The conversation about harm reduction in Charleston continues. The West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute held a town hall to discuss the work being done by groups like SOAR. A resolution amending the city’s needle exchange ordinance is up for debate at next week’s Charleston City Council meeting.
West Virginia’s county alert map, dominated for weeks in the red, now has only three red counties and almost as many gold counties as orange. The state Department of Health and Human Resources map posted Monday showed 22 counties in orange, including Wayne, Mingo, Logan, Boone, and Fayette. Nineteen counties were in gold, including Kanawha, … Read more
The West Virginia Department of Education is looking for organizations to help feed children and provide supervised activities during the summer. County boards of education, local government agencies and other nonprofit groups can be part of the federal Summer Food Service Program and help ensure that children in lower-income areas continue to receive free meals. … Read more
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said a man reported missing has week was found dead Saturday. Deputies said 27-year old Claude Lonnie Slate III of Clendenin was found dead in the 5000 block of Frame Road Saturday. Deputies who who responded to the report learned that Slate had been operating a go-cart and the vehicle … Read more
An animal rescue group said more than 80 cats were seized last weekend from a home in Mingo County. Animal rescuers also said several cats were found dead in the home. Pitiful Paws Rescue said in a Facebook post that members of the group and Guardians of Rescue spent all day Saturday removing the animals … Read more
Families whose kids receive free or reduced cost school meals will get an extra benefit. You’ll receive a special P-EBT card for lost days in school because of the pandemic. The cards will go out starting in mid-March and be retroactive to last fall.
Health officials say that if you registered locally for the COVID-19 vaccination, you should register again through the state’s Everbridge system. You won’t lose your spot, and the state’s system requires demographic information that may allow you to receive the vaccination sooner.
The number of active COVID-19 cases continues to drop to just over sixteen-thousand. West Virginia health officials confirm ten more deaths and over five-hundred new cases. More than 100-thousand people have received their second shot and are fully vaccinated.
Boomers Sports Bar in Ironton is being cited for health code violations. Agents found more than seventy people crowded around the main with a live band on state. There was no social distancing, and most people were not wearing face masks.
Two people are under arrest after a police pursuit in Fort Gay. Police tried to pull over a stolen vehicle when the driver took off. The car crashed after a short pursuit, and the suspects tried to flee on foot. Both men were taken into custody in a wooded area.