CHARLESTON, W.Va. — FestivALL Charleston now has a new headquarters to work out of before the kick-off to their main five-day event in a couple of weeks from now.
FestivALL staff joined those with the Charleston Area Alliance Tuesday afternoon to cut the ribbon on their new headquarters.
For the time being, they will be operating out of the upstairs offices at Charleston Area Alliance on Smith Street in downtown Charleston as their newest Business Hub & Incubator program tenant.
FestivALL

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commissioner Lance Wheeler is proposing $10,000 dollars go toward helping with low-cost spay and neuter operations in an effort to alleviate the influx of stray animals in the community.
Recently the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association has announced that the adjacent Fix Charleston Clinic will have to scale back its services due to the loss of one of its lead veterinarians.
Lance Wheeler
In turn, this has led to them having to re-focus their efforts on the

KEYSER, W.Va. — Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in Keyser and surrounding areas in Mineral County.
“New Creek has come out of its banks in various locations and we have evacuated some of the streets downtown including Water Street, Harley O. Staggers Drive and a portion of Stony Run,” Mineral County OES Director Luke McKenzie told MetroNews Tuesday afternoon.
The heavy rain started Tuesday morning and didn’t let up, McKenzie said.
“I don’t know that anyone was expecting an event of this

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Surrounded by police and elementary school students, Governor Patrick Morrisey ceremonially put his pen to legislation which will put more officers in the halls of West Virginia schools in the years to come.
The Governor signed House Bill 2802 Tuesday afternoon at Parkersburg’s Gihon Elementary School. The measure includes certain provisions which allow for police officers to obtain some of their required in-service training annually in a school setting.
“It’s going to

West Virginia school systems are starting to assess how they will deal with Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s directive to allow religious exemptions to vaccination requirements.
The state Board of Education, on its agenda for a 10 a.m. Wednesday meeting, has listed a discussion of religious exemptions from compulsory school vaccination requirements. It’s possible that board members will enter executive session for that discussion because it’s a legal matter.
And at least one local school board, Ohio

BUNKER HILL, W.Va. — A multi-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning halted traffic on the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 for hours.
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office tells MetroNews deputies were called out at 2:37 Tuesday morning (May 13th) to an area near the four mile marker of the interstate just south of the Inwood exit.
Investigators believe a BMW sedan with Pennsylvania plates was traveling southbound on the interstate when it hydroplaned, hit a guardrail and crossed into the

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — A man is dead after a high pressure water line ruptured while he was working at a Marshall County chemical plant.
According to Sheriff Mike Dougherty the victim was Steven Chambers, 44, of Cameron, W.Va. He was on a ladder performing maintenance on a high pressure water line at the Westlake Chemical Plant in Proctor. According to a press release from the sheriff, the high pressure line exploded and knocked him off the ladder 10 to 20 feet off the ground.
Chambers was taken

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Charleston Convention Visitors Bureau CEO and President Tim Brady says that residents will soon start seeing preparation begin for the 2025 USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships.
Tim Brady
“You will start seeing construction of the start/finish truss begin on Friday afternoon after five o’clock,” Brady said on 580 Live with Dave Allen Tuesday morning. “Friday evening you’ll see construction of the start/finish line area in front of the Four Points begin and fencing will