The Kanawha County Public Library is transitioning into the Town Center mall during its massive renovations downtown. Movers have been putting together shelves and stocking them with hundreds of books inside the library’s new, temporary home across from Talbot’s on the second floor. More than 70% of the library’s inventory will be put away in … Read more
The City of Charleston’s Parks and Recreation Department is offering free morning yoga classes beginning next week on Magic Island. Social distancing will be enforced, and the classes will be limited to 25 people.
Spirit Airlines will resume seasonal service from Yeager Airport to Myrtle Beach in July. Airport officials say passenger traffic is up after record lows in April, but it could take up to two years for the airport to get back to normal.
There are more than thirty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to nearly 19-hundred. The death toll remains at 74. The positive test rat is just over two-percent.
The number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise at the Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County. More than one-hundred inmates and staff members have tested positive for the virus. Governor Justice is pledging to test inmates and staff at all West Virginia corrections facilities
The Walmart at Southridge Center is open this morning, after being closed most of the day yesterday. A truck slammed into a power pole and knocked out a transformer, and the store lost power. Police are still looking for the driver.
Firefighters responded to a series of underground explosions on Bland Street in Bluefield. Investigators think the fire was electrical, Appalachian Power is on scene. Some buildings were evacuated.
The state Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a suspicious fire in Huntington. As many as five-thousand railroad ties caught fire at the CSX rail yard. No one was hurt. It took crews about an hour to bring the fire under control.
Cabell County Schools are making plans for the fall. The school board approved the budget for the 2020-2021 school year this week and free meals for all students in every Cabell County school will be included. The summer food project continues too. And Cabell County schools will buy nine new school buses under the new … Read more
The West Virginia Wildlife Center in Upshur County reopened Tuesday. That’s a zoological facility that displays native and introduced wildlife, and there is no admission charge. The picnic area is closed, but the gift shop and snack bar are open. Visitors are asked to follow social distancing guidance and signs posted in the area. The … Read more