Belle News

Experienced chemical industry workers are retiring in West Virginia's Chemical Valley and there's a need for a new crop of young workers to replace them.

A small crowd of Belle residents armed with cameras watched as a town landmark was torn down.

West Virginia Turnpike officials on Tuesday kicked off a series of public hearings on a proposed 60 percent toll hike, but not many people showed up.

You can count on one hand the number of motorists who have shown an interest in four mandatory hearings before the West Virginia Parkways Authority can raise tolls on the Turnpike.

Amid declining revenues and $242 million in stalled paving projects, the West Virginia Turnpike's governing board is ready to hear what the motoring public has to say about the first enduring toll increase in nearly three decades.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Kanawha County jury has acquitted a Maryland man of all charges for his alleged involvement in a 2007 North Charleston break-in that turned deadly.

A pedestrian was killed Saturday in Belle when he was struck by a SUV on Simmons Creek Road.

At 12:30 AM Saturday morning, a pedestrian was reportedly hit by a vehicle at 2843 Simmons Creek Road in Belle, which is in Kanawha County.

Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 ; 11:57 PM View Comments Post Comment The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims sulfuric dioxide released from the Belle plant is from burning sulfuric acid sludge.

The following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between April 10 and 17: Mark Alan Gary, 45, and Kimberly Dawn Walker, 30, both of Garrett, Pa.

Salary employees at DuPont's Belle plant have been asked to take two weeks off without pay between now and the end of the year, Plant Manager Bill Menke said.

THE city's Jewish community has lost one of its most prominent chroniclers. Matt Bellan, who had stepped down in November as editor of the Jewish Post & News , was found dead Tuesday morning in the swimming pool of his East Kildonan apartment, his brother Bernie said.

Chemical giant DuPont has announced a global effort to cut personnel costs. The company's salaried workers are being asked to take two-weeks off without pay before the end of the year.

Rebar work for the concrete mat foundation of Kureha's specialty plastics plant at Belle is expected to start April 15, a company executive said.

Chemicals producer Lucite International Inc. is halting production of methacrylic acid at a plant in West Virginia.

As muddy water and rocks slide down the hillside onto W.Va. 61 in East Bank, one family is thankful that they at least didn't lose their home for the second time.

The women of West Virginia have played important roles not only in the history of our beloved state, but also in the history of our great nation.

Kanawha County deputies arrested a Bradley woman March 8 after she was accused of starting a brush fire in the Cabin Creek area.

Two former volunteer firefighters were put on probation Friday after pleading guilty to destruction of property for their roles in a 2008 fire at the fishing pier in Belle.

A local man is ready for the big-time in the world of bass fishing. Charleston native Jeremy Starks is set to head to Texas to open the Bassmaster Elite Series next weekend.