Neighbors Welcome the Yeager Airport Fix
Work is underway on a project to remove part of a manmade hillside at Yeager Airport that collapsed earlier this year. Neighbors agree that construction is a welcome relief, according to WCHS TV, after...
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Fine Issued After Death of a Worker Earlier This Year
A pipeline construction contractor has been fined $7,000 by federal officials following an investigation into the early January death of a worker on a project at Moundvsille. The Charleston Gazette reports the U.S. Occupational...
Distracted Driving Targeted by State Police
Troopers from six states are targeting distracted drivers. The 6-State Trooper Project brings together officers from the State Highway Patrol in Ohio and state police in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and...
Blankenship Lawyers Prep for Fall Trial
The trial is two months away, but lawyers in the Don Blankenship trial are busy getting strategies together now. Lawyers for Blankenship will try to prove he had ambitions to improve safety performance at...
Work on Yeager Hillside Begins Today
Work is scheduled to begin today on removing part of the manmade hillside at Yeager Airport that collapsed earlier this year, after a Kanawha County Circuit judge’s ruling. The material collected from the site...
Litter Control Grants Awarded
More than two dozen entities have received little control grants from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP says it awarded matching grants totaling more than $71,000 to 28 solid waste authorities,...
Yeager Airport Notices Slip in the Slide Area
They’ve been monitoring it, and noticed slight movement at the top of the Yeager Airport slide. WCHS TV says there was a drop of about 15 feet at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday and they’re continuing...
Nitro Police Chief Steps Down
The Nitro police chief has stepped down for personal reasons, and Mayor Dave Casebolt says the interview process for his replacement will start today. Chief Brian Oxley is still serving as the interim police...
Cross Lanes Woman Pleads Guilty in Christmas Package Thefts
A Cross Lanes woman has received probation after pleading guilty to stealing Christmas packages and a wreath from a porch. Deborah Davis pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempted nighttime burglary and was sentenced to...
Man in a Parked Car Busted for Child Pornography
Foggy car windows on a parked car got the attention of a Charleston Police officer early Wednesday in the 7200 block of MacCorkle Avenue. When he checked on the driver, 37-year old Robert Wayne...
