The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles wants travelers to get ahead of the deadline for REAL ID. Starting October 1st, anyone who flies will need a passport or a REAL ID. To apply you’ll need a passport or birth certificate, a Social Security card, and two proofs of West Virginia residency.
Cabell County Emergency Medical Services administered COVID-19 vaccines again this week at St. Mary’s Center for Education in Huntington. Weeks ago, the typical turnout on a Wednesday would be close to 1,000. WCHS TV reported that now a good day is closer to 300. EMTs and paramedics give out the shots Wednesday through Friday for … Read more
Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley re-opened its Teays Valley store on Thursday. The store was closed earlier this year for construction on a project to expand the store and create a more modern environment with new technology. By expanding the Teays Valley location, Goodwill says it will not only provide more jobs to the Putnam … Read more
A man accused of fatally shooting a Charleston police officer pleaded not guilty to all charges from an indictment that was handed down several weeks ago. Joshua Phillips pleaded not guilty Thursday during his grand jury arraignment in Kanawha County Circuit Court. He is accused of fatally shooting Patrolman Cassie Johnson last December as she … Read more
A St. Albans man pleaded guilty this week to federal drug and gun charges stemming from a 2019 incident. Ricky Lee Clark Sr. is accused of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition along with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office. He pleaded … Read more
LEGO fans are in luck…The BrickUniverse LEGO Fan Festival is coming to Charleston in June. It will feature a massive LEGO and fifty world landmarks built out of the plastic blocks.
West Virginia’s World War II hero, Woody Williams, is the nation’s last living Medal of Honor recipient. The nation’s oldest recipient, Charles Coolidge, died earlier this month in Tennessee. Williams recently celebrated his 97th birthday.
A new study shows that West Virginia has the nation’s second slowest internet speeds. The Mountain State is getting some much needed funding to help expand broadband with 350-million-dollars in federal funding.
The state has reached a grim milestone with eleven more COVID-19 deaths; the death toll has reached 28-hundred. DHHR is reporting over four-hundred new cases of COVID-19, pushing the number of active cases to almost 73-hundred.
Over fifty-percent of West Virginians who are eligible have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Governor Justice is pushing to get that number to seventy-percent, and he says if we do that, “masks will be just a memory.”