News Staff Wyoming County remained in the red for the fourth straight day on the West Virginia county alert map Thursday, while eight counties were in orange. Putnam County remained in green, and Kanawha and Cabell counties in yellow in the latest DHHR map. Wayne, Mingo, and Boone counties were among those in orange. Jackson, Roane, and … Read more
The City of Huntington will start a big road project next summer that’s been years in the making. Hal Greer Boulevard will see upgrades with the goal of making it safer. City leaders also say it will encourage development along the way, and across the way in Northcott Court. The scope of the project is … Read more
A mother and her 4-year-old child were transported to the hospital after a minivan flipped several times on Interstate 79 in Elkview. Sgt. Brian Humphreys said the injuries happened in a crash Thursday morning on the interstate between the Elkview/Frame Road and U.S. 119/Clendenin exits. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
You may have noticed US Navy training this week along the Kanawha River in Dunbar. The group focused on water rescues and hoisting practices which would have come in handy during flood response like we saw back in 2016. West Virginia’s Swift Water Rescue Team and the U.S. Navy teamed up for a day of … Read more
The Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the motorcyclist who died in a crash Wednesday morning. 75-year old Clarence Cable Jr. of Mount Nebo, was traveling north on Old Route 19 on his motorcycle when a man driving a vehicle pulled out of Kitty Hawk Lane and crashed into Cable’s motorcycle head … Read more
Kanawha County school officials said Capital High School will be closed through Nov. 3 after three positive COVID-19 cases in the school community and related quarantine. A news release said all students should log into Schoology each day. Students can access school meals at bus stops. In-person learning students will return Nov. 4.
West Virginia’s daily COVID-19 infection rate is almost three-point-four-percent. There are six counties in the “orange” on the state’s alert map, and Wyoming County is the only county in the red. There are over two-hundred new cases of the virus, and five more people have died.
The Kanawha State Forest is getting a facelift. The state will spend more than one-million-dollars on improvement projects, including upgrades to the gift shop, playground, and campground. More than 240-thousand people have visited the park this year.
United States Environmental Protection Agency says for the first time, since they started tracking, West Virginia meets all air quality standards. The EPA also awarded a 24-million-dollar clean water grant to the state. It provides loan interest loans for the construction of waste water treatment facilities, storm water and estuary projects.
Governor Justice is allocation 25-million-dollars in CARES Act funding to help pay utility bills. The money will go to people who have experienced economic hardship because of the pandemic, and fell behind on electric, natural gas, water and sewer bills from March 1 through July 31. The money will go to local public service districts … Read more