A new hospice care unit is opening up in Charleston. Charleston Area Medical Center announced the opening of a new 12-bed inpatient hospice unit at CAMC Memorial Hospital in Kanawha City. The new inpatient unit at CAMC will not replace the two Hubbard Hospice Houses in Kanawha County.
Prices at the pump continue to fall. AAA says the average price for a gallon of gas in West Virginia is $1.72. that’s down four-cents from a week ago.
Charleston Area Medical Center will reopen today for elective surgeries and other procedures. Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center have also been approved to resume elective procedures. The hospitals say all proper safety guidelines are in place to protect patients, staff, and visitors.
Marshall University is holding new student orientation online, but plans to hold in-person classes when the fall semester begins in August. School officials say there will be some creative class scheduling to promote social distancing.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is reporting 165 positive cases of COVID-19 and four deaths from the virus. Statewide almost 11-hundred people have tested positive and the death toll is up to 37.
Governor Justice is rolling out a six-week plan to reopen the state’s economy. It calls for a measured reopening based on positive test results staying below three percent. Right now positive test results are less than two-and-a-half-percent.
Police are investigating after someone threw a brick through the window of Danny’s BBQ Stand on Quarrier Street. Owner and former Mayor Danny Jones says he’s still open for business and it will cost more than a thousand-dollars to replace the window.
A Hurricane man is under arrest for breaking into a woman’s vehicle and stealing her debit and credit cards. Thirty-three-year-old Justin Hager used the cards to buy a cell phone and a pizza. He’s charged with three counts of fraud.
More than eleven-thousand self-employed workers have applied for pandemic unemployment assistance benefits since Friday.
Protesters gathered between the State Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion. They’re calling for the Governor to reopen West Virginia for business immediately. Justice did roll out a plan to slowly begin reopening the state.