News Staff Kanawha and Cabell counties shifted from gold to orange on the latest West Virginia county alert system map, while Putnam County remained in orange. The state Department of Health and Human Resources map showed four counties in red – Jackson, Marshall and Mineral and Hardy. Seventeen counties were in orange including Kanawha, Putnam, Cabell, Mason, … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources wants to learn more about the state’s river otter population and is asking trappers for help. The agency wants 50 to 75 otter carcasses each year during the next five trapping seasons and is offering $20 gift cards for each useable carcass. The division says it will use … Read more
A woman died after she was struck by a train. Dispatchers said it happened at Kanawha Terrace and MaCorkle Avenue in Jefferson. They said the woman’s body was found about a quarter of a mile east of the underpass.
Kroger said it’s trying to fill more than 135 positions across West Virginia to support seasonal holiday business. Kroger said it has hired nearly 11,000 employees in its Mid-Atlantic division since the start of the pandemic. On Friday, a union representing local Kroger workers said it has reached a tentative agreement with the grocery giant … Read more
Packaging manufacturer Klockner Pentaplast is expanding a production facility in West Virginia. The plant is located in Beaver in Raleigh County. Klockner Pentaplast will add thermoforming capabilities for the North American sustainable food tray market. Gov. Jim Justice’s office said the investment includes several million dollars in economic development to the area and will create … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said buck firearms season begins Monday, Nov. 23 and runs through Sunday, Dec. 6. All but four counties – Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming – are open to the buck firearms season. Hunters can harvest one buck on their base license, but can purchase a special stamp by … Read more
The Thundering Herd football game this weekend is off. The game against Charlotte is being postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Charlotte football team. Marshall will remain undefeated, and well rested, until at least December 5th when they are scheduled to host Rice.
The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office has won an over 250-thousand-dollar judgment against a Kanawha County contractor, and a permanent injunction that prevents him from doing any future work in the area. Benjamin Burns is accused of delivering substandard work and in some cases no work at all.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is kicking off “Operation Drumstick.” The health department is holding a series of COVID-19 testing events ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, and is encouraging people to keep celebrations small this year. There is a testing event today at the Quincy Center in Belle.
COVID-19 numbers are surging in the state with over eight-hundred new cases of the virus, and three more people have died. DHHR is reporting over ten-thousand active cases statewide, and almost four-hundred people are in the hospital.