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Governor Justice thinks a debate with his GOP primary opponents would be “a waste of time.” Justice says he’s focused on dealing the coronavirus and its economic impact.

Early voting begins today in West Virginia with coronavirus precautions. Voters will be asked to wear a mask and a glove on their dominant hand. Only four voters will be allowed in the polling room at one time.

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