News Staff Gov. Jim Justice has launched a second round of vaccination sweepstakes, this time with prizes aimed at enticing younger residents to sign up for COVID-19 shots. The first of six weekly drawings will be held Aug. 31 and registration opens today. Everyone has to register again, even if they registered during the last round of … Read more
An annual festival that celebrates a local legend about a “Mothman” in West Virginia has been called off for the second straight year. Organizers of the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant announced the festival’s cancellation and said in a statement that thousands of people pack the town along the Ohio River during the festival and … Read more
Jordan Maynor has been appointed to a House of Delegates seat in southern West Virginia. Gov. Jim Justice appointed Maynor to the seat representing the 28th District, which covers parts of Monroe, Raleigh and Summers counties. Maynor will serve the remainder of the term of Jeff Pack, who resigned earlier this month upon his appointment … Read more
For the second year in a row, the Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins is being scrapped because of the pandemic. The festival has been running for 80 years and had been scheduled from Oct. 2-Oct. 10. The festival started in 1930 and had been held every year prior to the coronavirus, with the exception … Read more
George Tanios is due in court today for a hearing to determine conditions of his release while he awaits trial. The West Virginia man is accused of pepper spraying Capitol Police during the January 6th riot. Tanios’ lawyers are asking for him to be place on home confinement with electronic monitoring.
A dozen counties are now in red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Just two counties are green. Health officials are reporting 970 new cases in the past 24-hours. There are over eight-thousand active cases of the virus, and the death toll in West Virginia is now over three-thousand.
Parents gathered outside the Kanawha County Board of Education to protest the mask mandate. More than a dozen people signed up to speak at the meeting against the mandate. The board was not swayed, and believes masks are the safest option for students. Putnam County Schools will require masks for all indoor activities and on … Read more
Parents gathered outside the Kanawha County Board of Education to protest the mask mandate. More than a dozen people signed up to speak at the meeting against the mandate. The board was not swayed, and believes masks are the safest option for students.
All the rain is good news for boaters at Tygart Lake. The marina will reopen this weekend. Lake levels were dropping about six-inches a day, and the marina was a day away from pulling boats out of the water. Now, the lake is up about a foot and a half.
Three Marshall University students are being disciplined for shooting out a window with a BB gun at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. The shattered window is outside the Big Green Room. No one was hurt.