Longtime Kanawha County Schools educator Barry Bowe is leaving his current position as principal at Weberwood Elementary School to take the helm of a performing arts high school in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Since July 1 there has been a huge outcry from a vocal minority of bar and mini-casino owners in Kanawha County over the absolute ban on smoking in bars and casinos imposed by the Kanawha-Charleston Health ...

There they were, lined up across the bar, the regulars at the Black Hawk Saloon enjoying their round of drinks and taking slow drags off their cigarettes.