Kanawha
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- proper noun
- /kəˈnɔːhə/
- Kanawha County Manager Jennifer Sayre said the Metro 911 Center received 1,661 calls since it began to snow at about 1 a.m.
- Kanawha River
- Kanawha County
- Kanawha Valley
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Several people were stuck on side roads in Kanawha County, Sayre said Tuesday morning.
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"This continues to be a major weather event in the Kanawha Valley and may be for an extended period of time."
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The Kanawha Canal ran behind it.
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The Kanawha County Public Library closed all of its branches on Tuesday.
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"Employee safety is the number one order of the day," said Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper.
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Several other counties, including Kanawha and Putnam, were under a winter weather warning until 5 p.m.
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In Kanawha County, officials planned to open shelters at Aldersgate United Methodist Church.
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Kanawha County officials said early voting would continue as usual in Kanawha County until 5 p.m., but sent all non-essential county workers home at about 2 p.m.
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In Kanawha County, officials planned to open shelters at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Sissonville, the Salvation Army on Charleston's West Side, the Kanawha City Recreation Center, and the Hansford Center in St. Albans.
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The Kanawha River flows through the heart of West Virginia, offering stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
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A river in West Virginia that flows into the Ohio River
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Etymology
The word Kanawha comes from a Native American name for the people and the place along the river. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the river carrying the tribe's name, so Kanawha today simply names the river that flows into the Ohio.