Families whose kids receive free or reduced cost school meals will get an extra benefit. You’ll receive a special P-EBT card for lost days in school because of the pandemic. The cards will go out starting in mid-March and be retroactive to last fall.
Health officials say that if you registered locally for the COVID-19 vaccination, you should register again through the state’s Everbridge system. You won’t lose your spot, and the state’s system requires demographic information that may allow you to receive the vaccination sooner.
The number of active COVID-19 cases continues to drop to just over sixteen-thousand. West Virginia health officials confirm ten more deaths and over five-hundred new cases. More than 100-thousand people have received their second shot and are fully vaccinated.
Boomers Sports Bar in Ironton is being cited for health code violations. Agents found more than seventy people crowded around the main with a live band on state. There was no social distancing, and most people were not wearing face masks.
Two people are under arrest after a police pursuit in Fort Gay. Police tried to pull over a stolen vehicle when the driver took off. The car crashed after a short pursuit, and the suspects tried to flee on foot. Both men were taken into custody in a wooded area.
Two Appalachian Power employees are being praised after rescuing a man from a burning car. They saw flames coming from a car and grabbed a fire extinguisher and used it to break a window and get the driver out. The vehicle is a total loss. No one was hurt.
West Virginia House Delegate John Mandt, who was re-elected after he resigned for making a homophobic slur, is facing new criticism. Mandt posted a Facebook diatribe opposing protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Harm reduction programs have been a point of contention for some time in Charleston, and now one group is hoping to further the conversation and ensure all voices are heard. The grassroots group SOAR has been handing out as many as 40 syringes each week with no requirement that they be returned. Needle litter is … Read more
New funding is coming for an $8.3 million project surrounding the Raleigh County Memorial Airport. The project aims to upgrade infrastructure on 105 acres of land to attract commercial and industrial development and diversify the workforce. It won $3.5 million in award funds from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Appalachian Regional Commission. State, … Read more
Thirty-four hundred people received COVID-19 vaccines Saturday in Charleston at the Coliseum and Convention Center. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said several agency partners and volunteers came together to make it happen. The clinic was part of a statewide initiative to host clinics in all 55 counties.