CHARLESTON W.Va. — Around 70 or more showing up for a public hearing at Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority over concern of the elimination of nearly a dozen bus routes. KRT officials met with the public Friday to discuss the proposed eliminations of approximately 11 routes throughout the greater Kanawha Valley. It’s part of a…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ten-year Kanawha County Prosecutor Chuck Miller says he’s retiring. Chuck Miller Miller hand-delivered his resignation letter to the Kanawha County Commission Friday morning. In that letter, Miller said it was time to move on to the next phase of his life. The retirement takes effect June 13. Miller, a former federal prosecutor,…
NITRO, W.Va. Two vehicles that were being transported by a Kanawha County-based towing company were destroyed in a Friday morning fire. One of the vehicle being hauled on a flat bed by Abbot’s Towing on 1st Avenue in Nitro caught fire. Nitro firefighters said an electrical malfunction in one of the vehicles may have started…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There’s now a new Kanawha County commissioner in place to fill the vacant seat for the six-month unexpired term. Commission President Lance Wheeler and Commissioner Ben Salango chose longtime commission attorney Marc Slotnick during a special meeting Thursday evening. Slocknick will finish out the remaining six months of the unexpired term when…
MADISON, W.Va. — Boone County Prosecutor Dan Holstein told a judge Thursday that the mother charged in her daughter’s child neglect death told her parents that her daughter wanted to die. Julie Miller (WVRJA) Holstein made the statement during a bond reduction hearing Thursday afternoon for Julie Miller. Miller, 49, of Morrisvale, is charged with felony…
ELKVIEW, W.Va. — Students from Clendenin Elementary receiving a memorable send-off on their last day of school. Upon letting out of their temporary portable buildings on the property of Bridge Elementary in Elkview for the very last time Thursday afternoon, the students were bid adieu by teachers and staff with bells, noise makers and music…
WEST SIDE, W.Va. — A woman is hospitalized after suffering serious burn injuries in a house fire early Thursday morning in Kanawha County. It happened at a house in the 200 block of Winfield Road in the West Side community outside of St. Albans. The woman suffered second and third degree burns to 40-percent of her…
MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — The election for an open seat on Montgomery City Council that ended in a tie earlier this month will be decided by the luck of the draw. Council meets Thursday night where the tied race between Roger Landers and Shawn Malhorta will be decided by drawing from a deck of cards. The…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin testing his strength on some pull-up bars at the University of Charleston Wednesday. He joined them in welcoming the university’s new state-of-the-art Outdoor Fitness Court. The event kicked off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by Manchin joining some student athletes at UC in breaking in the new court,…
MIDKIFF, W.Va. — State police have charged two men in connection with a drive-by shooting in Lincoln County. The shooting, which took place Tuesday, happened at the intersection of State Route 10 and Nine-Mile Creek Road in Midkiff. Troopers said Robert Morales, 53, of Branchland was shot in the hand. Morales provided a description of…