Friday, May 24 2013 10:07 AM EDT2013-05-24 14:07:46 GMT
Smith Street between Morris and Ruffner Avenue is closed after a crash sent the utility pole down. The immediate area is blocked as a result.Emergency crews responded to the crash after a man driving
Driver flees crash scene after crash knocks down utility pole in Charleston
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:28 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
Friday, May 24 2013 10:48 AM EDT2013-05-24 14:48:25 GMT
Democrats have thrown their support behind Delegates Harry Keith White, D-Mingo, and Tim Miley, D-Harrison, in the race to replace Rick Thompson as Speaker of the House.
Democrats have thrown their support behind Delegates Harry Keith White, D-Mingo, and Tim Miley, D-Harrison, in the race to replace Rick Thompson as Speaker of the House.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:59 PM EDT2013-05-22 16:59:52 GMT
Credit: MountainStateUniversity.edu
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has announced Karen Bowling of Beckley as Cabinet Secretary of The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, starting July 1.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has announced Karen Bowling of Beckley as Cabinet Secretary of The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, starting July 1.
Monday, May 20 2013 2:50 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:50:08 GMT
Helen Holt, now 99, was West Virginia's first female secretary of state. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WVU during Sunday's commencement.
Helen Holt, now 99, was West Virginia's first female secretary of state. She received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WVU during Sunday's commencement.
People who like explosions will love The Dick Henderson
Bridge over the Kanawha River between Nitro and St. Albans next month.
The West Virginia Division of Highways says the slow
dismantling of the bridge is not going as well as planned, so the parts of the
old steel bridge still standing will be removed by blasting.
Carrie Bly, a spokesperson for the DoH, said the general
contractor for the demolition is required to give two weeks' notice of blasting
work, and the DoH received that notice on Feb. 14.
The tower and remaining steel on the St. Albans side of the
river are scheduled to come down at 10 a.m. March 1. The Nitro side is scheduled
for removal at 10 a.m. March 8.
The bridge was closed to traffic in January so a replacement
could be built on its existing piers, which are being strengthened. The
replacement will be similar to the bridge over the Kanawha near the Putnam
County town of Buffalo.
The Dick Henderson Memorial Bridge was built in 1934 by
McClintic Marshall Corp. of Bethlehem, Pa. It was a three-span cantilever
Warren through truss with an overall length of 1,367 feet.
The
demolition will be the first of a large bridge on the Kanawha since the Shadle
Bridge connecting Point Pleasant and Henderson was brought down on Dec. 16,
1998.
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