More than 35 people at Hurricane High School are being asked to quarantine after one person tested positive for COVID-19. And nearly seventy people at Hurricane Middle School are being quarantined after a positive test within a soccer program. Both schools are online this week.
Students in Kanawha County return to a full week of in-person classes starting today. Two schools are closed due to COVID-19. Ruffner Elementary School has the week off and East Bank Middle School will only have Monday off.
Volunteers with the ACLU of West Virginia and West Virginia Family of Convicted People spread out across the state to help register people to vote within regional jails. In West Virginia, those who are in jail on a misdemeanor charge or awaiting trial for a felony charge can cast their vote. Volunteers visited all 10 … Read more
A family-owned business in Kanawha County has identified the man who died in an explosion last week. In a post by Custom Welding & Fabricating, the family said Jeff Crockett died in the accident. Crockett ran the shop with his son, Eric, while his wife, Cheryl, took care of the office.
On Saturday’s weekly school re-entry map there were seven counties in gold, including Cabell, Putnam, Kanawha, Jackson, Barbour, Randolph and Berkeley. The West Virginia Department of Education said Cabell County moved from green to gold while Putnam County moved from yellow to gold. The gold designation means schools can begin, resume or continue in-person schooling … Read more
Those using SNAP benefits can spend extra cash at more than 40 farmer’s markets around the state on the SNAP Stretch Program now. The SNAP Stretch Program doubled or even tripled the amount of money someone can spend on produce, meat or dairy as of Saturday. The SNAP Stretch Program is back after a three … Read more
A federal judge has postponed a trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis. The lawsuit accuses drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson of fueling the local opioid epidemic. The trial has been moved from Oct. 19 to Jan. 4, 2021.
The families of six veterans who died at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg have agreed to settlements with the government. Five of the families reached tentative agreements ranging from $700,000-$975,000. The attorney said the settlement limits are capped under West Virginia law, restricting the amount of money that can be recovered by the victims … Read more
Marshall University is coming off a two-week layoff. They are in Bowling Green to take on Western Kentucky tonight at 7:30.
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has lifted a stop-work order for most of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Work can resume on all but 25-miles of the project that goes through the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. The 300-mile pipeline runs from West Virginia to Virginia, and construction was halted last October over environmental concerns.