News Staff Kanawha County’s population dropped by more than twelve-thousand over the past ten years, and West Virginia saw the largest population decrease in the country. The state has lost almost 60-thousand residents since 2010.
Police are investigating after a boat was stolen from a dock at a home on Willow Drive in Jefferson. The boat was found, damaged and abandoned in the Elk River by Arlington Avenue in Charleston. No arrests have been made.
Active COVID-19 cases are now over five-thousand in West Virginia. DHHR is confirming over five-hundred new cases of the virus in the past twenty-four hours. Almost 290 people are in the hospital, and over one-hundred patients are in ICU.
The Kanawha County Commission is approving a new vaccine incentive program for sports teams and clubs. “The Kanawha TEAM Vaccinate” program allows public and private schools and universities to apply for 25-hundred to ten-thousand-dollars if 90-percent of their teams or clubs are vaccinated.
Four cooling centers will be open again today as heat indices climb to around one-hundred degrees. The Roosevelt Neighborhood Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, North Charleston Community Center, and Kanawha City Community Center will be open until 9:00 p.m.
West Virginia students who don’t meet the 2.0 grade point average will be able to practice with athletic teams and the band and do club activities for the first nine weeks of the fall 2021 semester. The state Board of Education approved the waiver Wednesday during a board meeting to give students a chance to … Read more
Volunteers will scour the Kanawha River next month for the annual cleanup. The Great Kanawha River Cleanup sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan’s Make It Shine program will be from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 18. Volunteers will work at Winfield Beach, the South Charleston boat ramp and … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Education released data from the state assessments in schools this past spring after not testing in 2020 due to the pandemic. The department said it will use the data to focus efforts and resources on addressing learning gaps and improving student achievement. Overall, 40% of West Virginia students were proficient … Read more
Huntington police are asking the public for any information after a woman’s body was found in a vehicle. The body of 49-year old Melinda Stephens of Huntington was discovered in a vehicle about 8:40 a.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of 10 1/2 alley. Police said Stephens’ body was taken to the state Medical Examiner’s … Read more
Gov. Jim Justice said this week that he may reconsider his decision not to mandate masks in the state’s public schools, if cases of the coronavirus continue to surge higher. He has urged people to get vaccinated as case numbers and hospitalizations increase. Outbreaks have slipped back into long-term care facilities and churches, too, with … Read more