The San Francisco 49ers will stay at The Greenbrier resort later this month rather than return to California between back-to-back games on the East Coast. The 49ers are scheduled to play road games Sept. 20 against the New York Jets and Sept. 27 against the New York Giants at the New Jersey Meadowlands. They’ll stay … Read more
An annual art and craft show that has been a staple of the Charleston community for more than 50 consecutive years has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Kanawha City Lions Club announced this week that it is cancelling the 53rd Annual Capital City Art and Craft Show. The event was originally scheduled … Read more
The Kanawha County Family Court will remain closed after a second employee has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Kanawha County Commission and chief family court judge Kenneth Ballard ordered the extended closure. The family court had already been closed to the public since Monday, Aug. 31, following the announcement of the first positive test. … Read more
Marshall’s football game Saturday against Eastern Kentucky will be different than any other season opener. They’ve only sold about 12,000 tickets for the 38,000-seat Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Fans will be sitting in every other row and no more than six tickets are sold together. Fans are supposed to keep their masks on except when … Read more
The West Virginia State Division of Natural Resources has received more than 16-hundred bear complaints this year. There have been several sightings in Kanawha County, and DNR is asking you remove food and other attractants from around your home to reduce the temptation.
Three more people have died from COVID-19 in Kanawha County, bringing this week’s death toll to nine. Eighty more people have tested positive for the virus, for a total of more than four-hundred active cases.
Governor Justice is closing bars again in Monongalia County, and this time he says it will be “indefinitely.” Photographs posted on social media show long lines outside Morgantown bars, and most people not wearing masks. WVU President Gordon Gee called it a “flagrant disregard” for community safety.
Governor Justice and State Superintendent of Schools Clayotn Burch, say there is enough person protective equipment and cleaning supplies for teachers when they return to the classroom. Two teachers unions are questioning whether there is enough PPE to go around. Justice calls the claims “political garbage.”
Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams joined President Trump at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington D.C. in a ceremony honoring the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
West Virginia is receiving an over one-point-six-million-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to increase STEM education. The money will provide scholarships for undergraduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.