More drive-thru COVID-19 testing events are scheduled for Kanawha County this week. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will host testing from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today (Monday, June 22) at the health department. Health officials are urging anyone who has traveled recently to get tested. No appointments or … Read more
Yeager Airport is resuming a nonstop flight to Atlanta that was put on hold eariler this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Delta will restore a second flight to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport starting on July 3. The airport has previously announced it was resuming nonstop flights to Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. in early … Read more
Thomas Health has signed an agreement with a new financial partner and hopes to emerge from bankruptcy by September. Thomas, which operates Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, and Charleston’s St. Francis Hospital, announced the deal worth 145-million-dollars with New York based Hamlin Capital Management.
Delegate Isaac Sponaugle is taking the weekend to decide if he’ll seek a recount in the Democratic race for state Attorney General. Sponaugle finished just 145 votes behind Sam Petsonk, who is declaring victory. He has until 10 p.m. on Tuesday to decide if he wants a recount.
An inmate has died at a federal prison in West Virginia. Thirty-three-year-old Jensy Mendoza was found unresponsive at the Secure Female Facility Hazleton. The cause of death is under investigation. There is no indication it was COVID-19 related. Mendoza was serving a three sentence on drug charges. She had been at Hazelton since February.
A crash involving a West Virginia National Guard convoy is under investigation in Harrison County. An armored military carrier ran off I-79 near the Stonewood exit and hit a tree. A passenger vehicle was also involved. Two guard members suffered minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was also hurt.
There are over thirty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and the number of active cases has climbed to over seven-hundred. The state’s total number of positive cases is almost 25-hundred. The higher numbers are tied to outbreaks at six churches across the state, including more than thirty people at the Graystone Baptist Church … Read more
Fire destroyed three buildings and damaged three others in downtown Grafton. The fire started in a vacant commercial building on West Main Street and spread quickly to two adjacent buildings. Firefighters battled the blaze for almost eight hours. The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
As many as two dozen homes were damaged in flash flooding in Alderson. Heavy afternoon rains flooded Griffith Creek. A few local roads were washed out and water filled several basements. No one was hurt.
Yeager Airport officials are estimating an eighty-percent drop in passengers when their new fiscal year begins July 1st. The estimates are part of a new budget that includes ten-million-dollars for operating expenses, and eighteen-million-dollars for capital improvements.