News Staff West Virginia health officials say getting to herd immunity against COVID-19 is going to take a lot longer than anticipated. Variants are becoming a problem, and so is vaccine hesitancy. Forty-four-percent of people in the United States have received at least on dose of vaccine. In West Virginia less than 36-percent have received one dose.
The civil trial pitting Huntington and Cabell County against the “big three” pharmaceutical distributors enters day three. Yesterday, attorneys took a deep dive into addiction and how opioids affect the brain.
Former West Virginia state delegate Derrick Evans is facing new charges in connection to the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. He is now charged with disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building as well as parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol Building. In January, he was charged with two other counts. … Read more
A dozen Herbert Hoover High School basketball players will sit out the state tournament. The majority of the varsity team is in quarantine after possibly being exposed to COVID-19. The Huskies have eight players available, most of them from the JV team.
The National Weather Service is investigating evidence from a wind storm in Jefferson County, to determine if it was a tornado. One person was hurt, and several buildings were damaged.
The jury in the Joshua Drennen trial recommended no mercy for the man convicted of killing a 77-year-old woman and assaulting a Charleston police officer. Drennen will be sentenced in June.
A man who was pulled from a burning townhouse in Hurricane has died from his injuries. The fire broke out Tuesday night on Fairway Gardens Drive. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Charleston City Council approved a project to resurface almost sixty city streets and alleys. Repaving is scheduled for areas downtown on Kanawha Boulevard from Capital Street to Greenbrier Street, in addition to streets in Kanawha City to the Edgewood District. The city will spend around two-million-dollars.
Expanded HIV testing efforts are continuing in Charleston and surrounding areas. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said this week that two new state disease intervention specialists dedicated to HIV are now working at Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. Dr. Sherri Young, health officer and executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, said the two new specialists are connecting … Read more
Dozens of streets and alleys in the capital city will be getting a fresh dose of asphalt after the Charleston City Council voted to approve a contract for resurfacing city streets. A news release from Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin’s office said 58 streets and alleys will be paved using the funds. The mayor included $3 … Read more