Institute

On March 31, 1943, the first Buna-S synthetic rubber was shipped from Union Carbide’s plant at Institute in Kanawha County. It was a significant…

Wertz Field opened at Institute in Kanawha County on July 4, 1930. Named for Charleston’s mayor, it was the first airport in the Kanawha Valley to offer…

West Virginia State University is planning to freeze the cost of tuition for a portion of its student body starting next fall.The Charleston Gazette-Mail…

Ground has been broken on a methanol plant in West Virginia.Officials on Wednesday celebrated the start of construction on the US Methanol plant in…

Federal officials say they have struck a $5.6 million settlement with Bayer CropScience over an explosion that killed two people at the company's…