Last fall, Charleston City Council allocated money to warming stations for the first time. The stations, held overnight at the SHOP at Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church, have been open 12 times with 326 different people stopping by to eat, warm up or sleep, according to Traci Strickland, executive director of the Kanawha Valley Collective — the organization that coordinates the shelters.
Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin cleared the City Council chamber, on Feb. 5, 2024, after members of the packed audience started yelling at a council member. For a fourth straight council meeting, the gallery was packed with supporters of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution. Council Beth Kerns brought the motion to untable the resolution.
Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin cleared the City Council chamber, on Feb. 5, 2024, after members of the packed audience started yelling at a council member. For a fourth straight council meeting, the gallery was packed with supporters of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution. Council Beth Kerns brought the motion to untable the resolution.
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Over calls against it, Charleston City Council, on Jan. 3, 2024, voted 21-3 to table a resolution brought by councilman Joe Solomon calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.