The Kanawha County Board of Education on Wednesday approved a proposed $337 million budget for the next school year. The board met on Wednesday to decide on the budget following a public hearing.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers, as a final act in her role as Chief Judge, penned a letter to the Kanawha County legal community stressing the need for attorneys to step up and take ...

Longtime Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper announced Friday afternoon he is stepping down from office. (Lexi Browning | West Virginia Watch) Nearly a year after the start of a police ...

Kanawha County Chief Judge Maryclaire Akers made the announcement Friday, noting Earl has three decades of law experience, including eight years serving as Dunbar's police chief. Whittington has ...

(The Center Square) – Attorney J.B. Akers has been appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates for the 55th District representing Kanawha County, Gov. Jim Justice’s office announced on ...

CHARLESTON — The families of special needs students abused by a teacher at Holz Elementary School have settled their civil lawsuits against her and the Kanawha County school board for a record ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On Tuesday, Maryclaire Akers was sworn in as the new circuit court judge in Kanawha County. A large portion of her career has been spent in the Kanawha County ...

(WCHS) — A longtime prosecutor in Kanawha County took the oath of circuit judge on Tuesday, replacing Judge Charles King who passed away at the end of 2020. Maryclaire Akers was appointed by ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—On Wednesday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice appointed Maryclaire Akers to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which serves Kanawha County, filling the seat vacated by the late ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Longtime Kanawha County Senior Assistant Prosecutor Maryclaire Akers has been appointed to fill a circuit court vacancy in Kanawha County. Maryclaire Akers Gov. Jim Justice ...

"On behalf of our office, I would like to extend our condolences to the family of Miss Kiser," said Mary Claire Akers, assistant prosecutor in Kanawha County. "As the sheriff said, we all wish it ...

“I think it’s been emerging for about 5 years,” said Mary Claire Akers, Kanawha County Assistant Prosecutor, “We’ve seen an up tick in home surveillance videos and have caught a lot of different ...