News Staff The state DMV says it will keep the regional office appointment system in place after the pandemic. The agency says COVID-19 protocols forced the change, and it’s gone well. More than fifty-percent of transactions are being done online, and the agency plans to expand those services.
Governor Justice is laying the groundwork for his proposal to phase out state personal income tax. He says other taxes will need to be raised “here and there” to make up the more than two-billion-dollars. An initial step would cut the income tax for all residents, except for the highest earners.
WVU’s Texas tour continues tonight. The Mountaineers will take on TCU tonight in Fort Worth. Tipoff is at 7:00. WVU will play Baylor Thursday night.
West Virginia still has more than twenty-thousand power outages. Appalachian Power says it could take until the end of the week to restore power in some areas. Outages peaked at 97-thousand customers due to back-back-ice storms more than ten days ago.
The West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after firefighters responded to four different fires at the same apartment complex. The fires broke out on three different days on Albany Drive. One firefighter was hurt.
South Charleston police are investigating after a woman walked into Thomas Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. She’s expected to be okay. No arrests have been made.
The Cabell County Board of Education voted to move forward with the over five-and-a-half-million-dollar purchase of the former Sears property at Huntington Mall in Barboursville. The building will be turned into a high-tech career center for training in aerospace, coding, and local industries.
Chapmanville firefighters said they responded to four fires at the same apartment complex between Thursday and Sunday. The fires occurred at an apartment complex on Albany Drive just behind Big Eagle Gun and Pawn. One firefighter was injured and was treated at Logan Regional Medical Center. The West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office is conducting an … Read more
Surveillance camera images led to identifying a suspect in the investigation of a growing trash dump in McDowell County. West Virginia Natural Resources Police said in a Facebook post that officers responded to the Big Four area near Welch after receiving a complaint about the trash. Several loads of trash and debris had been dropped … Read more
The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill declaring it unlawful for public employees to participate in a work stoppage or strike. Senators passed Senate Bill 11 by a vote of 21 to 12 with one abstention. Advancement of the bill by the Senate came on the third-year anniversary of the 2018 teacher strike that … Read more