South Charleston is taking matters into its own hands and installing a fiber optic network to improve internet speed and reliability. The goal is to have fiber in front of every house in the city, and then it will be leased to internet providers like Frontier and Suddenlink. The project will take two or three … Read more
WVU police are looking for a person of interest who accosted a TV news reporter during a St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Morgantown. Students pushed him and tried to grab his cell phone. He wasn’t hurt. Officials are looking into several parties that may have violated COVID-19 guidelines.
The Kanawha County School Board voted to continue the demolition of Clendenin Elementary School. Flooding destroyed the school nearly five-years ago. The new Clendenin Elementary is expected to be completed sometime in 2022.
The Kanawha County Commission approved a nearly 56-million-dollar budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. The budget includes a four-percent employee pay raise, and significant funding for the sheriff’s department, and public safety grants.
The Washington Post reported this week that Dr. Rahul Gupta, the former top health official in West Virginia, is a leading candidate to be nation’s top drug policy official. The Post reported that Gupta is favored to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Gupta was also part of President Joe Biden’s transition team, … Read more
Beckley police said a man was arrested for the murder of a 7-year-old boy. 34-year old Rashad Thompson was found at the scene about 2:45 a.m. Thursday at Ritchie Apartments on Industrial Drive, according to a news release from the Beckley Police Department. He’s also accused of stabbing a 24-year old woman who was in … Read more
A new law that increases the number of charter schools allowed in the state has been signed by the governor. The law increases the number of charter schools allowed every three years from three to ten and also allows for online-only charter schools. There are no charter schools yet in the state, despite the 2019 … Read more
Five COVID-19 deaths and 382 new positive cases were reported Thursday by the DHHR. There are 5,301 active cases in the state, and that’s an increase of 95 from Wednesday to Thursday. As for vaccinations, 252,246 have been fully vaccinated in the state.
Red counties are starting to pop back up on the West Virginia county alert map as Hardy County is now joined by Webster County. Eight counties were in orange on the map posted Thursday by the DHHR, including Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh, and Nicholas. Kanawha County was in yellow. The orange and red designations indicate a … Read more
A deal between Hino Motors and Cummins will bring new jobs to Wood county. Trucks with Cummins engines will be built in West Virginia and Canada starting in October. Re-activating the Hino plant will bring at least 350 employees back to work.