Sheriff Mike Rutherford said he was notified Thursday of a positive COVID-19 Case involving a Sheriff’s Department employee. The Sheriff’s Office is working with the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department to complete proper contact tracing to determine if any other employees in the Sheriff’s Department were in direct contact with the positive employee.
The City of Huntington is applying for a federal grant to create its own internet service. City leaders say the current service is too slow to attract new businesses.
Governor Justice is using six-million-dollars in CARES Act funding to help essential workers with child care. Money was set to run out at the end of the month, but the additional funding will provide support through the end of the year.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will hold a free drive-up COVID-19 testing event at their office on Lee Street East. No appointment is necessary.
There are seventy new cases of COVID-19 in Kanawha, bringing the total number of active cases close to eight-hundred. Ten more people have died from the virus statewide, raising the death toll to 290.
Kanawha County is now in the “red” on the state’s county alert system map. Social gatherings are limited to ten people or less, and schools cannot have any in-person activities. County health officials expect the number of cases will continue to rise as we see the fallout from Labor Day weekend.
Murray Energy Corporation is exiting bankruptcy, and has finished transferring all of its assets to American Consolidated Natural Resources. The new company agreed to rehire former Murray Energy employees in a deal with the miners union earlier this year.
The Charleston Fire Department is looking for two people in connection to a fire on Seventh Avenue two weeks ago. They’ve posted surveillance video of a man and woman and need the public’s help to identify the pair.
Two men wanted on kidnapping charges in California are under arrest in Beckley, and three kids were found safe.
A Lincoln County middle school is closing after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Guyan Valley Middle School will be closed for the rest of the week. School officials are working with the county health department to conduct contact tracing.