News Staff Officials with West Virginia tourism are seeing a rise in state park visitation this year. State park deputy chief, Brett McMillion said on average, state parks see around 6 to 7 million visitors a year, and WCHS TV said that’s expected to reach nearly 10 million this year. October is a big month for visitors … Read more
Monday night, Huntington city council voted unanimously to permanently suspend the city’s business and occupation tax. The tax was temporarily suspended a year ago, during the pandemic, to try to help businesses that were struggling to stay afloat. Mayor Steve Williams says since the B&O tax was suspended, the city’s sales tax has helped fill … Read more
The latest figures from the two largest health care systems in the Kanawha Valley show the vast number of patients hospitalized for the coronavirus continue to be unvaccinated. At Charleston Area Medical Center, there were 103 patients being treated Monday for the virus and 76% of those are unvaccinated, according to a post on CAMC … Read more
Federal prosecutors in West Virginia will conduct a conference next month to discuss the methods used to convict a former nursing assistant in the deaths of numerous patients at a veterans hospital. Reta Mays was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms in prison earlier this year by a federal judge who called her “the monster … Read more
Sen. Joe Manchin is opposed to President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan for social and environmental spending, and said the cost will need to be slashed to $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion to win his support. Manchin also cautioned there was “no way” Congress will meet the late September goal from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi … Read more
An annual fall festival in Tucker County has joined the growing list of events to be canceled due to COVID-19. The 2021 Leaf Peepers Festival, an annual celebration of fall foliage in Tucker County, as been canceled, according to an announcement from the Alpine Festival Board. Organizers said the move was made after deliberation among … Read more
Governor Jim Justice said Monday that West Virginia has reached an all-time record of hospitalizations, ICU admissions and patients on ventilators. There are 852 West Virginians currently in the hospital fighting COVID-19. The governor said 31 more West Virginians died in connection to COVID-19 over the weekend, including a 26-year-old from Fayette County. There are … Read more
As West Virginia continues to see record hospitalizations and ICU patients from the recent surge, some local churches are changing their own guidelines. There are no mandates or orders from the state right now, but some churches began requiring masks again and some have moved services online. Churches have seen their fair share of outbreaks … Read more
This year’s West Virginia Book Festival has decided to go virtual due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The free event will still be held Oct. 22-23 at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, but events will be hosted online. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported book festival presentations will be streamed live online, so book … Read more
More blasting is happening this week near the St. Albans interchange as part of the Interstate 64 project. Scheduled blasting for Monday was canceled but it will resume today (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m., according to city officials from Nitro. Blasting will take place at 12:30 p.m. each weekday through Friday. Five to 10 minutes before … Read more