News Staff Fifty-three of West Virginia’s 55 counties were in red or orange on the latest version of the county alert map. The state Department of Health and Human Resources posted the map Monday based on Sunday’s data. Kanawha, Putnam and Cabell counties were in orange. Cabell had been in red on the previous map. Two counties … Read more
Marshall University’s spring semester will look a lot like last semester. Students will return to campus next week. Freshman and graduate students will have the majority of in-person classes, and upperclassmen will have mostly online courses.
The state of West Virginia is making its own Personal Protective Equipment, and will be self-sufficient by later this month. The state is waiting for final approval on an N95 equivalent mask, and is also producing boot covers, bonnets, and will soon take delivery of a machine to make gowns.
Four counties moved from orange to red on the state alert map, putting forty-six counties in the red and eight in orange. Clay County is the only county in gold. West Virginia has the lowest person-to-person COVID-19 transmission rate in the country. The state’s Rt value is point-97.
West Virginia has reached a grim milestone with more than 100-thousand positive cases of COVID-19 since March. There are 14-hundred new cases of the virus, and twelve more people have died. The state is reporting over 29-thousand active cases.
The Donald Legg Memorial Bridge widening project continues this week. Expect delays on I-64 near St. Albans. Crews will be clearing vegetation and installing erosion control measures on the east bound exit ramp.
Flags are at half-staff on all state buildings in honor of the two U.S. Capitol Police Officers who died following last week’s riots. Governor Justice issued a proclamation in accordance with a proclamation from President Trump to display flags at half-staff through Wednesday.
Wayne County Delegate Derrick Evans is out. He resigned from the House of Delegates and is facing two federal charges for taking part in last week’s riot at the Capitol building in Washington D.C.
The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association is making some changes in the adoption process after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Animal shelter workers will bring cats and dogs up for adoption outside to meet and greet those interested in adopting. No one is allowed inside while everything is being deep cleaned and they’re … Read more
A correctional officer and a nurse have been released from the hospital after they were potentially exposed to fentanyl at the South Central Regional Jail. Two inmates needed medical assistance and when the nurse and guard responded, they started to show signs of “medical distress.” The area where it happened was decontaminated, and the incident … Read more