CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The much-anticipated transformational Capital Connector Project is officially going out to bid.
The $25 million infrastructure project, funded by a $1.75 million RAISE planning grant in 2021 and a $24.995 million RAISE construction grant three years later, has undergone several years of designs. Once completed, it will revamp the Capital City’s riverfront from the Kanawha Boulevard and Tennessee Avenue intersection at Magic Island to the 35th Street Bridge with safer

ELKVIEW, W.Va – John Lucas, the Elkview man struck and killed by a Kanawha County ambulance in April, had methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system when he died, according to the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Alyssa Middleton, the driver of the ambulance, is charged with three felonies, including voluntary manslaughter, in Lucas’s death. Her attorneys filed the toxicology report conducted on behalf of the state medical examiner as a supporting document for a motion in

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Police have arrested a woman in South Carolina who was wanted in connection to a Bluefield bar shooting.
Hallie Graham (Bluefield PD/Myrtle Beach PD)
Bluefield police confirmed Wednesday evening that Myrtle Beach officers have arrested Hallie Graham, a suspect in a Saturday morning shots-fired incident at Wild Riders Saloon in Bluefield.
Graham was charged with attempted first-degree murder, three counts of wanton endangerment, and one count of malicious assault.
Graham will

INSTITUTE, W.Va – West Virginia State University is ready to get to work on its upcoming agriculture complex after receiving a $26.5 million grant through the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Research Facilities Act Program.
The agriculture complex will house laboratory space for WVSU’s Purdy School of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, as well as the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.
“We may not be the largest institution in the country or

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Residents in Kanawha, Fayette and Harrison counties will learn over the next few days about the establishment of Disaster Recovery Centers following August flooding that is now part of a federal disaster declaration.
A home along Garrison Avenue in Charleston after the flooding on Sunday night. (Photo/Jack Carlson)
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday night that President Donald Trump has signed a declaration for individual assistance for those three counties for

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The brilliant sunshine and mild temperatures in West Virginia will come to an end on Sunday. The National Weather Service says the remnants of Hurricane Isaias should arrive Sunday in the lower Ohio River valley and will spinoff rainfall throughout the day and into the start of the new week. However, it will be welcome rainfall for the Mountain State.
“Pretty strong lift associated with that will be squeezing out some precipitation. We’ve been pretty dry for several days so

QUINCY, W.Va – Residents of eastern Kanawha County should be getting more information soon about the planned Clean-Seas plastic conversion facility in Quincy that has drawn local ire in recent months.
Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango met with Dan Gates, CEO of Clean-Seas’ parent company, earlier this week to try to pass along his constituents’ concerns.
“There are serious concerns surrounding the air quality and the emissions surrounding Clean-Seas, and, quite frankly, the company