It is graduation week in Kanawha County. Commencement ceremonies are taking place at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Face mask and socially distancing guidelines are in place, but there are no crowd restrictions. There are about 16-hundred graduates this year.
Charleston Police, along with the Kahawha County Sheriff’s Office and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program will team up for a high visibility roadside safety checkpoint later today. The sheriff’s office said there were more than nine thousand unbuckled people killed in traffic accidents in the U.S. in 2019. Along with the roadside safety checkpoint program, … Read more
Two separate eclipses will be partially visible in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio in the coming weeks. The first is a lunar eclipse on the morning of May 26, followed by a brief partial solar eclipse on the morning of June 10. Neither of these eclipses are total eclipses but depending on weather and where … Read more
Thrill-seekers in the Tri-State celebrated the reopening of Camden Park last weekend. The family-owned amusement park marked the beginning of its 118th season with no signs of slowing down. WCHS TV reported that good weather helped the park start the season off on a positive note. Camden Park is planning additional hours for Memorial Day … Read more
West Virginia native Bill Withers has been honored with a road named in his honor. “Bill Withers Memorial Road” is the new name for Slab Fork Road from the Lester Highway to the Coalfields Expressway in Raleigh County. Withers died at the age of 81 in 2020. The Division of Highways installed a sign last … Read more
Juneteenth will become a state holiday. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19th. A live-streamed event will feature Montell Jordan and over a dozen musicians, dancers, and poets from across West Virginia.
The University of Charleston campus will undergo two major renovation projects this summer. Riggleman Hall, one of the oldest buildings on campus, will get a facelift, and the boathouse will be renovated to add an outdoor recreation center.
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito is calling for an investigation into sexual abuse at the Beckley VA Medical Center. More than fifty veterans have filed lawsuits, claiming they were sexual abused by a VA doctor in 2018 and 2019. Doctor Jonathan Yates pleaded guilty and will spend twenty-five years in prison.
West Virginia lost more residents than any other state in the past decade. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that from 2010 to 2020, the population has dropped over three-percent, totaling almost 60-thousand people.
West Virginia Power is back in action. The Power beat the Pennsylvania Black Sox 17-3 in an exhibition game Sunday. The team makes its official debut in the Atlantic League on Friday against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs at Appalachian Power Park.