News Staff Tens of thousands of Appalachian Power customers are still in the dark. App Power says they hope to have power restored to most customers by Monday night, and it may not be until Tuesday in Wayne and parts of Cabell Counties. There are over five-hundred broken poles that need to be replaced and around 24-hundred … Read more
Toyota is making an over two-hundred-million-dollar investment in its Buffalo plant. The motor manufacturing plant will add one-hundred workers and upgrade equipment and machinery to turn out almost 70-thousand engines a year.
Four state run nursing homes could be shutting down. The House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee says the facilities are in disrepair, and it would be cost prohibitive to build new ones. The state would pay to move patients to private long-term care facilities.
Governor Justice is submitting a bill to the legislature to reform corporate income tax laws, making the state a magnet for remote workers from across the country.
The House of Delegates is considering a bill that would place time constraints on the governor’s emergency powers. It comes as Governor Justice is strongly hinting that he will relax some COVID-19 restrictions. He’s expected to make an announcement today.
A State of Emergency is being declared in two more counties. Governor Justice added Jackson and Mason counties to the list which already includes hard hit Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Putnam counties.
A Fayette County man is under arrest for shooting and killing a man at his home in the Robson area. Doug Green confronted the man with small caliber handgun. He’s charged with first-degree murder.
Hurricane police are looking for the driver who did donuts on the football field at Bridge Park, damaging the field. Police are looking for a dark colored Jeep.
A second elderly woman has died from hypothermia in Boyd County. An 86-year old woman was found by her family in Ashland Thursday afternoon. A 77-year-old woman died from hypothermia earlier in the week.
Appalachian Power crews are working to restore power to around fifty-thousand customers. The power may not be restored in some areas until next week. The West Virginia National Guard is helping with relief efforts. The guard is helping cut up trees and branches that have fallen onto power lines, and another group is going door … Read more