Parts of Clendenin and Quarrier Street will be closed this morning for the funeral procession of firefighter Jason Cuffe. There will be rolling closures, as well, starting around noon. Cuffe died from a medical emergency earlier this week.
After a big push from the Kanawha County Commissioners, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced this week all volunteer fire departments in the state will receive financial assistance. All 419 volunteer fire departments will receive $10,000. According to commissioners in Kanawha County, volunteer firefighters have responded to almost 1,700 calls since the state of emergency … Read more
Another popular festival in the region has canceled most of its events for 2020. The C-K AutumnFest Board of Directors announced the decision to cancel festivities. The cancellation also includes the Pumpkin House, which draws thousands each fall. Also included in the cancellation are the AutumnFest pageant, parade, cruise-in, tractor show, arts & craft fair, … Read more
The death of a 14-year-old Connecticut boy whose body was found in a shallow grave in rural West Virginia has been ruled a homicide. Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Nathan Sions said an autopsy helped determine the manner of death, but he declined more details on how Jonathan “Johnny” Adams died. The teen from … Read more
The Kanawha County School system announced in a Facebook post Thursday that it has decided to cancel the Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival. It had been scheduled Sept. 22 at University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field.This would have been the 74th year for the band festival that features bands and majorettes from … Read more
Yeager Airport hit its lowest point during the pandemic in April, with only about 15 people coming to the airport a day. Since then, numbers have gone up to nearly 300 daily passengers. Before the pandemic, Yeager Airport was serving around 700 passengers a day. At the height of the quarantine in April, that number … Read more
West Virginia ranks number one on the list of hot dog enthusiasts. The barbecue enthusiast site, Seriously Smoked, put together the list from social media posts on Twitter
Nearly eight-million-dollars was wagered during the first five-days of iGaming in West Virginia. The state collected more than 28-thousand-dollars in tax revenue from Drift Kings last week.
The FAA has approved a plan to extend the runway at Yeager Airport. The current runway would be extended 25-hundred into Coonskin Park, and is expected to cost more than 240-million-dollars.
Governor Justice says the mandatory mask mandate is working, and some coronavirus numbers are trending down. The state’s daily positive test rate was down to just over one-percent.