The Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy South campus is scheduled to open in Montgomery this fall, and thost a job fair next week. The campus has more than 35 open positions that include trades, administrative, leadership, food preparation, management and counseling, according to a news release from the West Virginia National Guard which sponsors the program. The … Read more
The country’s new acting director of the National Park Service calls West Virginia home. Native West Virginian, Margaret Everson will replace outgoing Acting Director David Vela who announced his retirement Friday.
The WVU football team starts an unconventional preseason training camp today. The team will be divided into two groups to minimize contact. Head coach Neal Brown says practices will be shorter and crisper.
There are 130 new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, and four more people have died. The state’s positive test rate is over two-point-three-percent.
The South Central Regional Jail is on lockdown after five inmates tested positive for COVID-19. Almost thirty other inmates are being tested and screened for symptoms twice a day.
All residents and staff at the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility in Clarksburg are being tested for COVID-19 after a nurse at the facility tested positive.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources is reporting eight additional deaths at the Princeton Health Care Center. That’s in addition to three deaths reported earlier. DHHR says the deaths weren’t reported due to personnel changes at the Mercer County Health Department. The nursing home has been dealing with COVID-19 outbreak for weeks.
Marshall University’s collegiate cyber defense team won the nation championship in the spring season of the National Cyber League, a competition focused on cybersecurity.
A camper caught fire on Kanawha Boulevard. A truck that was pulling the trailer started on I-77, and when the driver pulled over the engine burst into flames setting the truck and trailer on fire. No one was hurt.
A two-year-old is in stable condition after what Kentucky State Police are calling an accidental shooting at a home in Flatwoods. The toddler found an unsecured gun and was able to discharge the weapon.