News Staff Charleston Restaurant Week is being postponed because of spiking COVID-19 numbers. The event is normally held the last week of January. Organizers say they will reschedule the event when the can provide a positive experience in a safe environment.
Congress will vote today to certify the Electoral College results. Republican Shelley Moore Capito will not join the group opposing President -Elect Joe Biden’s victory. She calls the effort in the Senate “an ill-fated journey.” Senator Joe Manchin will also vote to certify the election results.
All fifty-five counties in West Virginia are in red or orange on the COVID-19 alert map. Forty-eight counties are in red, and seven are in orange. Health officials are reporting almost 13-hundred new cases of the virus, and forty-six more people have died. There are over 27-thousand active cases of COVID-19 statewide.
Governor Justice is pushing to open classrooms in two weeks, regardless of COVID-19 numbers, but teachers unions are pushing back. Educators think it should be up to the local school systems.
A fire destroyed a DOH maintenance garage in Randolph. A truck and several other pieces of equipment and tools were inside. No one was hurt. Investigators from the state Fire Marshal’s Office are assessing the damage and trying to determine the cause of the blaze.
Firefighters put a blaze at Mountaineer Family Medicine in Kanawha City. No one was inside when he fire started. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A Floyd County man is under arrest after he shot his parents and barricaded himself inside their home. Twenty-three-year-old Kenny Chaffins surrendered after several hours. His parents are expected to survive.
A group of protestors rallied outside the Cabell County school board meeting. The teachers say it’s too dangerous to return to the classroom with COVID-19 numbers spiking.
The Kanawha County School Board is extending Superintendent Tom Williams’ contract another four years. He’ll remain at his current 150-thousand-dollar salary until 2022, and then he will receive a five-thousand-dollar annual increase.
Health officials said all appointments for Friday’s vaccination clinic in Kanawha County for those 80 and above are now filled. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said it will not be accepting walk-ins at the event, which is scheduled 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. They’ll make an announcement when more … Read more