News Staff The town of Clendenin is expanding. The Kanawha County Commission approved the annexation of the future site of the new Clendenin Elementary School, being built off Wolverton Mountain Road. A section of Elk River up to the boat ramp is also included, but will not affect houses and business along the way.
Two people are being added to a federal lawsuit that accuses West Virginia’s Medicaid and state employee health plans of unlawfully denying coverage for gender confirming care for transgender residents. The lawsuit says two transgender women were denied coverage for gender dysphoria.
Blenko Glass will not be part of the 2021 Pumpkin Festival in Milton due to COVID concerns. Fears over exposing staff to a large amount of people during the festival led the company to pull out of its usual booth location. The 2021 Pumpkin Festival is set to begin Oct. 7 and will wrap up … Read more
COVID-19 numbers continue to tick-up. The state is reporting nearly 27-hundred new cases of the virus over the past couple of days, and more 16-thousand active cases. More than one-thousand people are in the hospital, and almost three-hundred patients are in the ICU.
Governor Justice is urging people to get a booster shot. The federal government is giving the okay for a third shot for millions of Americans who originally got the Pfizer vaccine. Those eligible include people who got the shot at least six months ago and are 65 or older, or have underlying medical conditions. Booster … Read more
The Mountaineers kick off in their first Big 12 conference game this year against number-four Oklahoma. Kickoff is at 7:30 in Norman, Oklahoma.
Strong numbers from Wall Street will keep PEIA premiums the same next year. The PEIA Finance Board says their investments have outperformed projections by almost 30-million-dollars this year. A strong reserve fund should help keep rates for members from going up in the new year.
The murder trial of Joshua Phillips is being delayed until after the first of the year. Phillips is accused of killing Charleston Police Officer Cassie Johnson last December. A spacing issue at the Kanawha County Courthouse, brought on by COVID-19 protocols, is the reason the is being rescheduled for January 10th.
An Ohio man will spend over ten years in jail in a drunken driving crash that killed two in September 2020. Arnold Queen crossed the center line on Route 140 in South Webster and crashed head-on into a motorcycle, killing both riders.
Ripley police and the State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating a fire at a bus garage. When firefighters arrived, three buses were on fire, and a fourth has minor heat damage. No one was hurt.