CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An Appalachian Power company official testified Tuesday the utility would consider folding in its latest fuel cost rate case into plans for securitization if that option is approved by the state Public Service Commission. West Virginia Public Service Commission headquarters in Charleston. (Photo/MetroNews) Appalachian Power is seeking a rate increase on customers…
NITRO, W.Va. — Teachers and staff began the new school year Monday in Kanawha County Schools preparing for the return of students this Friday. Nitro High School Principal Brian Barth said he’s looking forward to a great year. “We pride ourselves on being a little different and we like to bring everybody into the way…
Story by Joe Nelson MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The current mayor of the Capital City of West Virginia is now set to be the next president of the West Virginia Municipal League. Amy Shuler Goodwin Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin was announced as the next president, where she will take over for League President and current…
Story by Chris Lawrence CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mountaineer Gas is seeking a pair of rate increases simultaneously through the state Public Service Commission. Tom Westfall The company made two separate proposals to the Commission in recent days seeking a hike in the cost of the gas purchase rate, which is set annually and an adjustment…
CROSS LANES, W.Va. — Kanawha County sheriff’s deputies say a homeowner shot and killed a man he found inside his home Friday afternoon. According to deputies, a man returned home to his residence on Lick Branch Road in the Rocky Fork area to discover an armed intruder. “The homeowner showed up at the residence and…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man was shot and killed by Charleston police early Friday morning after pulling a knife in the CAMC General Hospital emergency room. Peter Lilly Charleston Police Chief Scott Dempsey said Peter Delnardo Lilly, 46, of Charleston, came into the ER at around midnight for treatment and became more and more agitated…
Photo from Nitro Fire Department NITRO, W.Va. — Kanawha and Putnam county fire crews responded to an early morning blaze on 40th St in Nitro Monday. Fire crews said they found the basement at the house located at 137 40th Street fully-involved and flames coming out of the first floor windows. The house was unoccupied…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Capital City’s iconic Italian restaurant Fazio’s is moving forward with its new ownership group minus it’s leader, the late Doug Skaff. Doug Skaff Skaff, who tragically died in a car crash on Interstate 79 in Lewis County on June 10, along with Hale House owner Vincente Cruz, put together an investor…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by an on-duty Kanawha County sheriff’s deputy this week has been released on home confinement in her criminal case. The alleged victim was an inmate at the South Central Regional Jail. A judge agreed Friday to her home confinement request. She told the judge she…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s Back to School Night at Charleston’s Live on the Levee. “We’re catering to the kids and the city has done an amazing of getting things ready for the kids,” Live on the Levee spokesman Jim Strawn said Friday on 580 Live with Dave Allen. There will be resources and school supplies…