Gov. Jim Justice’s chief of staff is retiring at the end of the month a no immediate replacement has been named. Justice appointed Mike Hall to the position in August 2017. Hall also served in the state Senate and House of Delegates. Hall is the second member of Justice’s administration to announce his departure in … Read more
Huntington Tri-State Airport said daily service from the airport through American Airlines will be restored beginning Jan. 6th and flight reservations are open now at www.aa.com, and all other online travel sites. Service was suspended in October, and as flights resume at the Huntington Tri-State Airport, American Airlines will offer daily flights to and from … Read more
The Mountaineers will play football on New Year’s Eve. The Liberty Bowl announced that West Virginia will represent the Big 12 in the game Dec. 31 at 4 p.m. ET at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis. This will mark the third appearance for the Mountaineers in the Liberty Bowl, and their first since 2014. … Read more
Marshall football will wrap up its season with a Christmas Day bowl game. The Thundering Herd will play Buffalo in the Camellia Bowl.
The Monongalia County Salvation Army says an anonymous donor dropped a one-thousand-dollar bill into one of their red kettles. The Salvation Army says the donor has dropped off the bill in a different kettle for over forty-years.
Twenty-five counties are in the red, and twenty-two counties are in the orange on the latest school alert map. Only eight counties will be allowed in the classroom this week, if they are not already on Christmas break.
West Virginia has the third-highest rate of COVID-19 spread in the country. The state’s RT Value is one-point-one-three, trailing only Maine and California. There are over a thousand new cases of the virus, and over 22-thousand active cases, and six more people have died.
Governor Justice says West Virginia is leading the country in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. More than 15-thousand people have received the Pfizer vaccine. That’s an over 90-percent administration rate. More doses of the Moderna vaccine will arrive today.
WVU is accepting an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl in Memephis on New Years Eve. The Mountaineers will face the Tennessee Volunteers.
The Greenbrier is offering a chance to “buy out” the seven-hundred-room luxury resort for 250-thousand-dollars per night. You get the place all to yourself during select dates in January and February.