Governor Justice says he is hopeful that Pfizer’s early data show their COVID-19 vaccine is 90-percent effective, and plans to ask the FDA for emergency authorization later this month. Justice says he will “gladly be the first one to take it,” when the experts say it’s ready.
West Virginia’s COVID-19 death toll is up to 530. Seventeen more people died over the weekend, and more than two dozen deaths were not reported to the state because of a communications lapse. There are over four-hundred new cases of the virus.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Richard Neely has died at the age of seventy-nine. He was diagnosed with liver cancer about a month ago. Neely was a member of the Supreme Court from 1973 to 1995.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after firefighters found a man’s body while they were battling a brush fire. The body of an 86-year-old man was found off U.S. Route 60 in Hurricane.
West Virginia State Police are looking for a man who they say is armed and dangerous. Fifty-three-year-old Tracy Parsons is a suspect in a South Carolina home invasion, and is now believed to be in West Virginia. Troopers are looking for a stolen, gray, Ford F-250 pick-up.
The Kanawha County Assessor’s Office has reached a deal with Charleston Town Center on the mall’s appraised value for tax assessment. The mall will be appraised at 52-million-dollars, which amounts to an assessed value of about thirty-million-dollars. Town Center will pay almost 980-thousand-dollars in taxes.
Football teams in about a dozen counties are waiting to see what color their county will be in on Saturday, Nov. 14. They must be in at least gold for them to be able to participate in the playoffs. The governor remains concerned about COVID and encourages testing. There are 62 outbreaks at long-term care … Read more
Former West Virginia Supreme Court justice Richard Neely has passed away. A spokesperson said Neely died at his home in Charleston on Sunday of recently diagnosed liver cancer. He was 79. Neely ran unsuccessfully for Supreme Court for a Division 1 seat in the May primary. He was a partner with the Charleston law firm … Read more
Santa will make his first appearance at Charleston Town Center the day after Thanksgiving. Mall officials said Santa will follow health protocols when he arrives at Town Center on Friday, Nov. 27. Reservations are encouraged with walk-up visits available as space allows throughout each day.
Tamarack is set to reopen this Friday, Nov. 13. Tamarack has been closed since Oct. 29 after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Employees who worked in the same area as the person who tested positive have been quarantined and tested negative. The facility has been deep cleaned and worked with the local health department … Read more