An audit of WorkForce West Virginia found that employee misclassification is rampant, and the state lost as much as a million-dollars in personal income tax revenue between 2014 and 2018. The Department of Labor gave West Virginia a failing grade for detecting employee misclassification, which determines whether a worker is an employee or an independent … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives approved increasing COVID-19 relief payments to two-thousand-dollars with West Virginia’s David McKinley and forty-three other Republicans joining a majority of Democrats in supporting the change.
Longtime Kanawha County Circuit Judge Charles King has passed away. King served on the court for more than forty-years. He was 73-years-old.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after two pickups, a trailer and other equipment were stolen from the Seminole Coal complex in Powelltown. The theft happened between December 22nd and 28th. Police are looking for a green and a red Ford F250 with Ohio tags.
A suspect is under arrest after a standoff with Huntington police. Sixty-five-year-old Patrick Elliott is accused of firing three shots into a neighbor’s home. No one was hurt. Officers persuaded Elliot to drop the gun, and he was taken into custody without incident.
One person is in the hospital after a shooting in the unincorporated area of Milliken. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.
There is now a twenty-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a fire that killed a West Virginia Air National Guard firefighter. Thirty-year-old Senior Airman Logan Young was killed while fighting a barn fire outside Martinsburg. Investigators say the barn blaze and another house fire three miles away … Read more
Kanawha County Commissioners are asking the state Department of Transportation to take immediate action to repair a rockslide at Blue Creek Road. The hillside slipped again on Christmas Eve, blocking the roadway and trapping six-hundred residents.
The City of Charleston will hear public comments on dedicating Garrison Avenue in honor of Patrolman Cassie Johnson, who was killed in the line of duty on the street. Instead of renaming Garrison Avenue, an honorary dedication will be below every Garrison Avenue street sign.
WorkForce West Virginia is waiting for federal guidance on an unemployment pandemic extension that will provide benefits to tens of thousands of people. Governor Justice is directing the agency to be prepared to respond quickly to federal guidelines. Workforce West Virginia recommends waiting to file a new claim until the agency receives more direction.