A COVID-19 vaccination clinic is set for Monday, April 5, at Nitro Public Library. Appointments will be made for up to 650 people for the clinic that runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a news release from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. The health department said appointment tickets are available at two Nitro … Read more
The West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office is doubling the reward amount offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction of those responsible in a fatal arson in Greenbrier County. The Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office said the reward has increased from $5,000 to $10,000 in the case of the April 2, 2020, homicide of … Read more
Charleston Police have released the name of the man shot in the 1400 block of 3rd Avenue Tuesday night. Police said they found 37-year old Gary L. Martin of Charleston lying on the ground between two homes around 10:00 p.m. Martin said he was in the back yard of a home when he heard a … Read more
There will be no traditional three-day Vandalia Gathering this year, but there will be a special afternoon concert instead at the West Virginia Capitol. West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History will host the event from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 29, on the north steps of the state Capitol. The concert … Read more
Families with children who are eligible for food assistance will get a new P-EBT card in the mail by the end of April. The pandemic relief is similar to the program offered last spring. West Virginia will received two-hundred-million-dollars, which is enough form more than 220-thousand students.
Over nine-hundred students at Kanawha County schools received their first shot of Pfizer vaccine after A COVID-19 breakouts at five public schools and two private schools. Pfizer is the only vaccine approved for sixteen and seventeen year olds.
The House of Delegates voted against an amendment to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana by anyone over 21. The bill was seen as a litmus test on the odds of legalizing marijuana in West Virginia.
The West Virginia Senate is considering a third tax cut plan. It would initially offset a large income tax cut with a variety of other taxes. Governor Justice’s proposal would cut personal income tax by 60 percent right away, and includes a sales tax increase, and the House plan calls for millions of dollars in … Read more
The city of Charleston’s Public Safety Committee approved changes to the city’s needle exchange ordinance. The bill requires a one-to-one needle exchange. It will now go to the full City Council for a vote.
Two Boone County men are under arrest after police found their pickup loaded with shooting targets and other items from the Sheriff’s Office shooting range in the Hobet area. Both men are charged with petit larceny and trespassing.