An undisclosed number of residents at a West Virginia University dormitory complex have been ordered to self-quarantine after someone living there tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Monongalia County health department said the individual has been isolated, and residents of the Evansdale Residential Complex have to quarantine until they are tested. Last week the … Read more
Capitol Market’s outdoor market plans to open for the season this week with precautions for COVID-19. The market will open Wednesday, April 15, with hours Monday through Sunday. The decision to open was made after talks with the city of Charleston, Charleston Fire Department, Kanawha County Commission, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Capitol Market’s executive … Read more
Passenger car traffic is down 70-percent on the Wet Virginia Turnpike. Trucks are still rolling, and the travel plazas are full every night. Toll booths are open, but officials are developing contingency plans if necessary.
A two-year-old girl drowned in Clay County. The little girl was playing outside when she went missing. Family members found her in a neighboring creek.
Governor Justice hopes a federal relief package will get the state through a 350-million-dollar budget deficit. Justice is carefully watching the spending rules of over a billion-dollars that is expected to be West Virginia’s share of 500-billion-dollars in aid to the states. Right now, that money is believed to be for direct response to the … Read more
A Charleston man is under arrest for starting a fire that killed one man and injured another person. Forty-three-year-old Jerry Walker is accused of setting a house on fire that spread to a second house. He’s charged with arson and murder.
A man was shot and wounded in an officer-involved shooting at an apartment at Renaissance Circle. Twenty-one-year-old Cole Sams stole a dump truck, and then tried to break-in to two apartments. He refused to drop his gun when he was shot. Sams is in stable condition. No officers were hurt.
Two more people in West Virginia have died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll to eight. Nearly six-hundred people have tested positive for the virus statewide. A student living in the “Towers” at WVU has tested positive for COVID-19. The person who tested positive is in isolation, and all resident and workers at the … Read more
At least three West Virginia colleges have set up emergency funds to help students. West Virginia University, West Virginia State University and Concord University say they’re trying to help students who’ve taken financial hits to continue their education. West Virginia State University students must have been in good standing and can apply for up to … Read more
Additional pay for first responders during the COVID-19 crisis is in the works for Kanawha County and Charleston employees as city and county leaders work on a deal. Governor Jim Justice announced a $100,000 grant to be distributed to first responders in each county in West Virginia. Mayor Amy Goodwin asked the county for ‘hero … Read more