News Staff Education leaders say that the pandemic continues to have a significant impact on both secondary and higher education. State Higher Education Chancellor Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker says, ”enrollment and room and board are down, auxiliary activities have been cut out, and there is the possibility of several colleges closing in the fall.” She says colleges … Read more
The Cabell County Board of Education is giving parents three options as kids head back to class in September. Parents can choose to have their children return to school five-days a week, take full-time virtual classes, or a hybrid model of in-class and on-line learning.
WVU researchers are conducting tests to see how far droplets can spread from person to person with and without a mask. The experiment showed that masks are effective at containing the droplets, and slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
A member of a gospel singing group that performed at four churches in Logan County has tested positive for COVID-19. There are now four cases of the virus connected to one of those churches. The health department is doing contact tracing.
Testing for COVID-19 is ramping up across the state with more drive-thru sites. A drive-up event will be held today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Capital High School. No appointment is necessary. In Cabell County, the Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network will host a drive thru event every day this week at … Read more
The total number of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia has topped five-thousand. There are more than one-hundred-twenty new cases of the virus, and the state’s positive test rate is over two-percent. Nearly eighty people are in the hospital, and more than thirty are in ICU.
If you live near Morgantown, but your house is outside the city limits and buy from Amazon, you may have been charged too much sale tax. You may have been charged an extra one-percent. Morgantown and state officials are working to address the problem. You’ll have to be reimbursed through the West Virginia State Tax … Read more
Ashland police are investigating after a man’s body was found in a wooded area of U.S. 23, behind a Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant. The Boyd County corner says the man is in his 50’s, but has not release his name. An investigation is ongoing.
A Georgia man, who’s wanted in Texas, was arrested during at traffic stop in Fayette County. Forty-one-year-old Jonathan Campen was arrested driving a vehicle that was stolen in Georgia. There was a shotgun on the front seat when officers pulled him over, and Campen refused to get out of the car and became combative. A … Read more
A South Carolina man was killed in Huntington when his motorcycle crashed off the 31st Street Bridge. The motorcycle ended up on the bank of the Ohio River on the Huntington side. The cause of the crash is under investigation.