The West Virginia Education Association wants every county in the state to start the school year with distance learning. Eighty-percent of the unions members say they would only want to reopen schools if it was cleared by health experts, and more than 90-percent anticipate trouble with social distancing and keeping face coverings on kids.
Brig. Gen. Russell Crane was appointed a deputy secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, effective Monday. Secretary Bill J. Crouch said Crane most recently served as the assistant adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard and the deputy commanding general of the Training Support Division (East) of the First … Read more
West Virginia Education Association President Dale Lee said during a video news conference Thursday that 80% of those surveyed agree schools should only physically reopen after certain protections are in place for students and staff. The other 20% agreed the virus has been disruptive and say it is important to get back to school so … Read more
A Kanawha County classroom aide is among the finalists for the West Virginia Department of Education’s 2020 Service Personnel of the Year Award. Stephanie Toliver is an employee at Nitro Elementary School, and has spent 15 years as an assistant in special education classrooms. She’s one of five finalists for the award. The finalists, along … Read more
Personal protective equipment has become a must-have in 2020 with many businesses requiring masks for you to enter, and two libraries in Lincoln County are working to help families get them. The Alum Creek and Guyan Valley public libraries took to social media Wednesday offering free masks to the public and they said the response … Read more
An apartment fire that happened Thursday morning in Huntington is under investigation. It happened about 5:20 a.m. at the intersection of 24th Street and First Avenue. Cabell County 911 said gire crews arrived to find fire coming out of a second-story window on one side of the building. Crews were able to rescue one person … Read more
The Big-12 plans to play this fall. COVID-19 testing will continue through the season, with as many as three times a week for football, soccer and volleyball teams. The Mountaineer football season is set to begin on September 12th against Eastern Kentucky.
Bars in Morgantown will remain closed. The Governor extended an order keeping Monongalia County bars closed until August 20th. State officials will reach out to bar owners and medical officials next week to come with a protocol for reopening safely.
Vice-President Mike Pence will be at the Greenbrier this weekend for a fundraiser. Governor Justice says he doesn’t know much about it, but he doesn’t think the crowd will violate state guidelines limiting gatherings to twenty-five people.
Six more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia. Hospitalizations are up to 135, and almost 50 patients are in ICU. The state’s positive test rate is close to two-point-four-percent.