News Staff Kanawha County lawmakers held a public hearing on Appalachian Power rate hike last night at the Labelle Theatre in South Charleston and dozens turned out to voice their opinions. WCHS TV reported that electric bills have gone up about 150% over 15 years for Appalachian Power residential customers and now the company wants to add … Read more
Plenty of coronavirus vaccine doses are sitting unused in West Virginia as a vaccination lottery has yet to fuel a surge in people seeking shots. Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s coronavirus czar, said testing has not yet detected the UK delta variant in the state, but with variants circulating around the globe, now is the … Read more
More than 70-thousand West Virginians have registered for the “Do It For Babydog” vaccination lottery. The first round of winners will be announced on June 20th. A one-million-dollar grand prize is up for grabs.
The CDC is meeting with the Kanawha-Charleston HIV Task Force one week into an investigation into an HIV outbreak in the county. Since 2019 there have been nearly seventy new cases of HIV associated with injection drug use. Three CDC teams will make a rapid assessment and will make short and long term recommendations on … Read more
Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she spoke with President Biden over the phone where he ended negotiation on the infrastructure bill. Biden offered his gratitude to Capito for her efforts, but said he was disappointed that he was willing to reduce his plan by more than trillion-dollars, but Republicans only increased their offer by 150-billion-dollars.
Charleston City Council voted to apply for a thirty-thousand-dollar grant to help fund a 250-thousand-dollar park along West Washington Street and Beatrice Street on Charleston’s West Side. Mayor Goodwin called it a “no-brainer,” the park will replace an empty lot.
Two people are under arrest after a driver took off during a traffic stop and lead police on a chase in Boone County. The pair took off on foot when the car crashed in the woods in the Big Coal River area. A man and woman were taken into custody, and police are looking for … Read more
Huntington police are investigating a shooting in the Highlawn community. One person was shot. The extent of the victim’s injuries hasn’t been released. No arrests have been made.
Members of the United Steelworkers union protested outside the state Capitol, calling on Governor Justice to save nearly 15-hundred jobs at the former Mylan Pharmaceutical plant. The Morgantown facility is set to close July 31st. The steelworkers want the governor to form a task force to explore ways to prevent one of the last manufacturers … Read more
Free music at Haddad Riverfront Park will help mark West Virginia’s 158th birthday. The Pops on the Water concert on June 20 will feature an all-brass ensemble from the West Virginia Symphony beginning at 2 p.m. A special pre-concert brunch will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Capitol City Ballroom at … Read more