A number of skilled nursing centers across West Virginia launched an online dashboard Friday with COVID-19 testing results. Stonerise Healthcare said the data will reflect the test results and the status of positive cases among the patients at its facilities. The information provided on the dashboard includes current patients, those admitted to the hospital, patients … Read more
Hunters are preparing for West Virginia’s spring gobbler season. Turkey hunting season opens April 20th and runs through May 16th. A two-day youth spring gobbler season opens Saturday. Hunting regulations remain in place, in addition to the CDC’s social distancing guidelines.
West Virginia University has received a one-hundred-thousand-dollar award from NASA for space research. WVU will use the money to develop an Artificial Intelligence based framework for real-time radio-frequency interference detection and mitigation.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will hold a drive-thru COVID-19 testing event on Tuesday at the ambulance authority on Brooks Street. You must have coronavirus symptoms to be tested, which include coughing fever, and shortness of breath. Testing is by appointment only.
West Virginia could start easing social distancing requirements beginning in May. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation says the state could slowly begin opening if large gatherings are restricted, there is wide spread testing, and contacts of people who test positive are quarantined. The White House issued guidelines that states should meet before reopening. … Read more
A man, who has been missing for a week, has been found alive in an abandoned Gilbert-area mine. Rescuers found the man more than a half-mile from the mine entrance. They also found evidence of copper removal during their search. The mine owner, Frasier Creek Mining, was cited for failure to barricade openings to the … Read more
As many as five people are under arrest in connection to a series of burglaries and thefts in the Cross Lanes area. They’re accused of stealing vehicles, breaking in to storage facilities and homes. Fourteen charges have been filed, so far, and more arrests are expected.
Six more patients at Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center tested positive for COVID-19, for a total of sixteen. There are now eight confirmed cases at the Eastbrook skilled nursing facility, and 15 people tested positive at Eldercare in Ripley. Governor Justice is ordering that all patients and staff members at nursing homes in West Virginia … Read more
There have been three more COVID-19 related deaths in West Virginia, bringing the statewide death toll to sixteen, and 775 people in the state have tested positive for the virus. The positive test result rate is just over four-percent.
Gas prices continue to fall. The average price for a gallon of gasoline in West Virginia is $1.81, down 86-cents from a year ago. Gasoline demand is at an over 50-year low, and experts say it could drop to a dollar-a-gallon.