News Staff West Virginia Delegate Derrick Evans says he will not voluntarily resign. He live streamed video showing him entering the U.S. Capitol among a group of protestors. Two state lawmakers are calling for his removal, and an online petition calling for his ouster has grown to more than 30-thousand.
Marshall postponed a two-game men’s basketball home series with Charlotte because the Thundering Herd does not have enough available players due to the coronavirus, contact tracing and injuries. Marshall and Charlotte were set to play today and Saturday in Huntington. The schools are working with Conference USA to reschedule the games.
It was announced this week that a handful of abandoned properties in Charleston, two of which recently caught fire, are no longer owned by West Virginia Health Right. Chief executive officer Dr. Angie Settle said on Facebook that the organization is no longer the owner of properties on Jackson Street and those structures have been … Read more
Sen. Joe Manchin denounced the violence in Washington D.C. this week and described the experience of having rioters so close to Senate chambers. Manchin said after hearing noises and commotion draw near, all of a sudden police ran in and started locking the doors downand securing the chambers. Immediately after that lawmakers were rushed to … Read more
A federal judge in West Virginia has set a new trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis. U.S. District Judge David Faber set May 3 as the new trial date. The trial had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit accuses drug … Read more
A slight bit of improvement in COVID cases. Kanawha County shifted from red to orange, but Putnam and Cabell counties remained in the red on the West Virginia county alert map along with 43 other counties. The state Department of Health and Human Resources posted the map Thursday based on Wednesday’s data. Other counties in … Read more
The seats will remain empty at WVU home basketball games. The ban on fans is extended until January 24th due to increasing COVID-19 infections. There are four women’s games and three men’s games on the schedule between now and the 24th.
West Virginia health officials are reporting over 15-hundred new cases of COVID-19, and thirty-nine more people have died. There are over 800 people hospitalized with the virus, and more than two-hundred are in ICU. The state’s daily COVID-19 map is almost all red. There are eight counties that are orange.
Governor Justice is pushing a vaccination effort called, “Save Our Wisdom,” that focuses on people above 80-years-old. It comes as local health departments say the demand for the vaccine among those eighty and older is far outpacing the supply.
Governor Justice says he’s open to talking with teachers about his push to open schools in less than two weeks. He says their concerns are legitimate. Vaccinations for teachers and staff will begin today.