Rick Steelhammer

A roundup of responses for Kanawha Valley Senate and House of Delegates legislative races as well as Kanawha County Circuit Court and Family Court races for 2024 election.

CLENDENIN, W.Va. — A mountain bike park featuring steep, challenging riding terrain, downhill race courses, uphill shuttle service and trails built to accommodate adaptive cycles for riders with disabilities will soon begin taking shape in the hills east of Clendenin.

For the 2024 primary election, here is a roundup of responses for contested races for Kanawha County Circuit Court and Family Court.

A public comment period on a proposal that would double, or even triple, some fees now charged at 22 Monongahela National Forest campgrounds, cabins, picnic shelters and other recreation sites ends on July 31, followed by a review by the Forest's Resource Advisory Committee. Any fee increases that are approved will not be implemented until 2025.

To celebrate Mother's Day 2024, four artistic West Virginia mothers, including Barrie Kaufman, Sue Cater, Miranda Sook and Jo Ann Bare share their creative skills with their children, Caroline Kaufman, Vikki Sook, Damon Cater, Stephen Cater, Amy Bare Crouser, Betsy Bare Crouser and Molly Bea Bare.

The Marshall University Bill Noe Flight School unveiled its newest educational tool -- an Airbus H-125 single-engine turbine helicopter -- on Monday at West Virginia International Yeager Airport.

May 14—Marshall University's Bill Noe Flight School will soon begin providing students instruction in rotary aircraft flight after taking delivery of an Airbus H-125 single-engine turbine helicopter on Monday.

Planned changes to the United States Postal Service facility at Southridge in Charleston, West Virginia, have been put on hold until early next year after public and political disapproval forced a change. The Charleston Processing and Distribution Center, 1000 Centre Way, has been the subject of much debate throughout the last six months. In November, plans were announced to review and then potentially consolidate the facility's operations into other facilities in Pittsburgh and Pennwood Place, Pennsylvania. These plans are part of the 10-year Delivering for America plan, which aims to improve organization and operation across the Postal Service.

In the primary election on May 14, 2024, St. Albans mayor Scott James won his party's nomination. Dunbar mayor Jeff Elliott also won his party's nomination. Levy questions also passed.