Severe weather: Flash flooding, school delays Charleston, WV | Kanawha Valley
Heavy rain and flash flooding in the Kanawha Valley of Charleston, WV, region on April 11, 2024 caused school closings and delays on April 12, 2024.
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Heavy rain and flash flooding in the Kanawha Valley of Charleston, WV, region on April 11, 2024 caused school closings and delays on April 12, 2024.
The Kanawha County textbook controversy began on April 11, 1974 when a series of new textbook recommendations were approved by the Kanawha County School board. That decision led to protests, shootings, explosions and pickets. Now, 50 years later, we look back at the reasons for the controversy and the national movement that some say the protests spawned. Leaders in the fight for the book ban were Alice Moore, Marvin Horan and Karl Priest. Against it were Jim Lewis. In the mix were the Heritage Foundation and the Ku Klux Klan.
SISSONVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — A spill of firefighting foam has been detected in three southern West Virginia waterways, and potential downstream intakes have been
A spill of firefighting foam has been detected in three southern West Virginia waterways, and potential downstream intakes have been notified, regulators said Saturday.
West Virginia regulators say a spill of firefighting foam has been detected in three waterways. The state Department of Environmental Protection says an undetermined amount of the expanding foam spilled