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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman was found shot to death on Sugar Creek Road in Kenna. No arrests have been made.

Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin announced a new program to help small businesses. The “Small Business Investment Grant Program” will provide funding for small businesses to make repairs and renovate their store-fronts, and help with marketing and customer service. A total of 250-thousand-dollars will be awarded.

Fire damaged a home on Coal River Road in the West Side of St. Albans Monday morning. It happened around 3:45 a.m., and Metro 911 dispatchers said volunteer fire departments from West Side, St. Albans, Jefferson, Institute, and Alum Creek responded. When they arrived, flames were shooting through the windows and parts of the house … Read more

Kanawha County remained as one of only two counties in the state in orange on the latest version available Monday on the West Virginia’s county alert system map. Kanawha had a positivity rate of 7.22 on the map, and was joined in the orange by Barbour County, which had a slightly lower positive rate. Counties … Read more

Charleston officials announced that two city employees who work in City Hall tested positive for COVID-19. Both employees have had minimal interaction with other employees and do not work with the public. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is working on contact tracing. Both employees are recovering at home and are asymptomatic.

Recoveries from COVID-19 have topped 11,000 in West Virginia since the pandemic began. There are more than 3900 active cases in the state right now, and 11,188 West Virginians have recovered from the virus.

Fayette County deputies said they were able to track down a suspect quickly after a homeowner watching a Ring home security camera saw a masked intruder attempting to break into the home. 25-year old Brandon Woodson of Paint Creek was charged with breaking and entering and obstructing an officer, according to a news release Sunday … Read more

DNR says West Virginia’s archery season looks promising. The season opened over the weekend and runs through the end of the year.

There are 190 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, and two more people have died in Kanawha County. There are over 38-hundred active cases, and the daily positive test rate is two-point-four-percent.

No West Virginia Counties are in the red under the new color-coding system used for the school alert map. Kanawha and Wayne counties are the only counties in the orange, and five counties are in the gold category.