The National Suicide Prevention Hotline will no longer provide specialized services to LGBTQ+ youth as of July 17. Since 2022, an option to ‘press 3’ would connect a caller with an LGBTQ+ youth support specialist. The 988 hotline will drop that option. According to the Trevor Project, 40% of LGBTQ+ youth have considered suicide, and … Read more
Raising Cane’s is opening its first West Virginia location later this year. The chain known for its chicken fingers posted a job opening for a Morgantown location and announced the store would be opening in December. The job posting is for a full-time restaurant leader who will be responsible for people development, sales and profit … Read more
West Virginia State named a new head coach of the women’s basketball this week. Whitney Bays, an assistant coach at Memphis University since 2023. Bays has been an assistant coach at Gardner-Webb University. Before her successful collegiate coaching career, she was an assistant coach at Huntington High School for three years.She was twice-named a Gatorade … Read more
The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority announced plans to adjust fares and shift some established routes in favor of microtransit. Although single-ride ticket costs will remain the same at $1.50. One-day passes will go up a dollar – from $2.50 to $3.50 – and monthly passes will decrease from $60 to $50. Eyewitness News said … Read more
Transportation officials announced a portion of Interstate 64 in Putnam County will be closed for road work again tonight. Lane closures are planned along the John Janey Memorial Bridge from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Thursday, according to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Transportation. The bridge is located between mile … Read more
Gas prices are up slightly across the country, by about eight cents over the past week, bringing the national average price to $3.22. In the Mountain State, gas is up seven cents from last week according to AAA, at $3.16. That’s still lower than a year ago by about twenty cents. The conflict in Iran … Read more
A man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison this week after the search of a Kanawha County home revealed more than 2 pounds of illegal drugs, firearms and cash. 44-year old Jason Minter of Charleston was sentenced to 12 years and three months in prison to be followed by four years of … Read more
A man has been charged after deputies said they caught him trying to smuggle more than $100,000 worth of contraband into a federal correctional facility in Raleigh County. Julius Covington faces charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and attempting to smuggle contraband into jail after he was found with three packages Saturday outside Federal … Read more
City leaders have launched an initiative aimed at strengthening safety in downtown Huntington. The effort will include additional police presence in the form of foot and bicycle patrols as Huntington police collaborate with health care professionals to help first responders recognize the difference between crime and personal crisis situations. The increase in patrols is part … Read more
Deputies have launched a death investigation after a Kanawha County man apparently drowned in the Middle Fork River last the weekend. 71-year old Harold Feagans of St. Albans died after falling into the Upshur County waterway, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.Upshur County deputies were dispatched to Boy Scout Camp Road Sunday … Read more