News Staff Governor Justice will establish a task force to deal with the challenges of rural health care. He says the state’s major medical providers, including CAMC and WVU medicine, will be involved to help solve the rural care dilemma. Several West Virginia hospitals have filed for bankruptcy or closed in recent months.
West Virginia’s two U.S. Senators split their votes in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Senator Shelley Moore Capito voted to acquit the President on both articles of impeachment, and Senator Joe Manchin voted guilty. The full Senate voted to acquit the President.
Dr. Tom Williams has been named Kanawha County Schools Superintendent, again. The school board held a special session to vote on his appointment a second time over concerns that the originally vote violated state open meeting laws.
Charleston has a new police chief. James “Tyke” Hunt was sworn in on Wednesday by Mayor Amy Goodwin. Hunt has been with the department for fifteen years and will take over from outgoing police Chief Opie Smith who announced his retirement.
The Barboursville Village Council approved nearly two-million dollars to a multi-use recreational facility at Barboursville City Park. The first phase will include football, baseball and lacrosse fields, and will be completed this summer. The next phase will include an indoor sports complex.
Police are investigating after a bullet hit a house on the West Side. Shots were fired on Delaware Avenue. No one was hurt. No arrests have been made.
A Charleston woman is charged with child neglect after overdosing on heroin with two kids at home. Officers found her unresponsive in a bedroom and she came around with Narcan. Police found drugs, paraphernalia and syringes within reach of two children under the age of ten.
Governor Justice is putting several state agencies on standby to respond to potential flooding. Heavy rainfall with the potential for flooding will continue through Friday morning. A flood watch is in effect for thirteen counties, including Kanawha County.
A former Charleston city councilman who recited the phrase, “It’s almost 10 p.m. Do you know what your children are doing?” in a public service announcement, has died. 80-year old John Henry Miller Jr. of Charleston died Sunday, Feb. 2. Miller was a magistrate in Charleston, worked for the West Virginia Division of Highways and … Read more
Charleston Police Chief Opie Smith announced Wednesday that he is retiring due to personal reasons. In a statement Smith called serving as chief “one of the greatest honors of my life.” Smith worked nearly 21 years as an officer before taking the chief’s position when Goodwin took office just more than a year ago. He … Read more