Ashley Perham

The WVSSAC has asked the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for "expedited relief" against recent injunction.

The annual Hope Village market at First Presbyterian Church in Charleston, West Virginia, opened Nov. 10, 2024 with a record-setting sales day, said Dina Mohler, co-chair of the project. “We were so swamped Sunday I couldn’t turn around,” said co-chair Debbe Moredock.The market, set up in the church’s Activities Building at 16 Leon Sullivan Way, has thousands of ornaments, jewelry, scarves, clothing items, toys and other gifts from around the country and the world.

West Virginia's U.S. Senate delegation is noncommittal on President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick of environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, an 80,000-plus-employee agency with a $1.7 trillion budget that oversees food and drug safety, Medicare and Medicaid, and health care research. Kennedy's history of pushing debunked claims on public health topics has fueled concerns over his potential leadership of the agency.

In West Virginia, Charleston City Council members are beginning to discuss an ordinance that would limit interactions between drivers and pedestrians in the public right-of-way — typically, but not always, panhandling.The draft bill was brought up Monday night, Nov. 19, 2024, at the Ordinance and Rules Committee by Chair Chad Robinson.

West Virginia State University broke ground on their new agriculture school on Nov. 19, 2024. Gov. Jim Justice, WVSU President Ericke Cage and other officials held an official ceremony for the $50 million building, which will house the new Purdy School of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, named after the family of Verl Purdy who have donated to the project.

Third graders from Kanawha County, West Virginia have the opportunity to learn about road and fire safety at Safety City, operated by the Charleston Police Department. The program has recently restarted after a four-year hiatus. Kenna Elementary School students attended on Nov. 13, 2024.

The City of Dunbar and some of its police officers are facing another federal lawsuit for excessive force. The latest lawsuit was filed Nov. 15, 2024, against the city and officers Chris Kendall, Chad Shafer and Preston Oxley.

Miss Ruby's Corner Market officially opened in the West Side neighborhood of Charleston, West Virginia on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. The store will offer fresh, locally grown produce and other groceries. The market is a project of Keep Your Faith Corporation and West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition.

The mother of a South Charleston, West Virginia man known as the 'Wolf of West Virginia' pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, to helping with investment fraud, according to court documents and a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. Deanna Drumm, 60, of Charleston, West Virginia, faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 and as much as $434,500 in restitution.

The City of Charleston, West Virginia has announced trash collection changes for the weeks of upcoming holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.