CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The dates are set for the Capital City’s large annual art festival. FestivALL, which features a variety of art, theater, dance, and music events around the Capital City, will be held from May 22-31 next spring. Last year’s FestivALL was scaled back to five days. New executive director Zack Harold says he…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — One northbound lane of the West Virginia Turnpike is closed due to a rockslide. The slide occurred at little after 1 p.m. Tuesday not far from the Sharon exit in Kanawha County. West Virginia Parkways Authority crews were dispatched to begin the clean-up.
HURRICANE, W.Va. — A Putnam County woman is in jail in connection with a months-long animal cruelty investigation. Annette Maria Devries, 61, of Hurricane, was arrested last Friday and charged with eight counts of animal cruelty. The investigation dates back to an April incident where police showed up to a residence on Moss Creek Drive…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Next year’s school calendar is set for Kanawha County students and teachers. The board of education gave the community four options to vote on during the month of November, and the most popular option received 40 percent of the votes. This version has school has students beginning on August 19, a later…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin is asking city council members to confirm Joseph Baldwin as the new city attorney. Baldwin, the Capital High School graduate, served the city as the assistant city attorney from 2019 until 2022. Baldwin has also served as a judicial law clerk for state Intermediate Court of Appeals…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education took time Thursday to recognize the efforts and leadership of former board member Tracy White. Tracy White spent seven years serving on the board and stepped down in September due to personal reasons. The board voted Michael Arbogast “It wasn’t a decision that I made in…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Commission approved $630,000 to go towards 32 fire stations in the county. The funds are coming from the county’s general fund and coal severance funds. This is an annual contribution according to the commission.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Officials cut the ribbon Wednesday to the new physical therapy/rehabilitation center at WVU Medicine Thomas Orthopedic Hospital on the Saint Francis campus in Charleston. The new space allows all orthopedic services for WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals to be under one roof in the Capital City. “It’s very important that we were able…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fruth, which has a dozen stores in West Virginia, has announced a sale of its pharmacies to Walgreens. Fruth has served residents in the Mountain State since 1952 when founder Jack Fruth opened the first store in Point Pleasant. Fruth’s daughter, Lynne Fruth, took over the business in 2009, a few years…
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man has been arrested following a reported domestic incident. Alexander Franklin Rhodes, 27, of Sissonville, was arrested Tuesday at a residence on Rich Fork Road. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team executed a search warrant and arrested him without incident. The warrant was obtained for felony wanton…