West Virginia election officials are looking for poll workers for the upcoming primary. Secretary of State Mac Warner says some county clerks are trying to fill several positions vacated by poll workers who are more susceptible to the coronavirus. Warner says any registered voter who is interested in becoming a poll worker can contact their … Read more
You may begin to hear something you haven’t heard since 2003…Millions of 17-year cicadas are starting to emerge from the ground. The insects are harmless to people, but the noise they make can become a nuisance.
The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles will reopen ten locations today. You will need an appointment to take a driver’s exam, or renew your driver’s license or vehicle registration.
A 74-year-old Mineral County man has died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll to 73. Nearly 18-hundred West Virginians have tested positive for the coronavirus. The state’s positive test rate is just over two-percent.
Early voting begins tomorrow for the June 9th Primary Election. Some voters are reconsidering voting by mail and would rather take advantage of in-person early voting, or go to the polls on Election Day. There is an option to return an absentee ballot to your polling place and have it marked as spoiled, and you’ll … Read more
A motorcycle rider hit a tree that was downed by a lightning strike on South Park Road near Kanawha City. The rider suffered minor injuries. Several other trees were knocked down in eastern Kanawha County.
Bars reopen in West Virginia reopen today with limited capacity and social distancing rules. Bars can only stay open until 10 p.m.
Crews rescued several kayakers from the Little Coal River near the Kanawha-Lincoln County line. One woman suffered a cut to her arm. The river is running high from recent rain.
A third man is under arrest in connection to a murder and arson at a Williamson apartment complex. Thirty-one-year-old Terry Jarvis and two other men are accused of assaulting the victim and setting a fire to cover it up.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim is a Cross Lanes shooting over the weekend. Eighty-year-old Jacob Smith was shot and killed by his son-in-law at a home on Lick Branch Road. No charges have been filed. The shooter says he acted in self-defense.