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Cabell County Delegate Joh Mandt is resigning and ending his re-election bid. House Speaker roger Hanshaw accepted Mandt’s resignation after homophobic messages were posted on Facebook. Mandt says they were fabricated.

Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford said another Deputy Sheriff has tested positive for COVID-19. He is remaining home secluded while he rests and recovers. The sheriff also said there is no indication others with whom he worked or engaged recently were infected, and his contraction of the illness is not related to any arrests.

West Virginia has had 10 successful applicants, including one in Kanawha County, for medical cannabis grower permits. The permit holders will cultivate medical cannabis plants before sending them for processing into allowable forms for patient use. The allowable forms for patient use include pill, oil, topical (including gel, cream and ointments), plant form for vaporization/nebulization, … Read more

Students at Lincoln County High School will be learning at home again this week. Last week the school had two students test positive for the coronavirus and the school was closed and moved to remote learning. That will continue this week, althought district officials did not confirm a current number of positive cases in the … Read more

Kanawha County schools will operate this week under a blended schedule. Students with last names beginning A-L who selected in-person or eLearning will begin in-person today and Tuesday and will do eLearning Wednesday through Friday. Those with last names M-Z will do eLearning Monday through Wednesday and attend in-person classes Thursday and Friday. The school … Read more

A long awaited 8.9-mile four-lane highway is open now in rural Wyoming County. Gov. Jim Justice and officials held an opening ceremony for the Coalfields Expressway, which lawmakers first sought to build in the 1980s. It runs from Slab Fork in Raleigh County to Mullens in Wyoming County. The project stalled in the early 2000s … Read more

Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams unveiled a Gold Star Family Monument on the State Capitol grounds. The monument recognizes the families of those killed in service. The Charleston monument was the 69th dedicated in the nation. There are 74 more under construction. It was another milestone for Woody Williams. He turned 97 on Friday.

Senator Joe Manchin is providing some details about his meeting with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barret. He was the first Democrat to meet with her earlier this week. Manchin says Coney-Barrett’s experience and knowledge are impressive, but he’s concerned about what her confirmation could mean for the Affordable Care Act. Manchin is against confirming … Read more

Governor Justice says West Virginians need to offer up a prayer for President Trump and the First Lady. The President tested positive for the virus and was flown to Walter Reed Medical Center as a precaution.

One more person has died from COVID-19 in West Virginia, and there are over 280 new cases of the virus, for a total of over four-thousand. The statewide positive test rate is just under three-percent.