The deadline to apply for utility bill assistance is tomorrow. Customers with unpaid bills from March 1st to July 31st can receive assistance to pay those bills if you suffered economic hardship due to COVID-19.
Kanawha moved from yellow to gold, Putnam stayed in orange and Cabell remained in gold in the latest West Virginia county alert system map. The map from the state Department of Health and Human Resources showed that Mingo County remained as the state’s only county in red. Ten counties were in orange including Putnam and … Read more
A poll worker at the John Adams Middle School Polling location has tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials say there was little contact with the public, but anyone who voted in the three affected precincts can be tested at the next drive-up event tomorrow.
Sixteen more people have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, and there are over five-hundred new cases of the virus.
Officials with the West Virginia Coal Association say they’re concerned about the industry under the Biden administration. The president-elect has made comments about phasing out the fossil fuel industry.
West Virginia is joining sixteen other states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a state court decision that rewrites Pennsylvania’s absentee ballot receipt deadline. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says it’s a clear example of courts legislating from the bench.
A man wanted for murder in Virginia is under arrest in West Virginia. Zane Christian was staying at an apartment in Ravenswood when federal marshals took him into custody.
Police are investigating after shots were fired between two cars on 7th Avenue. No one was hurt. Investigators found several shell casings at the scene. No arrests have been made.
The Fire Marshall’s Office is investigating after fire destroyed a home on the west side. Investigators say the fire on Wyoming Street was started by squatters. The home had to be demolished.
Kanawha County Commissioners completed the canvass of the November 3rd general election, tallying absentee ballots and provisional ballots. More than five-hundred additional votes were counted. The commission will certify the entire election at its regularly scheduled meeting on November 19th.