The West Virginia Power baseball team was left out last year as Major League Baseball restructured its Minor League program, but the team announced Wednesday it’s joining the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The Atlantic League’s schedule will not interfere with high school baseball tournaments in the summer. The season will start May 28.
The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office is warning about pandemic-related fraud calls. Patrick Morrisey’s office said suspicious calls about the COVID-19 vaccine have been circulating where a con artist asks several questions about personal and financial data, supposedly in order to schedule a vaccine appointment. Legitimate health officials coordinating vaccine distribution won’t ask for payment … Read more
The Hatfield McCoy Trail System was closed for eight weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic, but still sold a record number of trail permits for the year. Gov. Jim Justice’s office said the trail system sold nearly 65,000 trail permits last year, and that’s 15% more than in 2019 and its’ the highest number of annual … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles regional office in Romney is closing to prepare to open at a new location in Keyser. The Romney office closed permanently at the end of business Wednesday. The office in Keyser will open on March 3. Appointments for the rest of the week in Romney have been rescheduled … Read more
The FDA said Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration’s scientists confirmed that overall the vaccine is about 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19. The agency also said the Johnson & Johnson version of the vaccine could help speed the process because it requires just … Read more
New and active virus cases continue to decline. The state Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed eleven new deaths on Wednesday including a 90-year-old man from Kanawha County, a 78-year-old man from Boone County, and a 57-year-old man from Logan County. Active cases dropped 461 and were at 8,067. Recoveries were at 120,030.
WVU makes it six in a row in BIG-12 play with a win over TCU 74-to-66. The Mountaineers Texas road trip is being cut short. Tomorrow nights game against Baylor is canceled because of COVID issues in the Bears squad.
A series of rolling roadblocks are planned for this morning on I-64 around mile-marker-eight. App Power crews will be clearing trees from the power lines, and troopers will slow down traffic between nine and eleven.
Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin is expected to make an announcement this morning on the future of baseball in the Capital City. Late last year Major League Baseball announced a restructuring of Minor League affiliates, and West Virginia Power did not make the cut.
Governor Justice thinks legislation restricting the emergency powers of his office is an overstep. The House of Delegates passed two bills that would limit the governor’s authority. Justice says he hopes the legislature does not strip away powers to act, because governors are elected to act.