Fatal fire in Roane County
One person is dead after a house fire in Roane County. The fire broke out last night around seven at a home on Charleston Road in Walton. Firefighters say it appears the person died...
Local News
Governor Signs Bill Limiting Opioid Prescriptions
Governor Jim Justice has signed legislation to limit opioid prescriptions that doctors can prescribe to treat acute pain. The bill limits prescriptions to supplies lasting three, four or seven days, depending on who writes...
Needle Exchange Program Remains Suspended
The idea come up that after the decision was made to suspend it, the needle exchange program at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department could be coming back next month. The Gazette-Mail reports the Health Department...
Coonskin Park Pool to Add Dome This Year
Plans are moving forward for a year-round, Olympic-size pool at Coonskin Park. Eyewitness News reports about half of the $1.5 million needed to purchase and construct the seasonal inflatable dome has been raised. Once...
WVU Adds Addiction Minor
West Virginia University will begin offering a new minor this fall aimed at preparing students to assist in substance use treatment and related areas. The university’s College of Education and Human Services’ minor in...
Beckley buying Black Knight Country Club
Beckley City Council voted to purchase the nearly 90-year-old Black Knight Country Club, most recently owned by Governor Jim Justice. The club closed its doors in December. Council agreed to purchase the facility for...
Mayor makes donation to needle exchange program
Charleston Mayor Danny Jones is donating five-thousand-dollars to West Virginia Health Right. The mayor says he supports Health right’s needle exchange program and he wants the health department’s needle exchange to stay closed. On...
Turnpike toll rates may go up
Toll rates on the West Virginia Turnpike may be going up. The Parkways Authority is considering an option that would double the two-dollar rate that passenger cars pay at each tollbooth. The committee is...
Back to work at Frontier Communications
Frontier Communication workers are back on the job today. Communication Workers of America members agreed to a new contract Monday to end a strike that lasted three weeks. Fourteen-hundred Frontier employees are expected to...
Woman tries to set neighbor on fire
A Kanawha County woman is accused of trying to set her neighbor on fire. The victim says she found her neighbor, Susan Scott near a storage building on her property. Scott poured gasoline on...
