News Staff The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will have extra law enforcement out on the state’s rivers and lakes this holiday weekend for the 13th annual “Operation Dry Water.” Law enforcement officials are concerned about water safety and the dangers of mixing alcohol and the heat. The 2020 boating season saw 18 boating incidents, one … Read more
The State of California is adding West Virginia to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned due to laws they find discriminatory toward the LGBTQ community. Governor Justice recently signed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
Governor Justice says another special session will be necessary to allocate nearly 700-million-dollars the state has received from the American Rescue Plan. The governor says broadband is high on his priority list.
West Virginia health officials have identified a dozen cases of the COVID-19 delta variant. Health officials are concerned about the delta variant because it is more contagious, and increases the risk of hospitalization.
Kanawha County Schools is hoping to improve bus safety. The district is conducting a study with an LED stop sign arm that is easier for drivers to see. More than 450 drivers illegally pass stopped school buses every school day in West Virginia.
Huntington police are investigating two separate shootings within a half-hour of each other. A man was shot and 17th Street and the second shooting happened around Jefferson Avenue and West 10th Street. There’s no word on the condition of the victims.
Two men are under arrest for stealing 80-thousand-dollars’ worth of gear from a Fairlane pipeline company. The thieves stole three side-by-sides, a trailer and an industrial welder. Police were able to track them down quickly, because one of the suspects was on home confinement and wearing a GPS ankle bracelet.
The second round of winners will be announced today in the “Do it for Babydog” vaccine sweepstakes. There is a million-dollar grand prize up for grabs, as well as two full-ride scholarships to in-state colleges or universities. More than 300-thousand people have entered.
A man who was charged in a 2020 shooting in Charleston pleaded guilty Monday to two charges related to a 2020 shooting. 24-year old Shaiheed Moore of Charleston is accused of firing shots at 26-year old Blake Thompson of Dunbar last July in what police said was a drug deal. Thompson was wounded in the … Read more
Jackson County is seeing a spike in drug overdose cases. The EMS director said in 2019 they had 34 overdose cases, in 2020 they had 43, and this year to date in Jackson County they’ve already had 16. The EMS director told Eyewitness News that cases usually spike when money flows in, such as stimulus … Read more