Hello, summer! Here comes the heat and humidity
Plus: Youth grill competition, veggie voucher distribution and more Kanawha Valley news and events
June 23, 2025 | Weather: ☀️ 96° F / 🌘 73° F
Good Monday, neighbor!
It’s June 23. The Kanawha Valley is currently under an extreme heat warning. We have more info below.
Let’s get this week started.
Extreme heat moves into the Kanawha Valley
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued an extreme heat warning for the region through 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. The warning comes as area temperatures are expected to reach near triple digits over the next few days. In response, some local communities have opened cooling centers to help residents beat the heat.
Summer officially began with this past Friday's summer solstice, and the season is starting to heat up around the Kanawha Valley, as today’s column shows. From grill competitions to free pool admission, here’s the 411 from communities around the area, including Charleston, South Charleston and Nitro.
Today
8:30-11:30 a.m. — Veggie Voucher Distribution, Dunbar Senior Center, 210 12th St., Dunbar.
10 a.m.-1 p.m. — Health Screenings, Testing & Narcan Training, 422 Dickinson St., Charleston.
11 a.m. — Small Business Series Week 4: Marketing, Patriot Guardens, 1001 Smith St., Charleston.
Noon — 2025 First Tee Golf Classic, Edgewood Country Club, 2251 Derricks Creek Road, Sissonville.
1-3 p.m. — Veggie Vocher Distribuion, South Charleston Community Center, 601 Jefferson Road, South Charleston.
5-7 p.m. — South Charleston Chamber Business After Hours, CrossCountry Mortgage, 205 D St., South Charleston.
5:30 p.m. — Library Board Meeting, South Charleston Public Library, 312 Fourth Ave., South Charleston.
5:30 p.m. — Pulp to Picture Art Event, Elk Valley Branch Library, 313 Crossings Mall Road, Elkview.
6 p.m. — Chesapeake Town Council Meeting, Town Hall, 12404 MacCorkle Ave. South East, Chesapeake.
6 p.m. — Clendenin Town Council Meeting, Clendenin Community Center, 103 First St., Clendenin.
Upcoming
Tuesday, June 24 — 6 a.m.: Magic Island Morning Yoga, Magic Island, 101 Kanawha Blvd. West, Charleston.
Tuesday, June 24 — 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Dow Health Walk & Lunch, Ward Hollow Wildlife Habitat, 2020 Union Carbide Dr., South Charleston.
Tuesday, June 24 — 7:30 p.m.: Improv Open Workshop With Factory Reset, Alban Arts Academy, 2121 Kanawha Terrace, St. Albans.
Wednesday, June 25 — 11 a.m.: Homesteading Intro to Sourdough, Patriot Guardens, 1001 Smith St., Charleston.
Today, we remember the following neighbors who have recently passed:
Mary Ellen (Sneed) Adkins-Hughes, 76, died June 17, 2025.
Phyllis Lea Jarvis Dennis, 80, died June 19, 2025.
Rev. Dr. Robert Shelton Jackson, 83, of Charleston, died June 19, 2025.
Anne R. Jester, 76, of Charleston, died June 17, 2025.
Daniel Clifford Lanham, 71, of Elkview, died June 14, 2025.
Naomi Fay Meninger, 88, of Charleston, died June 18, 2025.
Robert Daniel “Dan” Short, 81, of Charleston, died June 15, 2025.
Rachel Beth Sweet, 68, of Charleston, died June 20, 2025.
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