By Riley McCoyFor The Register-Herald Mt. Hope — Opponents of a proposed RV park at Bailey Bottom pressed city officials for answers at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Council member Patricia Conelly offered a motion to relocate the proposed campground from Bailey Bottom after the city received a letter warning that the development[Read More…]

By Brett Dunlap For The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Davisville – Local business and development leaders hope that country roads will lead a number of Japanese businesses to West Virginia to develop businesses in Wood County. A delegation from Japan is in the area this week looking at opportunities to[Read More…]

By Rick SteelhammerFor HDMedia Working mainly with groups of about 15 individuals at a time, Charleston’s Kanawha Valley Fellowship home has helped more than 2,000 men achieve sobriety since it opened in 1967, benefiting families, employers and the community, as well as the men themselves. A new 4,250-square-foot addition taking[Read More…]

By Laura BilsonFor HDMedia A love of Christ, bluegrass music and fried pastries brings a weekly fellowship of musical faithfuls to the Hardee’s in Big Chimney. Every Thursday evening, a group of mostly older folks travel from throughout Kanawha County to the Hardee’s. At about 5 p.m., they find a[Read More…]

By Laura BilsonFor HDMedia Eleanor — It’s not July in the Kanawha Valley unless the Putnam County Fair comes around again. The annual weeklong event in Eleanor kicked off July 10 and will run through this Saturday night. For many, the fair runs in the family. Monday evening, Red House resident Jennifer Estep[Read More…]

By HDMediaFor HDMedia The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health announced Friday it is investigating an increase in cyclosporiasis cases occurring across the state.  The agency said 47 cases have been reported in West Virginia since June 17. On average, West Virginia receives nine reports of Cyclospora annually, according to a news[Read More…]

By Esteban FernandezFor Times West Virginian Fairmont — A federal judge has ruled that a Clarksburg man must remain in confined in immigration detention after being detained by ICE May 28. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Erick Lionel Cristal Cumes alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated Cumes’ constitutional rights in[Read More…]

By Charles OwensFor Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bramwell — Neither the recent heat wave, nor high gas prices, have impacted ridership on the Hatfield-McCoy Trail. The southern West Virginia-based ATV trail system extends through nine counties, including Mercer, with 11 different trail systems. Ridership levels have remained steady so far this[Read More…]

By Jim BissettFor The Dominion Post Fairmont – Go, Johnnie, go. Johnnie Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano player and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member from Fairmont, once told an understated story about his musical collaborations with the new guy in his band. “Well, Chuck would come in with the[Read More…]

By Mike TonyFor HDMedia Officials’ answers have been greatly limited about the public health implications of a massive industrial fire that caused Gov. Patrick Morrisey to declare a State of Emergency Sunday afternoon as a thick plume of black smoke registering on weather radar emerged from warehouse provider Peoples Cartage’s[Read More…]