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Firefighters responded to a house fire on Crescent Road. The home was vacant, and no one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

West Virginia Natural Resources Police are investigating after three bear cubs were found dead in Barbour County. The cubs were discovered in the Talbott Road area. No arrests have been made.

Police are investigating an early morning shooting in Huntington. One person was shot just before 2 a.m. on West 2nd Street. There’s no word on their condition.

One person is under arrest after a pursuit in Cross Lanes. It started as a chase with a possible stolen vehicle on Woodward Drive in Sissonville.

Four more stores are closing at Charleston Town Center. Sephora, Talbots, Chico’s, and White House/Black Market announced they will be closing in January. The mall has been struggling to retain retailers after anchor stores Macy’s and Sears closed.

The state Fire Marshal’s Office says a large scale investigation is under way into the arson fire that killed a West Virginia Air National Guard firefighter. They’re conducting interviews and reviewing surveillance video. The fire outside of Martinsburg claimed the life of thirty-year-old Senior Airman Logan Young.

South Charleston trash will pick up your Christmas tree and recycle it into mulch. The city donates the mulch to Manna Meals. Their garden grows enough food to feed thousands of peoples every year.

The Kanawha City, Winfield and Lewisburg DMV Regional Offices will be operating through appointment only until further notice, due to COVID-19 exposures. You can also get assistance online, or use a kiosk location.

Fifty-two- of West Virginia’s fifty-five counties are in the red or orange on state’s COVID-19 alert map. Thirty-eight counties are in the red, and one Randolph County remains in the green.

Health officials are reporting over seven-hundred new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and nine more people have died. There are over 24-thousand active cases of the virus statewide, and more than 700 people are hospitalized.