News Staff Marshall University employees are continuing to return to their workplaces on the university’s campuses and at its centers in southern West Virginia. The second phase of the return began this week, and the school welcomed up to 50% of workers back. The four-phase plan began May 26. The last phase is set for July 6, … Read more
Two men who believe they were switched at birth nearly 80 years ago are suing a Roman Catholic diocese in West Virginia, alleging negligence and breach of duty by the hospital where they were born. John William Carr III and Jackie Lee Spencer were born Aug. 29, 1942, at St. Joseph Hospital in Buckhannon. The … Read more
Putnam County voters approved medical cannabis growing and processing facilities, and dispensaries in their county.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a missing Sissonville woman. Twenty-three-year-old Nicki Israel was last seen on Friday. She recently made plans to go to Whitesville. She has blue eyes, brown hair, is five-feet-tall, and weighs 130-pounds.
There are ten new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to nearly 22-hundred. The death toll remains at 84, and the positive test rate is under two-percent.
Over one-hundred inmates have recovered from COVID-19 at Huttonsville Correctional Center. The prison has five active cases remaining. An outbreak there prompted statewide testing at all correctional facilities in the state, which turned up five additional cases.
Incumbents Tim Armstead and John Hutchison have won reelection to the state Supreme Court. Former legislator Bill Wooton is leading the race for a third seat on the high court, but that race is too close to call. Judicial elections are nonpartisan in West Virginia, there is no general election.
West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael lost his bid for a third term in office. Amy Grady won the Republican nomination to represent Senate District 4. Grady will face Democrat Bruce Ashworth in the general election.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito easily defeated two other GOP challengers to win the Republican nomination. She will face Democratic challenger Paula Jean Swearengiin in the fall.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice won his bid for the Republican nomination for reelection. Justice held off six challengers. He will face Democrat Ben Salango in November. Salango won the Democratic nomination over Stephen Smith.