Nautilus Leaves the YWCA
After doing it for more than 20 years, Nautilus will no longer be a fitness provider at the YWCA’s Quarrier Street location starting April 30th. The YWCA says it will continue to provide health...
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County Buys Uniforms for Pratt Firefighters
Pratt firefighters wore polo shirts and pants at Saturday’s funeral for fallen firefighter Michael Edwards. The firefighters didn’t have uniforms, but Kanawha County officials jumped in to help last minute to buy the uniforms...
Ground breaking on Yeager Airport repairs
State and local officials broke ground yesterday on a 23-million-dollar project to fix Yeager Airport’s hillside. The project includes lengthening the runway and repairing a safety system at the end of the runway. The...
A new way to vote
May primaries are just around the corner, and the Kanawha County Clerk’s office is showing off new voting machines. The new “express vote” system offers a printed paper ballot and an easier more secure...
Child Protective Services adding positions
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is adding forty-eight Child Protective Services positions across the state. The additional positions will help reduce the load on case workers. DHHR Deputy Secretary Jeremiah...
Delta flight makes emergency landing at Yeager Airport
A Delta flight from Evansville, Indiana to Atlanta had to make an emergency landing at Yeager Airport after the plane experienced an electrical problem. Forty-nine people were on board, and no one was injured....
9 new officers join Charleston Police Dept.
Nine new officers are joining the Charleston Police Department. Mayor Danny Jones swore in the officers Thursday morning in a ceremony at City Hall. The officers will start their training next week at the...
Former firefighters blamed for setting wildfires
Two former firefighters are being blamed for a series of wild fires in Cabell County. Landy Chapman with the Ona Volunteer Fire Department and Allen Black with the Salt Rock Volunteer Fire Department are...
Deadly shootout with police on West Side
Charleston police shot and killed a man after he fired at officers. Thirty-nine-year-old Rodney Toler led police on a three city chase that started in Dunbar and ended in South Charleston. Toler crashed his...
Leaders Push for Increased Death Benefit for those Killed in the Line of Duty
The families of first responders killed in the line of duty can receive death benefits from the state, and two leaders want to see the families of two Pratt Volunteer firefighters included. If the...
