KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. –A couple from Kanawha County are on a journey to help preserve fire and EMS history throughout West Virginia.
Dylan Hackworth and his fiancée, Tamaria Cooper, said on 580 Live with Dave Allen that their quest began in January after a firefighter at an event told them their efforts needed to be separated from what they were doing previously.
This prompted them to create Hackworth Fire Collection LLC, which allows them to share photos collected from various fire stations

NITRO, W.Va – Hundreds of motorcycles will rumble through the Kanawha Valley later this week as the 38th Run For The Wall passes through Nitro on the way to Washington, D.C..
Run For the Wall will arrive at Nitro Living Memorial Park on Wednesday at 5:00 pm for a presentation ceremony with residents invited to join in support of military veterans.
“Run For The Wall was started in 1989 by a Vietnam veteran. He got tired of the way the country and the population treated the Vietnam veterans, and

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Two people are dead after a standoff that happened in Parkersburg Saturday night.
According to Parkersburg police, officers were called to investigate an unknown problem at an apartment in the 3400 block of 25th Street at just before 10 p.m.
When officers arrived someone began shooting at them from inside the apartment. Wood County deputies along with the county’s armored vehicle were also sent to the scene.
Parkersburg police said the exchange of gunfire continued until at

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former Morgantown city councilor and deputy mayor, Democrat Rachel Fetty Anderson will face incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito in the fall. Anderson won 33 percent of the statewide primary vote in a five-way race for the nomination.
Rachel Fetty Anderson
On MetroNews’ “Talkline,” she said as many as 60 percent of Democrats at the federal level want to see more progressive policies. Voters are calling for candidates to be loyal to voters and reject

MAIDESVILLE, W.Va. — FirstEnergy is moving through the permitting process for the 1,200 MW combined cycle gas plant on the grounds of the Fort Martin Power Station in Maidesville.
A combined cycle concept uses gas and steam turbines to produce electricity. The gas turbine uses pressurized air mixed with fuel; the combustion drives the turbine to generate electricity. A steam combustion turbine uses waste heat from the gas turbine to produce additional electricity.
If approved by the PSC,