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WVU will not play Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl, after all. The Volunteers pulled out because of positive COVID-19 tests. The Mountaineers will now face Army in the New Year’s Eve game in Memphis.

Charleston City Council approved the construction of a skate park under the interstate bridge near Magic Island. It’s expected to open by spring 2021.

The state is hoping to complete COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care facilities by next week. Officials say they are making good progress, and vaccinated more than eight-thousand people at over 70 facilities in the first week. West Virginia is leading the nation in COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in West Virginia is just under one-thousand, and a 93-yearold man from Wayne County has died. There are almost 23-thousand active cases of the virus.

West Virginia health officials say you should stay home for the holidays. More than thirty-counties are now in the red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map. Officials are concerned about another surge directly linked to large gatherings and travel.

The New River Gorge will become the country’s 63rd National Park. Congress approved the designation in year-end funding legislation. The designation is expected to increase visitation by twenty-percent.

A Kanawha County Circuit judge sentenced Cynthia Gatewood to life in prison. She was convicted of stabbing and killing a woman outside a Sissonville convenience store in 2018.

Students at West Virginia State University are off lockdown. Campus police are investigating after several shots were fired in the Sullivan Hall parking lot. One vehicle was hit three times. No one was hurt. Police are looking for the shooter.

Police are investigating after a woman was shot and killed with a crossbow at a home in St. Albans. Several people are being detained for questioning to determine if the shooting was an accident or intentional.

Fire destroyed a house in Huntington. The home on 7th Avenue is a complete loss and at least three homes nearby were damaged. No one was hurt.