Rick Steelhammer

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — If a bike in your life is equipped with a banana seat, ape-hanger handlebars, coaster brakes or a 10-speed drivetrain, Rich Harper has a ride planned

Free guided hikes and trail clean-up events will take place at 21 West Virginia state parks and state forests on June 6, 2026, during the American Hiking Society’s 34th annual observance of National Trails Day.

Free guided hikes and trail clean-up events will take place at 19 West Virginia state parks and state forests on Saturday during the American Hiking Society's 34th annual observance of National Trails Day

If a bike in your life is equipped with a banana seat, ape-hanger handlebars, coaster brakes or a 10-speed drivetrain, Rich Harper has a ride planned for you.

Jack Goldfarb of Charleston West Virginia, will celebrate his 100th birthday on June 9, 2026. He is a Charleston native, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran and worked for his family company, Goldfarb Electric in Charleston. His wife, Dolores Gotlieb Goldfarb, died in 2023.

The parents of a 16-day-old Hurricane, Putnam County, West Virginia, girl were sentenced on June 5, 2026, for their baby's death in June 2024. Brooke N. Kessler, 34, pleaded guilty on Feb. 9, 2026 to one charge of second-degree murder in the death of her baby daughter, Remington Grace Kessler, according to court records. Jacob G. Kessler, 32, pleaded guilty to the same charge on Feb. 12, 2026. Both entered their pleas in front of Putnam County Circuit Court Judge Mark Sorsaia.

The Malden Lemonade Stroll, on June 13, 2026, is designed to generate interest in Malden, West Virginia’s 19th century history and to raise funds for moving Charleston’s oldest existing building, the Ruffner Cabin, from its current home at Daniel Boone Roadside Park to the Malden Village Green.

On the 10th anniversary of the deadly flooding in West Virginia in late June of 2016, take a look back and hear the stories of the survivors, why it happened and what’s next for Kanawha County towns like Clendenin and Elkview.

of 12 To understand the impact from West Virginia's deadliest flood of this century, let's start at the beginning.

On the day his scheduled re-trial was set to begin for the shooting deaths of four members of his family in Elkview, West Virginia, Gavin Blaine Smith signed an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree during a hearing on June 22, 2026, before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Kenneth Ballard. Smith was 16 years old when he was arrested on murder charges after his grandfather discovered the bodies of Smith’s mother, Risa Mae Saunders, 39, stepfather Daniel Long, 37, and stepbrothers Gage Ripley, 12, and Jameson Long, 3, in the family’s home on Cemetery Drive in Elkview on Dec. 13, 2020. All had been shot in the head.