Gov. Manchin and his staff will play a game of basketball with residents of the Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center in Davis on Nov. 20. From the press release: The governor promised to participate in this game while visiting the center during the grand opening celebration in September.  “I’m sure these kids have experienced enough broken promises, [...]

 The Charleston Area Alliance says it will keep working for a regional approach to government, despite the news that Charleston and Kanwha County leaders say metro government is dead. The group posted this item today on its blog. Here’s part of Alliance president Matt Ballard’s statement:

Prospects of metro government in Kanawha County are dead. Charleston Mayor Danny Jones and Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper made that declaration tonight at a meeting of the committee that was looking at the idea, the Gazette’s Jim Balow reports. There just isn’t enough support for the idea. “Somebody said it’s on the back burner. It’s [...]