News Staff Governor Justice is announcing reduced pricing for lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for children fifteen and younger. The tiered program gives a sixty-percent discount on a lifetime license bought before a child’s first birthday, and a forty-five-percent discount if purchased before a child’s fifth birthday.
West Virginia American Water is asking the Public Service Commission for an infrastructure improvement surcharge that is part of the company’s proposal for an over 20-percent increase in monthly rates. The average customers bill would go up over twelve-dollars a month.
If you traveled over the holiday, you know you’re paying more at the pump. Triple-A reports that gas prices have increased by forty-percent since the beginning of the year. The national average for a gallon of gas is 3.13, and in West Virginia it’s around 3.05. Triple-A says prices could go up between ten and … Read more
West Virginia has reached a milestone. More than one million West Virginians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but Governor Justice says there is more work to do. Fifty-six-percent of the state’s population has received at least one shot, and health officials say the number needs to be higher to slow … Read more
DNR officials say the woman who died in a boating accident on Stonewall Jackson Lake was 29-year-old Sarah Hutchinson of New Albany, Indiana. She was a student at Alderson Broaddus. Two other women were hurt, and are in serious, but stable condition. The boat operator was a 50-year-old man from Harrison County.
The City of Dunbar is tabling a discussion about a possible user fee for people who work in the city. The proposal would have charged workers from one-dollar to ten-dollars a week to pay for infrastructure improvements.
Animal shelters across the state are experiencing one of the busiest weeks of the year. They are seeing an influx of strays after Fourth of July fireworks. The shelters are full and they are receiving nonstop calls from people looking for runaway animals.
Travelers hit the road over the July Fourth holiday. Traffic on the West Virginia Turnpike was the heaviest it’s been since 2010. Between July 1st and July 5th, almost 670-thousnad vehicles passed through Turnpike tollbooths.
Restrictions have lifted at farmer’s markets around the state, and that has made operations easier at Capitol Market in Charleston. Last year the market had to follow COVID-19 guidelines outlined by the CDC and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, and that included signs, social distance, and special packaging. This year the plexiglass is gone … Read more
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police officials said the woman who died in a boating accident Sunday in Lewis County was Sarah Hutchinson of New Albany, Indiana. Hutchinson was a student at Alderson Broaddus. Two women were injured in the incident and were in serious, but stable condition as of Monday. DNR police said … Read more