The West Virginia Hunting and Fishing Show is canceled for next year. the West Virginia Trophy Hunters Association canceled the 2021 show because of COVID-19 concerns. The show has been a winter time staple for 35 years.
Firefighter battled an abandoned house fire in the Altizer are of Huntington. The blaze broke out at a home between 12th and 13th Streets. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A motorcycle hit a pedestrian in the Fraziers Bottom area of Putnam County. The woman was hit on Route 817 near the old golf course. She was flown to the hospital. The motorcycle rider was also hurt. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Some absentee ballots in Berkeley County were counted twice during the primary election, but it didn’t change the outcome of any race. The Secretary of State’s Office says that certain absentee ballots were counted twice due to human error, and a lack of adequate controls and audit procedures. The Berkeley County Clerk is putting new … Read more
West Virginia is a COVID-19 hotspot, and that will affect your travel plans, if you need to go to New York. West Virginia is being added to New York’s travel ban. Visitors are required to quarantine for two weeks.
FEMA is ending the Lost Wages Assistance Program that provides an extra 300-dollars-per-month to unemployed West Virginians. WorkForce West Virginia will continue to pay benefits until existing FEMA funds run out. Regular unemployment benefits are available, in addition to an extra one-hundred-dollars-per-week through the State’s allocation of federal CARES Act funding.
Governor Justice is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff today in observance of Patriot Day. The governor is requesting a moment of silence at 8:46 this morning to honor the victims of the September 11th attacks.
Three more people have died from COVID-19 in Kanawha County, raising the state’s death toll to 257. There are over two-hundred new cases of the virus, bringing the total to over twelve-thousand. The state continues to have the highest Rt rate in the country, which measures the spread of COVID-19 from person to person.
Marshall University is implementing a second phase of temporary salary reductions. The cuts will go into effect in October and will be between one and five percent. Employees making less the 50-thousand-dollars are exempt from the cuts. Enrollment at the University is down almost five-percent.
Senator Joe Manchin, and three other Democratic Senators, are introducing a bill to limit political influence over the Postal Service. The bill would prevent postmaster general candidates from having any political position four years before their appointment. The bill is in response to concerns about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who was a Republican fundraiser before … Read more