News Staff Nursing careers are in demand, and one West Virginia school is expanding resources to help budding nurses get their education. West Virginia Junior College has a new ‘mobile nursing lab’ as part of their 18-month hybrid online associate nursing program, and it will travel around to nineteen counties, reaching a potential of 400-thousand people in … Read more
West Virginia lawmakers endorsed proposed maps of congressional and state legislative districts during a special session on redistricting Monday. West Virginia lost one of its three U.S. House seats after the 2020 Census and lawmakers are trying to redraw the state into two congressional districts. In the proposed map, Rep. David McKinley and Rep. Alex … Read more
Three kids were transported to the hospital after a sport utility crashed off Interstate 77 North near Fairplain in Jackson County. The injuries did not appear to be life threatening after the vehicle plunged into a stand of trees about 40 feet below the interstate median. Five people were in the vehicle. The two adults … Read more
Charleston Area Medical Center said it is feeling the pinch of a nationwide shortage of crutches for adults and is asking the community to donate crutches. The hospital said its vendors are unable to fill orders for crutches, leaving the medical facility with very limited supplies, according to a Facebook post on CAMC Health System’s … Read more
A Girl Scout from Charleston has received the highest honor possible thanks to a project that brought attention to financial barriers some face with providing extracurricular activities. Zoe Dorst, an ambassador in the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council, recently received the Gold Award, the highest possible achievement in the Girl Scouts organization. Dorst developed … Read more
A new subdivision has broke ground in South Charleston. Located right off the 11th fairway at Little Creek Golf Course, the housing plan features 21 homes built by J.D. Stricklen. According to South Charleston Mayor Frank Mullens, the homes will be in the $300,000 range. Right now, the development is in its early stages. WCHS … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice said at his news conference Monday that 110 residents have died since his briefing on Thursday of last week. West Virginia’s death total from the pandemic is at 3,976. Health officials also reported that the flu is starting to show up around the region. Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s coronavirus czar, said … Read more
Drivers should be on alert for deer and other wildlife this fall. Transportation Secretary Jim Gray warned Kentucky drivers that there’s usually a noticeable increase in highway collisions involving deer from October through December. That time frame includes mating seasons, hunting seasons and fall harvests, which will prompt deer to roam in search of food … Read more
Project managers have released the schedule for blasting this week that is taking place near the St. Albans interchange as part of the Interstate 64 project. Blasting will happen each day this week at 12:30 pm, and five to 10 minutes before each blast traffic will temporarily be paced on both I-64 eastbound and westbound. … Read more
Union workers at defense contractor Northrop Grumman staged an informational picket against a vaccine mandate. Workers in Rocket Center found out about the mandate last week, and have until the end of October to their first shot. The company is a federal contractor and falls under the Biden administration’s federal worker vaccination mandate.