News Staff A school cook in Cabell County was honored by West Virginia First Lady Cathy Justice last Friday. Mary Cook, the head cook at Cabell Midland High School, was awarded the Rhododendron Award which recognizes people who do great things and who go unnoticed, according to the governor’s office. Cook has been serving children in West … Read more
Thomas Health announced that it will be restricting its visitation policy due to the rise in COVID-19 cases locally. The hospital system will be moving to a no visitor policy, which went into effect Sunday morning at Thomas Memorial and Saint Francis. Thomas Health said the change was made due to Kanawha County moving to … Read more
St. Albans-based coffee house Coal River Coffee Company announced over the weekend it is opening a second location in South Charleston. The owners, Mike and Rachel Ervin, said outside of St. Albans, the next most popular locations customers are from are South Charleston and Scott Depot/Teays Valley. The South Charleston shop will be Coal River … Read more
Two men died last Friday after a pickup and motorcycle collided. Dispatchers said it happened on Thorofare Road in Clendenin. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s office said the crash happened just after 6 p.m. at the intersection of Bethmont Drive,and the motorcycle and Ford F-150 crashed when the truck went left of center. Both drivers died … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice said there are 59 COVID-19 outbreaks in schools in 26 counties. Nineteen schools are closed for the time being and 30 of 55 counties have declared mask mandates for schools. It’s up to each local system whether to require masks. The West Virginia Department of Education said the counties with outbreaks include … Read more
No foul play is suspected in a barn fire over the weekend in Cabell County. The fire has destroyed a barn and killed five goats when it caught fire late Saturday morning just outside the Milton area at the 9000 block of Left Fork Cooper Ridge Road. Flames were coming out the top of the … Read more
People in Milton may soon start to see some water improvements after years of dealing with discolored water. The city has just been awarded a grant from the Infrastructure Jobs and Development Council worth $970,000 to help fund a water line replacement project. WCHS TV reported the entire project will put in a new line … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Highways said a new “R-Cut” traffic pattern on Corridor G is expected to be opened in the coming week after severe weather delayed the final steps of the project. The “R-Cut,” which stands for restricted crossing U-turn, will be the first of its kind in the state and is meant … Read more
A program offering $20,000 in cash and incentives for remote workers to move to West Virginia has drawn dozens of newcomers and is now taking applications for a second host city. Thousands of people inquired about the opportunity, and 53 new residents from as far away as Germany are being welcomed to Morgantown. Now the … Read more
Active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia topped 20,000 on Saturday with the addition of 1,977 new positive cases. The state’s active total reached 20,102 on the day as its daily positive test rate came in at 9.28%, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Hospitalizations dropped to 709, down five from … Read more