WorkForce West Virginia hopes to be caught up on unemployment applications by mid-week. The agency is processing nearly 11-thousand applications a day. More than 140-thousand unemployment claims have been filed in the last month.
Search and rescue crews are looking for a man who jumped into the Tug River near Kermit during a pursuit that started in Kentucky.
A person was shot in the leg in a drive-by shooting on Jonquil Drive. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. Police are still looking for the shooter.
Huntington police are investigating a stabbing in the Marcum Terrace neighborhood. The victim is in unknown condition at a local hospital. No arrests have been made.
Special Metals in Huntington is shutting down production for at least two weeks after three employees tested positive for COVID-19. At least 550 employees will not be paid while the plant is closed.
Two more West Virginians have died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll to twenty. An 80-year-old man from Kanawha County and a 69-year-old man from Hampshire County passed away. Eight-hundred-ninety people have tested positive for the coronavirus.
A man reported missing more than a week ago was found alive in a closed West Virginia mine. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training said Timothy Kennedy was found in a Mingo County mine, where he apparently became lost after trespassing. The location was the former Isaban Deep Mine #3 that … Read more
Walmart announced Saturday that it will require employees to wear facemasks beginning today. Assosicates have to pass a health screening and a temperature before reporting to work, and wearing a mask can reduce the spread of the virus if someone is asymptomatic. Walmart is also requiring employees in its corporate office, distribution centers and other … Read more
Two patients died at a Ripley nursing home died from coronavirus-related complications. An 83-year old man and an 88-year old woman at Eldercare Health & Rehabilitation in Ripley passed away, and two more are hospitalized. An employee at the facility tested positive and all of the patients and workers are being tested.
Before the Small Business Administration ran out of money in the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, it processed and approved more than 1.6 million loans. Around 7,800 businesses in West Virginia did receive funding, and those that haven’t been approved are waiting to see whether Congress comes up with a deal for more money for … Read more