News Staff The Kanawha County Commission is asking Governor Justice to extend eligibility requirements for the utility assistance program. Justice allocated 25-million-dollars in CARES Act funding to customers who have unpaid utility bills because of economic hardship caused by the pandemic.
Kanawha County moved from gold to green on the latest school re-entry map. Mingo County is the only county in the red this week, and five counties are in the orange. There are over four-hundred-twenty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, with a total of over 54-hundred active cases. The daily positive test rate … Read more
There are nearly twenty COVID-19 testing events will be held across the state today, including at event at Kingdom Life Church this afternoon in Kanawha County. COVID-19 numbers continue to grow, and the state is offering free testing for counties in red and orange zones, and expanding testing to counties in “gold.”
A man is under arrest for stealing an ambulance at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Polive followed Thirty-nine-year-old Jermon Webb for a few blocks before he jumped out of the ambulance and took off on foot, and was arrested a few minutes later. He’s charged with DUI, and additional charges are pending.
Nurses at Cabell-Huntington Hospital voted in favor of a ten-day strike, if needed. The union and hospital leaders have been negotiating for nine months on a contract to improve health care benefits and staffing issues. Negotiations will continue today.
Police are looking for the gunman who shot and wounded a woman at a home on Scraggs Drive. She’s hospitalized in stable condition. The suspect took off through the back door and fled on foot.
A record number of early voters turned out in Kanawha County. Forty-five-thousand votes have been cast so far, between in-person early voting and mail-in ballots. Nearly 400,000 total votes have been cast statewide.
Charleston police are trying to fill more than 15 empty police officer positions and will be holding two testing events in November to recruit new officers. Certified West Virginia law enforcement officers will get a $5,000 sign on bonus. The physical ability and written exam portions of the hiring test will be held on Nov. … Read more
Scheduling conflicts with a sports tournament have prompted a polling place change for some voters in the South Hills section of Charleston. George Washington High School’s administration notified County Clerk Vera McCormick Friday that the school can’t be used as a polling place in tomorrow’s general election because of the sports tournament. Precincts 240, 240A, … Read more
In a vote over the weekend, nurses at Cabell-Huntington Hospital authorized a 10-day strike notice, if needed. The Nurses’ Union and hospital administrators have been negotiating for nine months over things like health insurance costs, sick leave benefits, and hospital staffing, and reached a standstill in the contract talks. The union claims nurses have been … Read more