A solar generating project in southern West Virginia has cleared a key hurdle. The Public Service Commission issued a final order granting Raleigh Solar a certificate for the construction and operation of a 90-megawatt generating facility in Raleigh County. The commission said it’s the first such certificate issued in West Virginia. The project will consist … Read more
Kanawha County has moved into yellow on West Virginia’s county alert map. The latest map posted on Tuesday (based on data from Monday) shows the color change for the county, which had moved to gold last week after spending weeks in red and then in orange. Kanawha’s positivity test rate has dipped to 3.95% after … Read more
Governor Justice signed an executive order allowing outdoor live music, and some indoor music performances to resume. Indoor performances are limited to 25-percent capacity, or 250 people, whichever is less.
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, and there are over one-hundred new cases of the virus. The state’s “Rt rate” is the second best in the nation. The number is a measurement of how the virus is spreading from person-to-person. West Virginia’s number is point-86. Any number below 1.0 means the … Read more
The West Virginia Education Association is filing a lawsuit challenging the state’s COVID-19 alert map. The union says the map has been altered repeatedly to achieve an end result, and a county can be in the red or green, depending on which method is used.
The Kanawha County Board of Education voted to skip a second week of blended learning, and instead, transition to five days of in-person learning starting October 12th. Around 13-thousand students will return to the classroom.
Huntington Police are investigating after a body was found in a car on 10th Avenue. The car belongs to a missing person. The state Medical Examiner’s Office is working to make a positive ID.
Former Delegate John Mandt admits to using anti-gay slurs and disparaging remarks on Facebook Messenger. He says the messages were written more than a year ago, and were taken out of context. Mandt resigned over the weekend. His name will still be on the ballot, and he says he will serve should he win back … Read more
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Campbells Creek woman. Thirty-year-old Samantha Jo Carte was last seen two days ago on Dry Branch Road. Carte is a white female, around 5-feet, 3-inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She has black hair and blue eyes. Call the sheriff’s office at 304-357-0169 if you … Read more
Governor Justice announced an over two-mile road paving project that will start next week on First Avenue in Nitro. The over eight-hundred-thousand-dollar project will be funded through the governor’s Roads to Prosperity program.