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The West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a Kanawha County Circuit Court order that found that the termination of a man as a police officer for the city of Nitro was appropriate. In the ruling the court reinstated a Nitro Police Department Civil Service Commission’s 2019 order that ruled Timothy Jarrell was improperly terminated from the … Read more

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed the bill known as Mylissa Smith’s Law and the bill now goes to the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee. If the full Senate passes the bill, it would mean people who are hospitalized during a pandemic could have visitors. The bill is named in honor of hospice … Read more

A man is in serious condition after being stabbed Saturday evening. Charleston Police said 38-year old Anthony Morrison was stabbed multiple times around his head and neck during an argument with Carl Foster at the Washington Manor Housing Complex. Foster is charged with malicious wounding.

The House of Delegates gave approval to a bill that would keep secondary school transgender athletes from playing on teams other than their birth gender. The bill now heads to the Senate. Fairness West Virginia opposes the bill, and they point out that 16 other states and the NCAA allow transgender kids to participate in … Read more

The strong winds that blew overnight in Charleston took their toll on power lines. Nearly 2,500 homes and businesses in Charleston’s Fort Hill area lost power.

The Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program is open and will now accepting applications. The program, funded by the West Virginia Housing Development Fund (WVHDF), will offer direct help to renters who have suffered a financial hardship due to the pandemic.The program is for renter households with incomes no more than 80 percent of the area’s median … Read more

A construction project at Yeager Airport is being considered. The eight-acre property would include a general aviation hangar, box hangars, military parking area, and a terminal. The project would provide much needed hangar space and additional parking, both of which are needed.

The state’s color-coded COVID-19 map is being discontinued. Governor Justice announced yesterday that the map is no longer needed since most school staff and teachers have been vaccinated. As the map system was put to rest, only Jefferson County was at the highest ‘red’ category.

West Virginia will no longer use a color-coded County Alert System map to determine high school schedules in the state. All high schools will join all of West Virginia’s Pre-K-8 schools in being open full-time. They will remain open unless there is an active outbreak that would require a particular classroom within a school to … Read more

The number of West Virginians being fully vaccinated is inching toward 300-thousand. Another 175-thousand have received shot number one. Since December, the state has administered 9-out-of-10 doses they had available.