The West Virginia House passed its own version of a state income tax reduction bill. It would eliminate income tax, but does so through a series of 150-million-dollar budget cuts. The governor’s plan calls for an increase in sales tax to cover the cost.
West Virginia is now the seventh state in the county to offer an education savings account program. Governor Justice signed the Hope Scholarship bill, which gives students a 46-hundred dollar voucher to use for private school or homeschooling.
Purple martins are returning to West Virginia. The first birds were seen last week in Eleanor. Purple martins winter in the rainforests of Brazil, and make an up to seven-thousand-mile migration north in the eastern United States and Canada.
A man is under arrest for trying to steal a vehicle, and then getting into a fight with officers. He took off on foot, and officers used a stun gun to subdue him, and he continued to fight. Several officer were able to get him under control and he was taken into custody.
West Virginia has reached a grim mile stone. One year ago, yesterday, the state reported its first COVID-19 death. An 88-year-old woman from Marion County was the first person in the state to lose her life to the virus. Since then, more than 26-hundred people have died from COVID-19.
COVID-19 outbreaks are being reported at seven Kanawha County school. There are more than forty confirmed cases. Vaccination clinics are scheduled for high school students at ten different locations today.
Walmart will begin offering vaccinations in West Virginia this week through a federal pharmacy partnership. The state’s pandemic response leader, James Hoyer, said more details about the partnership will be announced soon. Hoyer is the coronavirus task force leader and said in a news release that there’s a firm percentage of the population that lives … Read more
West Virginia State Police are asking for tips on a vehicle theft case. A black Chevy Silverado pickup truck was stolen at a gas station along US Route 52 on Friday, March 19 at the Paddle Creek Marathon. The truck has Ohio tags — JHG 6828. State police have surveillance video from the gas station … Read more
COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported at seven schools. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department said the outbreaks were reported at St. Albans High School, Chamberlain Elementary School, John Adams Middle School, Riverside High School, St. Francis Elementary School, Hayes Middle School and Cross Lanes Christian School. Health officials said 41 students and three staff members are affected. … Read more
Nobody was injured after a fire destroyed a home in Kanawha County on Sunday. The fire was reported just after 3 p.m. in the 800 block of Georges Creek Drive near Malden, according to Metro 911. Crews on scene said one person was at home at the time the fire started near the fireplace, but … Read more