A West Virginia mail carrier is charged with election fraud for trying to change the party affiliation on request for absentee ballots in Pendleton County. Forty-seven-year-old Thomas Cooper admitted to altering the requests from Democratic to Republican as a joke.
Doctors can begin registering Thursday with the Office of Medical Cannabis for an online training course. OFficials say the training is an essential step in making medical cannabis available to West Virginians with serious medical conditions.
The Kanawha County Board of Education approved over eight-million-dollars to replace the HVAC system at George Washington High School, and to replace the roofs of three elementary schools.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will hold another drive-up COVID-19 testing event today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DuPont Middle School.
Prisons are the new COVID-19 hot spot. More than one-thousand inmates and employees at the Huttonsville Correctional Facility in Randolph County were tested, and nearly forty came up positive. There are 57 new cases of COVID-19 statewide for a total of over 18-hundred. A 75-year-old man from Preston County died, bringing the death toll to … Read more
Governor Justice says his plan to gradually reopen the state’s economy is working. He says it will be several days before he has exact numbers on just how well the state economy did over Memorial Day Weekend.
West Virginia’s Board of Law Examiners will go ahead with the bar examination this summer, with policies worked out with government and medical experts. The dates for the exam are July 28 and 29. It will be given at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Everyone will be screened before entering the site and applicants … Read more
Two health systems are teaming up to address West Virginia’s common health concerns, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and opioid abuse. Charleston Area Medical Center and Mon Health System have signed a clinical affiliation agreement to improve coordination and access, address disparities, and educate the public on issues related to chronic disease. The two … Read more
An EMT died in Fayette County on Memorial Day after losing control of his motorcycle. Randy Accord was riding on Meadow Bridge Road near the bridge when he lost control and slid underneath an oncoming car. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office is conducting the investigation, and tips are welcome.
A West Virginia teen died Saturday after jumping into the frigid waters of the Russell Fork in Pike County, Kentucky. 17-year old Alex Smith of Delbarton was with a group of people at Pool Point within Breaks Interstate Park about 6 p.m. Saturday when he jumped in and was swept downstream. Rescuers from several agencies … Read more