AK Steel Layoffs and the Local Economy (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia) This Saturday, 650 AK Steel employees are slated for layoff. The company hopes to bring them back when business picks up -- maybe in January, maybe later. The steelworkers -- who hail from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia -- make up just a part of the nation's economic challenge.

Local Salvation Army to help out AK Steel families (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) HUNTINGTON -- The Huntington Salvation Army is lending a hand to families affected by the AK Steel Plant layoffs in Cabell, Wayne, Mason and Lincoln counties.