wchs abc 8 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for charleston and nearby towns and communities in the tri-state area, including huntington, dunbar, marmet, montgomery, nitro, south charleston, st. albans, cedar grove, chesapeake, clendenin, east bank, glasgow, pratt, cross lanes, elkview, pinch, sissonville, big chimney, cabin creek, chelyan, davis creek, institute, jefferson, loudendale, mink shoals, pocatalico, quick, quincy, rand, buffalo, eleanor, hurricane, nitro, poca, winfield, culloden, fraziers bottom, hometown, red house, scott depot, teays valley, danville, madison, hamlin, logan, chapmanville, man, delbarton, kermit, gilbert, matewan, williamson, summersville, richwood, flatwoods, gassaway, sutton, spencer, ravenswood, ripley, mason, point pleasant, ashland, pikeville, ironton, portsmouth, gallipolis, and athens.