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There are eighteen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the state total to over twelve-hundred. The death toll remains at 50. Positive test results remain under three-percent.

The Charleston City Council approved one-hundred-thousand-dollars for “hero pay” for frontline workers battling the coronavirus. The money matches a grant from Kanawha County.

Health officials in Kanawha County will be hosting another community drive-up testing event this week. Workers from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will be at Nitro High School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday. Day care workers are encouraged to make an appointment for testing, even if they don’t … Read more

South Charleston police said a retired lieutenant who served the community for 21 years has passed away. Robert “Jack” DeWees passed away Wednesday at his home in South Charleston at the age of 84, according to a post on the South Charleston Police Department’s Facebook page. DeWees continued to serve his community after he retired … Read more

West Virginia Natural Resources Police said they have been busy rounding up people illegally hunting turkeys. The agency said in a Facebook post that two officers charged several people in the Doddridge, Ritchie, Pleasants and Tyler county areas with hunting turkey over bait. Other people were charged with hunting without a license. Officers cited six … Read more

West Virginia airports are in line to receive $4.5 million in federal funding. Awards include $3.8 million for Yeager Airport, $432,000 for Fairmont Municipal Airport-Frankman Field, $151,000 for Upshur County Regional Airport and $150,000 for Kee Field. U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said the state’s tourism industry and economy have already been affected by the coronavirus … Read more

Gov. Jim Justice said Monday that Cabell, Wayne and Wood counties are being removed from the hot spot list and some restrictions will be lifted. Kanawha, Jackson, and Ohio counties were removed from the hot spot list over the weekend. Marion, Berkeley, Jefferson, Monongalia and Harrison counties remain.

More than 30 million people across the country have lost their jobs in the last two months. Because of the pandemic, WVU President E. Gordon Gee decided to freeze the cost of tuition for 2021. West Virginia University has tentative plans to have students physically start class this fall, but there might be some exceptions … Read more

Theatre West Virginia hopes to resume shows as early as this fall. For now, all summer shows at Grandview Park are canceled.

More than four-thousand loans have been approved in the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program for West Virginia businesses. Small businesses in the Mountain State will received nearly 196-million-dollars.