Thousands of people are still without power and Appalachian Power is bringing in about four-hundred extra crews from out of state to help restore the power. More snow and ice is expected this morning.
West Virginia will open the 2021 football season with a road game at Maryland. Last year’s meeting was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. That will be followed by home games with Long Island on Sept. 11 and against Virginia Tech on Sept. 18. West Virginia opens conference play Sept. 25 at Oklahoma, followed by … Read more
A panel that reviews applicants for judicial vacancies has narrowed a field of nine applicants for a vacant judge’s seat in Kanawha County to four candidates and submitted them to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. The seat was left open when veteran Judge Charles King passed away. The four applicants submitted by the judicial vacancy … Read more
The issue of concealed carry rights on college campuses being discussed by state lawmakers. The bill in the judiciary committee allows licensed employees, staff and students with a concealed carry permit to carry a gun on a college campus, including school functions like sporting events with up to 2,500 people. In 2019, the Campus Carry … Read more
An ice storm warning is in effect through 10 am Tuesday, with significant icing expected, according to the National Weather Service. Total snow accumulations of up to two inches and ice accumulations of two tenths to one quarter of an inch could make driving treacherous in portions of central, northern, and southern West Virginia. Travel … Read more
Marshall had a season high fifteen three pointers to blow past Middle Tennessee State 107-to-79 last night at the Cam Henderson Center. Marshall and the Blue Raiders meet in the second half of the C-USA weekend double bill today at 4 p.m.
Sledding down Third Street in Morgantown has become a tradition, and this week’s winter storm was no exception. Video of one student’s run down the hill in a laundry cart is going viral after it was picked up by Barstool Sports. The cart crashed into a police cruiser at the bottom of the hill. He … Read more
COVID-19 numbers are going down. There are just over three-hundred new cases of the virus, and active cases dropped to just over thirteen-thousand. Hampshire County is the only red county on the COVID-19 alert map. There are now fourteen counties in the green.
Governor Justice is urging everyone 65 and older in six counties to pre-register for the COVID-19 vaccine. Justice says pre-registrations are low in Gilmer, Calhoun, Clay, Grant, Braxton and Monroe counties.
Governor Justice is optimistic that shipments of COVID-19 vaccine will ramp up in the coming weeks. The Biden administration has finalized a deal for two-hundred-million more doses of the vaccine, which is enough to meet the goal of vaccinating three-hundred-million Americans by the end of July. West Virginia’s allocation is expected to increase to over … Read more