News Staff A Charleston man is accused of making terroristic threats against Governor Justice and his staff. Forty-nine-year-old Steven Long is accused of making a threatening social media post calling for public execution and lynch mob justice.
A South Charleston site is taking part in a COVID-19 vaccination trial. The study is looking for one-thousand candidates to receive the vaccine. Participants will be monitored over the next two years for side effects and benefits.
As COVID case numbers rise, hospitalizations have increased. Figures in the middle of this week showed 76 patients with coronavirus being treated in Kanawha County hospitals. A record number of virus patients are being treated throughout the state. Charleston Area Medical Center as of Wednesday had 62 inpatients with 20 in the intensive care unit … Read more
The number of counties in the red on the West Virginia county alert system map doubled from the previous day with six now in that color. Wayne, Boone and Wood counties joined Jackson, Marshall and Mineral in the red on the state Department of Human Resources map posted Thursday. Kanawha County remained in gold and … Read more
West Virginia hunters are looking forward to Monday. Buck firearm season begins Monday, Nov. 23, and continues through Dec. 6. The forecast for the start of the season will be cool and mostly cloudy with opportunities for showers Monday through Wednesday and temperatures in the 50s. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources website has … Read more
Kanawha County Schools has released its plan for feeding children during its three remote learning days next week. For in-person learners, a three-day meal box will be sent home with students on Friday (today). The box will cover Monday through Wednesday. From Monday, Nov. 30 through Wednesday, Dec. 2, meals can be picked up daily … Read more
Cabell County Schools will offer free meals to all students for the week of Thanksgiving and while schools are closed the week after the holiday. For the week of Thanksgiving, five-day meal boxes with breakfast and lunch will be available for pickup from noon to 12:30 Friday, Nov. 20, at nearly 50 locations across the … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is releasing its draft COVID-19 vaccination plan. It’s divided into three phases based on availability of vaccine. Phase one includes essential workers and people at high risk for the virus. The general public will receive the vaccine in phase two and three when it becomes widely … Read more
There are over 950 new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and fourteen more people have died. There are over 400 people hospitalized with the virus, and the daily positive test rate is over five-and-a-half percent.
Governor Justice is trading barbs with Attorney General Patrick Morrisey over the new face mask mandate. Morrisey posted on Facebook, that no one is going to jail for not wearing a mask. Justice says it’s disheartening after medical experts have made it clear that wearing a mask works to stop the virus.