The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department confirms fifteen positive cases of coronavirus. Health officials are still waiting on over eighty tests from people who were exposed at Brookdale Charleston Gardens. There are 27 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, bringing the total to 76.
Gov. Jim Justice said he made a substantial request to White House for masks and medical equipment for the state and said he was making a West Virginia University administrator the state’s COVID-19 czar to help battle the pandemic. West Virginia Adjutant General James Hoyer said the state has made a request to the federal … Read more
Nightly construction will resume on repairs at the Kanawha City Interchange, Exit 95, of Interstate 77/64. The West Virginia Parkways Authority said construction will be performed between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. The entrance ramp onto I-77/64 Southbound will be closed through tonight. All other ramps will remain open to normal traffic. Overhead and portable … Read more
The University of Charleston has postponed its May commencement and instead will have a “virtual commencement” May 2 and allow graduates to participate in the December commencement ceremony. The university said regulations prohibiting large gatherings during the coronavirus crisis and the school’s priority to keep students and their friends and families, faculty and staff safe … Read more
A fourth employee of the Kanawha County Judicial Annex has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is recommending that employees of the Judicial Annex isolate themselves until April 6 and monitor their temperatures twice daily and if they have other symptoms such as a cough or a shortness of breath, they should … Read more
The West Virginia Division of Highways has come up with a plan to do emergency and essential roadwork. They’ll reduce the number of workers on a crew, and will be split up into two crews that will work two-weeks on and two weeks off.
A Mingo County man is under arrest for stealing telephone line. Albert Moore is accused of cutting and stealing the line from Frontier Communications, and did about five-thousand-dollars’ worth of damage.
The FBI is sending out a warning, especially to people working from home, to be on the lookout for COVID-19 scams. Online scammers are trying to profit from consumer health concerns and are selling face products that claim to cure or prevent the disease.
There are thirteen new cases of coronavirus in West Virginia, bringing the total statewide to 52. Kanawha County has seen a “significant increase.” The number of cases has double from Tuesday to 13.
WVU will not hold an in-person commencement ceremony. Instead, they’ll hold a “virtual commencement experience” on May 16th. WVU hopes to have an in-person ceremony in December.