Charleston News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Not that it's likely anyone is getting the day off work for it, but National Pi Day is Friday.

You've heard me extoll the virtues of composting before. It is, afterall, a win-win situation; you reduce the amount of waste going from your kitchen and garden into the landfill and you get a wonderful soil amendment in the process.

You are so excited! The renovation is finally starting! You love your contractor, he's the best! The faucets are picked out and the tile is on order! Big white pickup trucks are in your drive way first thing every morning! This is great! Ten weeks later, the kitchen is lighter, brighter and open, more conducive to family gatherings, and the ... (more)

The idea behind the creation of West Virginia's longest footpath -- the 330-mile-long Allegheny Trail -- can be traced to a late-night conversation in a Charleston parking lot.

Five Kanawha County students were named to Glenville State College President's and Provost's Honor Rolls for the fall 2013 semester.

Since the water crisis, the one thing on nearly everyone's mind has been preventing something like it from ever happening again.

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY MARCH 9 AND THEREAFTER This Friday Feb. 28, 2014, photo shows one of bartender Devin Fields works on the sandwich board of Pies and Pints' in Charleston, W.Va.

Representatives from three Greenbrier County agencies were presented with grant funds by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin in a ceremony held in the Capitol reception room in Charleston on Mar. 5. On hand as recipient for a $12,470 grant from the Records Management and Preservation Board Funds was Greenbrier County Clerk Robin Loudermilk.

Police said a driver pulled over for speeding in a school zone in St. Albans led to a much bigger catch - a fugitive wanted on drug charges in Ohio.

To wrap up its 58th season, the Charleston Ballet chose the ambitious production of La Bayadere , a Russian ballet originally staged by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg in 1877.

Members of the state Senate will enter the final day of the 60-day legislative session with a budget issue to settle following emotional debate Friday night on abortion and agreement on the storage tank bill.

Singer John Denver never called West Virginia home, but his 1970s hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is one of the state's official songs.

A Kanawha County woman, who has agreed to help investigators in an unsolved murder case, pleaded guilty Friday to a pair of felony charges in connection with the death of Charleston resident Kareem Hunter.

Hattie grew up in Pennsboro, WV, and was married to Richard M. Jones Sr. who preceded her in death Dec 15, 1992.

It starts with something small. You skip reading your history homework to watch some television, and pretty soon, you find yourself up at 2 a.m. writing an English paper on a book you only read the first 10 pages of.

The modern strides in multimedia have been explosive. News does not only come from newspapers anymore; now, news can come from places like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, online publications of newspapers and magazines and a multitude of TV channels and shows.

A flyer taped to the drive-thru window at Tudor's Biscuit World on Charleston's East End indicates the restaurant has switched to using tap water for food preparation, citing a Feb. 24 Associated Press report that federal officials had called the water "safe".

What would have been the 90th annual Charleston Rose Society Rose Show has been canceled for several reasons, said Steven Grass who has been part of the show since 1992 along with his wife, Lynda.

West Virginia American Water issued a precautionary boil water advisory Thursday for some customers in the Charleston area.

A Fugitive Files repeat offender is off the streets. Charleston police said they found Richie Sherrick, better known as "Po Boy," on Chandler Drive Wednesday morning rummaging through garbage.