The Kanawha County Board of Education is moving toward closing Cedar Grove Middle School in Eastern Kanawha. The Gazette-Mail reported closing the school is part of the school system’s move to drop from nearly 70 schools to about 60 over the next decade. Closing Cedar Grove Middle School will be a slow process. The board … Read more
Governor Jim Justice took the oath of office Friday, and a priority for the new term will be to get more COVID-19 vaccines for West Virginia. The Governor is a close friend of former President Trump, but pledged support to work with President Biden to bring in more vaccines. More on the governor’s specific agenda … Read more
Cabell County Schools would like feedback on a set of school calendars for the next two years. There are three options with the most notable difference regarding where spring break falls. In the first option, spring break aligns with Easter, the second option has spring break aligning with Marshall University and the third has the … Read more
The Hurricane Volunteer Fire Department has plans to move into new space near the new Hurricane Bridge Park on Midland Trail. The fire department is located on Main Street now, and with the move, fire fighters will have more space and they hope this sets them up well for the future. Construction begins this summer.
WVU will let some fans into the Coliseum starting January 30th. The athletic department announced over the weekend that attendance will be capped at 1,000 fans and priority will be given to families and guests of players and coaches, along with a limited number of WVU students. There will not be a public sale of … Read more
Union Carbide is fighting a lawsuit that the company failed to report a toxic dump site in South Charleston that is leaking hazardous substances into nearby Davis Creek. The lawsuit claims that the site was never properly closed and remains an illegal open dump. Union Carbide says it is monitoring the site and has an … Read more
COVID-19 numbers are down in West Virginia, with less than one-thousand new cases of the virus, and seven additional deaths. The number of actives cases is down by almost four-hundred, to less the 26-thousand.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is giving the vaccine by appointment only, and today’s clinic is already filled up. About two-thousand people will get the vaccine today at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center.
West Virginia DHHR says their new online system for vaccine registration will go live at 8 a.m. on Monday. Officials hope it will relive local health departments that have been inundated with phone calls. Anyone over the age of sixty-five, teachers over the age of fifty, as well as front-line health workers and first responder … Read more
Three West Virginia counties, that delayed returning to the classroom, are changing their plans. Marion, Taylor and Gilmer counties were considered out of compliance with a state requirement to return to in-person learning, but under pressure from the state school board, have decided to return to school.