to 19 and will feature watch party events and activities … Read more
A new store is open in Putnam County. Michaels – a chain retailer that specializes in art and hobby supplies along with home décor and custom framing – opened Friday in Teays Valley’s Liberty Square. The new store joins Target as the newest tenants in the shopping center.
City officials in Williamson called a special session Friday to address the resignation and appointment of mayor but were unable to pass a vote for a new leader. Eyewtitness News reported City Clerk Alma Smith was named as mayor after a deadlocked vote prevented two other candidates from taking on the role. Council members Joseph … Read more