News Staff For 5th grade students at Mary C. Snow Elementary, science class has become hands-on and 3D. Z-Space is an augmented reality program that only a handful of students here in West Virginia have experienced. Kids at Mary C. Snow are getting the chance to learn through a brand new innovation center created by Bible Center … Read more
Kanawha County commissioners sent a letter to Frontier Communications Corp. calling on the company to confirm its future in West Virginia after media reports say Frontier is considering filing for bankruptcy early this year. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said in a news release that the biggest concern is the 1,000-plus employees in West … Read more
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was closed Tuesday after it received water damage from heavy rains over the weekend. Sheriff Steve Deweese said the upstairs received a lot of water damage and a crew was there Tuesday removing the water and monitoring the air levels. The sheriff’s office is posting updates on its Facebook page … Read more
The City of South Charleston will hold an excess levy election Saturday, Feb. 1. The taxes from the levy fund basic city services including garbage collection, fire service, police protection, the library and parks and recreation. Early voting for the levy started Jan. 17 at City Hall. The excess levy is voted on every five … Read more
Ibex Global is hiring more than one-hundred new customer service agents in Charleston. The company provides contact center services and business process outsourcing solutions to clients, The starting pay for the positions is $12.50 per hour, plus incentives.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest nearly 19-million-dollars into high-speed broadband coverage in five West Virginia counties. The Harrison Rural Electrification Association will construct a fiber network connecting more than six-thousand homes, four-hundred farms, and five educational facilities.
More than 15-percent of West Virginians have diabetes, and House lawmakers are working to make insulin more affordable. They’re drafting a bill that would cap the cost of insulin co-pays.
West Virginia senators Shelly Moore Capito and Joe Manchin will hear argument in President Trump’s impeachment trial. The Senate will reconvene today at 12:30, and the first order of business is to debate trial rules. Manchin supports calling witnesses for the trial, and Capito wants a more wait and see approach.
The Red Cross is in critical need of type-o blood. They have less than a three-day supply available for emergencies. You can donate today from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at CAMC Women & Children’s home.
A Sandyville man is under arrest after police found materials for making a pipe bomb, drugs, and a stolen gun and vehicle when they served a search warrant at his Greenhills Road home. Forty-three-year-old Robbie Wolfe is charged possession with intent to deliver meth. More charges are pending.