News Staff Eight counties were in red on the county alert system map Monday and that’s three more than the previous day. The state Department of Health and Human Resources map showed Kanawha County in yellow, while Putnam County stayed in orange and Cabell County in gold. Fifteen counties were in orange including Putnam, Wayne, Boone, and … Read more
Charleston Area Medical Center has reduced elective procedures at its hospitals by 50% due to an increase in patients. A hospital spokesperson said Monday that CAMC continues to see an increase in patients that need ICU care, but it’s not necessarily due to COVID. CAMC has occasionally reduced some procedures throughout the pandemic as the … Read more
Free coronavirus testing will ramp back up this week. Boone, Mason, Mingo, Wayne and 11 other counties will have testing sites available today. Many of the same counties will provide testing Wednesday, including two sites in Kanawha County. Nitro High School will host a drive-thru site from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a site … Read more
WVU is coming off a win at the Crossover Classic. After a three-and-oh start the Mountaineers are getting ready for the Jimmy V Classic. They’ll take on Gonzaga Wednesday night in Indianapolis.
West Virginia Navigator is shifting to online assistance to help you enroll in the state’s health insurance exchange. It is a free service. The enrollment deadline is December 15th.
There are over 11-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and eleven more people have died. Active cases of the virus are over 16-thousand.
Five counties are in the red and seventeen are in the orange on the latest weekly school re-entry map. Mason, Wirt, Ritchie, Mineral and Wyoming counties remain in the red. Kanawha County is in the yellow, Putnam is in the orange, and Cabell County is gold.
Classrooms are closed for the first three days of this week to slow down the potential spread of COVID-19. In-person classes won’t return until Thursday.
The West Virginia Super Six championship football games are canceled. The state’s COVID-19 metrics map wiped out all three semifinal games. The winners for each class are South Charleston in Class AAA, Fairmont Senior in Class AA and St. Marys in Class A.
Dunbar Mayor-Elect, Scott Elliott, lost his arm in a hunting accident. He accidentally shot himself, and after several hours of surgery, doctors could not save Elliot’s arm.