U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito says legislators need to pass a targeted COVID-19 relief bill before the August recess. The latest one-trillion-dollar proposal includes another round of stimulus payments and a reduction in expanded unemployment benefits.
The president of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia says a strike is a last-resort, but educators want to go back to school safely. “Safety strikes” are a possibility if school reopening plans don’t meet standards to suppress COVID-19. West Virginia schools are set to open September 8th.
Three more people have died from COVID-19, raising the state’s death toll to 115. There are 96 new cases of the virus, and more than one-hundred people are hospitalized with the virus.
A Princeton nursing says it asked for mass COVID-19 testing of residents and staff earlier this month, but was denied. An employee tested positive in the first week of July, and now the nursing home has more than thirty active cases, and two people have died. The local health department says it followed guidelines, and … Read more
The City of Charleston will begin accepting applications for urban deer hunting season beginning Monday. The hunting season runs from September 5th through January 31st. The city will only accept applications by mail.
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Lena Lunsford, who was found guilty of killing her three-year-old daughter in 2018. She’s serving life in prison with no chance for parole. Lunsford’s attorney cited nine reasons why he believed she was wrongfully convicted. All five Supreme Court justices affirmed the convictions.
A man is under arrest for hitting an officer with an ATV. A Beckley police officer confronted 30-year-old Darius Cook and another man involved in what appeared to be a drug deal. Cook took off and hit the officer, who suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The YWCA Mel Wolf Child Development Center will be closed for at least ten days after an outbreak of COVID-19. Both staff and children tested positive for the virus. The facility is being cleaned by the National Guard.
One Charleston company held a drive-through hiring event this week, and if you missed it there is still a chance to apply. Manpower has more than 100 openings for positions like production operator, temperature greeter, executive director, recruiter, construction laborer, HVAC technician and more. The company accepted applications at a drive-through event Wednesday, and applicaitons … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is continuing its live webinars on agricultural subjects next week. The webinars are called the Homesteading Series and allow an opportunity for industry experts and local producers to share knowledge. The webinars are recorded and can be viewed on the agency’s YouTube channel. August topics will cover culinary and … Read more