Students at the West Virginia University College of Law will help staff an election protection hotline today. The students will work with the West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union to help people overcome any roadblocks that pop up as they vote. Students from the ACLU College of Law Chapter will be able to help with … Read more
The YMCA has partnered with Suddenlink to provide internet access, computers, tables and chairs for children. The Suddenlink Technology Center was unveiled at the Cross Lanes Child Development Center last week. Sarah Bolyard, president and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Kanawha Valley, said the Cross Lanes YMCA Child Development Center has been serving … Read more
Charleston religious leaders are gathering this week to pray for healing and harmony as Election Day draws near. Different faith groups are meeting at several locations throughout the city to pray for the country through the end of the week.
The Kanawha County Commission is asking Governor Justice to extend eligibility requirements for the utility assistance program. Justice allocated 25-million-dollars in CARES Act funding to customers who have unpaid utility bills because of economic hardship caused by the pandemic.
Kanawha County moved from gold to green on the latest school re-entry map. Mingo County is the only county in the red this week, and five counties are in the orange. There are over four-hundred-twenty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, with a total of over 54-hundred active cases. The daily positive test rate … Read more
There are nearly twenty COVID-19 testing events will be held across the state today, including at event at Kingdom Life Church this afternoon in Kanawha County. COVID-19 numbers continue to grow, and the state is offering free testing for counties in red and orange zones, and expanding testing to counties in “gold.”
A man is under arrest for stealing an ambulance at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Polive followed Thirty-nine-year-old Jermon Webb for a few blocks before he jumped out of the ambulance and took off on foot, and was arrested a few minutes later. He’s charged with DUI, and additional charges are pending.
Nurses at Cabell-Huntington Hospital voted in favor of a ten-day strike, if needed. The union and hospital leaders have been negotiating for nine months on a contract to improve health care benefits and staffing issues. Negotiations will continue today.
Police are looking for the gunman who shot and wounded a woman at a home on Scraggs Drive. She’s hospitalized in stable condition. The suspect took off through the back door and fled on foot.
A record number of early voters turned out in Kanawha County. Forty-five-thousand votes have been cast so far, between in-person early voting and mail-in ballots. Nearly 400,000 total votes have been cast statewide.