West Virginia’s COVID-19 positive test rate continued to hold under the 3% mark Tuesday, with 14 new positive cases and no new deaths. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said the state’s cumulative percent positive test rate was at 2.26%. According to the DHHR’s website, 630 have recovered.
Huntington will give its employees a one-time extra payment for continuing to work with the public during the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Steve Williams said $900 will go to all the members of unions representing city police, firefighters and administrative employees who did not work remotely during the virus outbreak. Nearly 285 employees will receive the … Read more
Three people charged in connection with the killing of a Maryland man are now in jails in West Virginia. Emily R. Day was transferred to Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg after her arrest in Maryland by state police on April 24. Day is being held without bond on charges of accessory in the murder of … Read more
The Tour de Coal and the St. Albans YakFest are officially canceled this year. The events were scheduled for June and normally attract thousands of people to the area. Organizers for the events hope to reschedule in the fall.
WVU Medicine lost 75-million-dollars during the 45-day suspension because of the coronavirus. The hospital system will make up for the loss with 45-million-dollars in CARES Act money and advances on Medicare payments. The system is slowly returning to normal and is at about 70-percent capacity.
Thousands of West Virginia families will get some help feeding their kids this summer. The state was approved for Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer cards. Families with school children who already qualify for free or reduced price school meals will get over 300-dollars per child to cover the summer months.
Physical therapy centers and drive-in movie theaters will be allowed to reopen next week in phase three of Governor Justice’s reopening plan. The Governor also removed Cabell, Wayne and Wood counties from the coronavirus hotspot list. Five more counties are still on the list and are under greater restriction.
Airport Road is open, but caution tape and barrels are up around a slip on the right shoulder below Yeager Airport.
A West Virginia woman is charged with storing top-secret documents from the National Security Agency in her storage unit. Elizabeth Jo Shirley is charged with possessing documents “relating to the national defense.” She’s already facing charges for kidnapping her 6-year-old daughter last July. They were found weeks later in Mexico City.
State police are investigating after a body was discovered in a creek behind the Big Otter GoMart. The state Medical Examiner’s office is trying to identify the man and the cause of death.