Another wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection to suspicious deaths at the VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. A woman, whose husband died in 2018 from an insulin injection, filed the suit. Federal prosecutors are investigating the deaths of eleven patients at the hospital.
KRT’s ridership is down nearly sixty-percent. The Transportation Authority will get more than 7-point-7-million dollars in federal funds to cover operating expenses.
Passenger traffic at Yeager Airport is down 95-percent, and officials expect a revenue loss of up to 800-thousand-dollars in April, and the same in May. The airport will receive nearly five-million-dollars in CARES Act grant funding to help with payroll and operations through the summer and fall.
Governor Justice says he desperately wants to restart the state’s economy, but he will do so cautiously, relying on federal guidelines and advice from medical professionals. Justice confirmed three more COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s death toll to 29. More than 930 people have tested positive for the virus.
There was a traffic jam on Goff Mountain Road in Cross Lanes. Cook Out opened it’s third location in the Mountain State yesterday, and a fourth location will open in Kanawha City in two weeks.
Police are looking for a man who broke into the Speedway on Campbell’s Creek Drive and stuffed a duffle bag full of cigarettes and took off.
Contact tracing is crucial in slowing down the spread of coronavirus, but local health officials are questioning whether they have enough staffing. Ten people are dedicated to contact tracing in Kanawha County, and West Virginia has called in the National Guard to help.
Another resident has died from COVID-19 at Eldercare in Ripley. Nearly one-hundred residents and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus at the facility. Five people have died since the outbreak began. Three more people in West Virginia have died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the death toll to 29, and there are more … Read more
Williamson Memorial Hospital closed its doors Tuesday and it’s one of several West Virginia hospitals to close within the past year. Mingo County residents will now have to go out of their county to find one. This closure comes although the building was purchased earlier this month by Williamson Health and Wellness and there is … Read more
A Huntington veteran of the United States Air Force gave his stimulus check to a food bank this week. WCHS TV reported Shannon Harshbarger has become a regular donor at the Facing Hunger Food Bank and volunteers at other non-profits. When his government stimulus check for $1200 was deposited into his account last week, he … Read more