Raleigh County Officers Make Significant Drug Arrests

Authorities in Raleigh County said five people have been charged after thousands of dollars in suspected drug money, drugs and firearms were found after warrants were served at a hotel and a trailer park. The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office said a search warrant was served at the Smart Hotel on Harper Road last Saturday and … Read more

Free Kids’ Meal Program is Extended

The USDA is extending funding for its free kids’ meals program until the end of 2020, or when money runs out. The USDA said this year, many local school districts have been given partial reimbursement for each meal they give to kids. The extension of the program keeps efforts funded. Roane County, for one, served … Read more

Kanawha Avenue will close for socially distant exercise

Mayor Goodwin is closing parts of Kanawha Avenue for socially distant exercise on Sunday, September 13th, and again on Sunday, October 11th. Goodwin says the city received positive feedback about the first road closure in Kanawha City and will continue through the fall.

West Virginia needs poll workers

It’s “National Poll Worker Recruitment Day,” and county clerks across the state are on a mission to hire nine-thousand poll workers. You have to 18-years-old and registered to vote in the county where you want to work. Poll workers are sixty-dollars to train, and two-hundred-dollars to work on Election Day.

WV paramedics helping in Louisiana

Paramedics from Kanawha and Logan counties are in Louisiana to help with Hurricane Laura relief efforts. The crews have responded to thirty calls across the state, and could be deployed until the end of September.

Three COVID-19 deaths in Kanawha County

Eight more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia. Three of those deaths were in Kanawha County, bringing the state’s death toll to over two-hundred-twenty. There are more than 250 new cases of virus, raising the total number of active cases to over two-thousand.

Testimony continues in Gatewood trial

Testimony resumes today in Cynthia Gatewood’s trial. She’s accused of stabbing a woman to death in a tobacco shop parking lot in Sissonville in 2018. Jurors saw video of her confession yesterday. It’s the first jury trial in Kanawha County since the pandemic began.

School Clothing Allowance Program vouchers available now

Applications for the School Clothing Allowance Program are available online. The program provides families with a 200-dollar voucher per child to buy school clothes. The pandemic is causing some changes to the program. Instead of a paper voucher, the benefits will be available by EBT card or check.