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RISE West Virginia has complete six more homes in Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties. The program has completed over two-hundred homes.

Kanawha County Schools are bridging the Wi-Fi gap and upgrading school buses with stronger signals and 5-G speeds. The buses will park in rural and low income areas, so students can download the materials they need for virtual learning.

A man who was on the run for months after a fatal shooting in Charleston is under arrest in Philadelphia. Twenty-six-year-ol Braheem Griffin pleaded guilty to killing a teenager last July on Charleston’s West Side.

A Putnam County paramedic is pleading guilty to stealing from ambulance drug safes. Forty-nine-year-old Kelley Keene admitted to taking fentanyl and morphine. He faces up to four-years in prison.

COVID-19 deaths hit a record number in Kanawha County. Three people died from the virus on Monday, bringing the county’s death toll to over thirty. It’s the highest number of deaths since the pandemic began. Forty more people tested positive. The next drive-up testing event is planned for Wednesday at the Schoenbaum Family Resource Center.

Kanawha County Schools has released additional information in the wake of it being designated as an orange county in the latest school re-entry map. The school system said the orange designation applies for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 and only affects extracurricular and athletic activities for the week. All sports are permitted … Read more

Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford confirmed a deputy tested positive for COVID-19. The deputy has mild symptoms and appears to be doing well, according to an email from Rutherford. Anyone who had direct contact with the deputy is under self-isolation. Dr. Sherri Young with the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is advising the sheriff’s office on protocol.

Kanye West filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, seeking an injunction to have his name placed on the state’s election ballot in November. Warner previously said West would not be on the ballot because he didn’t have enough valid signatures. West is running for president as … Read more

Nitro City Hall will be closed through the Labor Day holiday. Mayor David Casebolt made the decision to keep the city hall closed this week through Labor Day because of COVID-19 concerns. Last week, a city employee who was showing symptoms of COVID-19 tested positive for the virus. Nitro City Hall will re-open to the … Read more

The University of Charleston said it will be again reaching out to help the community during a four-day public service project, although this year will be a bit different because of the coronavirus pandemic. The university’s Facebook page said the Labor of Love project will be observed Sept. 4 through Sept. 7. UC students will … Read more