News Staff State lawmakers are considering a bill that could affect high school students. House Bill 2702 would require public high school students to complete and submit a free application for federal student aid also known as FASFA. This would start at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year and students would either have to file a … Read more
The Kanawha County Board of Education will hold a meeting next week to consider consolidating two eastern Kanawha County middle schools. The board wants feedback on a proposed plan to consolidate Cedar Grove and DuPont Middle Schools.
The West Virginia House and Senate paid tribute to late Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson, who was shot in the line of duty in December. The Senate will put her name on a bill to reinstate the death penalty in West Virginia.
A COVID-19 vaccine hotline worker is out of a job after complaints that he wasn’t helpful and rude. Governor Justice says it came to his attention during a press conference on Monday, and he acted swiftly.
Governor Justice says almost 170 COVID-19 deaths from over sixty-five healthcare facilities went unreported. Over eighty-percent of the deaths were in December and January, and the facilities did not follow reporting protocols established early in the pandemic. The error will raise West Virginia’s COVID-19 death toll close to 25-hundred.
The West Virginia Poison Center is sounding the alarm about the danger of Delta-8-THC. The product is sold as fruit flavored gummies and vaping solution. The poison center says it is not the same thing as CBD, and can be harful if you take more than one dose.
Firefighters put out a brush fire that spread to an outbuilding and two vehicles on Coal River Road. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A woman is under arrest for making threats toward students and staff members at Hayes Middle School. Forty-seven-year-old Kelly Winter entered the school and started screaming at school employees. The vice-principal subdued her when she approached a group of students in a breezeway. Kelly is charged with making terroristic threats.
Yeager Airport is exploring options for a new name and logo. The airport’s marketing committee calls it a profile consider, and the new name would likely have a geographical location. There are no plans to drop Yeager from the name, but there are plans to add “international.”
West Virginia has had 168 coronavirus-related deaths that were previously unreported, and Gov. Jim Justice said he will have state officials investigate. There were 30 unreported deaths in Kanawha County. The governor said half of the unreported deaths came from hospitals. Other unreported deaths came from homes, nursing homes, and correctional facilities. Justice said he … Read more