The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling blocking construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The justices ruled that the U.S. Forest Service has the authority to grant the pipeline right of way under the Appalachian Trail in the George Washington National Forest. The 600-mile pipline still requires a number of other permits.
Three people from West Virginia are under arrest in California. Police found a stolen motorcycle in the back of their pickup, and that led them to forty-pounds of marijuana, cash, a loaded handgun, and signs of drug sales in their hotel room.
A Scott Depot woman was killed and a man was hurt in a motorcycle crash in Lawrence County, Ohio. The motorcycle dropped off the side of the road and both riders were thrown from the bike on Route 93. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
One person is dead and another person was hurt at the former Philip Sporn Power Plant in New Haven. The workers were preparing a building for demolition when it collapsed prematurely.
Emotions ran high when a group of demonstrators gathered to hold a Black Lives Matter protest in Ripley. They were met by a group of counter protesters armed with “we back the blue,” and “defend not defund” signs. The protest was peaceful.
This weekend is West Virginia’s annual free fishing weekend. Today and tomorrow no fishing license, trout stamp, or national forest stamp is required. DNR stocked nearly six-thousand pounds of channel catfish in over forty ponds and lakes.
Senator Joe Manchin is one of the U.S. senators supporting a proposal that would require the U.S. Department of Defense to remove Confederate names, monuments, or symbols from military bases and equipment. At least five military bases would have to change their names. That process could take up to three-years.
All inmates and employees at West Virginia’s correctional facilities have been tested for the coronavirus. There are nine active cases, including four at the Huttonsville Correctional Center, where a spike in cases led to statewide testing. Governor Justice says the overwhelming results are negative. Justice announced that two-point-six-million-dollars has been allocated to municipalities across the … Read more
More than seven-thousand people have been tested for COVID-19 in Kanawha County. There is a free testing site today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. across from Laidley Field in Charleston. No appointment is necessary.
Two more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia. A 73-year-old Mingo County man and a 78-year-old Berkeley County man passed away, bringing the state’s death toll to 88. There are sixteen new cases of the virus, for a total of over 22-hundred. The positive test rate is below two-percent.