A man is in serious condition after being stabbed Saturday evening. Charleston Police said 38-year old Anthony Morrison was stabbed multiple times around his head and neck during an argument with Carl Foster at the Washington Manor Housing Complex. Foster is charged with malicious wounding.
The House of Delegates gave approval to a bill that would keep secondary school transgender athletes from playing on teams other than their birth gender. The bill now heads to the Senate. Fairness West Virginia opposes the bill, and they point out that 16 other states and the NCAA allow transgender kids to participate in … Read more
The strong winds that blew overnight in Charleston took their toll on power lines. Nearly 2,500 homes and businesses in Charleston’s Fort Hill area lost power.
The Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program is open and will now accepting applications. The program, funded by the West Virginia Housing Development Fund (WVHDF), will offer direct help to renters who have suffered a financial hardship due to the pandemic.The program is for renter households with incomes no more than 80 percent of the area’s median … Read more
A construction project at Yeager Airport is being considered. The eight-acre property would include a general aviation hangar, box hangars, military parking area, and a terminal. The project would provide much needed hangar space and additional parking, both of which are needed.
The state’s color-coded COVID-19 map is being discontinued. Governor Justice announced yesterday that the map is no longer needed since most school staff and teachers have been vaccinated. As the map system was put to rest, only Jefferson County was at the highest ‘red’ category.
West Virginia will no longer use a color-coded County Alert System map to determine high school schedules in the state. All high schools will join all of West Virginia’s Pre-K-8 schools in being open full-time. They will remain open unless there is an active outbreak that would require a particular classroom within a school to … Read more
The number of West Virginians being fully vaccinated is inching toward 300-thousand. Another 175-thousand have received shot number one. Since December, the state has administered 9-out-of-10 doses they had available.
A bill before the House would have tied a high graduation to the completion of a federal financial aid application. HB-2702 was voted down. If it had passed, then high school seniors would have been required to apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid before receiving their diploma.
West Virginia’s coronavirus vaccination campaign will turn to young people to stem transmission rates after giving shots to most senior citizens. The new strategy to focus on shots for residents aged 16 to 29 comes after officials said they are seeing an increase in doses. Gov. Jim Justice said more than 70% of residents aged … Read more