General James Hoyer says several thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine that were supposed to be delivered to Walgreens never arrived this week. He believes Walgreens will make-good with a double batch of doses next week.
The number of green counties continues to grow on the COVID-19 alert map, and no counties are in the red. Twelve more people have died. Hospitalizations dropped to below three-hundred for the first time since November.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources is confirming the first case of the UK variant of COVID-19 in West Virginia. The variant was detected in three cases in north central part of the state, and health officials say it’s motivation to double down on prevention efforts. The UK strain of the virus is … Read more
COVID-19 numbers are trending down and Governor Justice is easing some restrictions. Restaurants and bars can increase seating capacity to 75-percent, and retail shops and grocery stores can double the number of customers per square foot. Kids in grades kindergarten through eighth grade will return to in-person learning full time. Masks and social distancing will … Read more
A father and son are accused of stealing over 20-thousand dollars’ worth of steel anchor rods and fasteners from a Charleston construction company. Fifty-six-year-old Larry Mullins and 33-year-old Brian Mullins sold the steel for scrap for around 150-dollars. They are charged with grand larceny.
Ohio State Police are looking for a man who stole a police cruiser in Lawrence County, and then stole another car after pulling it over and conducting a traffic stop. Troopers pulled over Bryce Hogan in Hanging Rock and discovered he was driving a stolen car. They cuffed him and put him in the back … Read more
The power outages are affecting municipal water systems. West Virginia American Water says less than four-hundred customers are being impacted. Most outages are on the terminal ends of the company’s water service into the Salt Rock, Lincoln County, and Milton areas. Around fifteen pumping stations lost power, and crews hope to have generators online today.
Tens of thousands of Appalachian Power customers are still in the dark. App Power says they hope to have power restored to most customers by Monday night, and it may not be until Tuesday in Wayne and parts of Cabell Counties. There are over five-hundred broken poles that need to be replaced and around 24-hundred … Read more
Toyota is making an over two-hundred-million-dollar investment in its Buffalo plant. The motor manufacturing plant will add one-hundred workers and upgrade equipment and machinery to turn out almost 70-thousand engines a year.
Four state run nursing homes could be shutting down. The House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee says the facilities are in disrepair, and it would be cost prohibitive to build new ones. The state would pay to move patients to private long-term care facilities.