Gov. Jim Justice expanded his coronavirus hot spot restrictions to Marion County this week after the area reported a jump in cases. The governor had previously strengthened existing virus protocols in Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Harrison, Monongalia and Kanawha counties after they emerged as virus clusters that make up most of the state’s growing caseload. In … Read more
Mountain Mission delivered 70 emergency food boxes Thursday afternoon to elderly homebound residents at three Charleston-area living facilities. The food went to Brooks Manor, Agsten Manor and Jacob Arbors.
Local volunteer fire departments will soon be receiving “hero grants” for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. The Kanawha County Commission will be issuing emergency checks for $3,000 each to 27 volunteer fire departments in the county. The grants can be used for purchasing supplies for the department or helping its members during the crisis.
Kanawha County deputies released the names of two men who face charges in a shooting that occurred at a Cross Lanes motel. Jahson Anthony Gresham of Charleston and Isaiah Daniels-Boyd of Dunbar are charged with first-degree robbery and malicious assault. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said the two are accused of being involved in a … Read more
Union officials confirmed that a total of seven employees at Costellium’s Ravenswood plant have tested positive for COVID-19. The company says it has taken the necessary precautions concerning quarantines and it is following CDC guidelines by disinfecting work areas regularly.
According to an online poll, parents, students, and teachers think it’s best to keep schools closed through the end of the current school year. a West Virginia teacher’s union conduced a social media poll of nearly five-thousand people, and nearly four out of five thought classes should continue online.
Toyota is extending a shutdown until May 4th at all of it’s North American plants. The automaker has a plant in Buffalo, West Virginia, that suspended operations in Mid-March.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is asking you to celebrate Passover and Easter at home to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. Officials encourage you to take part in virtual services and avoid in-person gatherings. There are 75 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Kanawha County. There are more than seventy new cases of the virus … Read more
The Kanawha County Commission unanimously passed a “hero pay” raise for frontline workers earlier this week, and now other local municipalities are calling on the Governor and Legislature to enact a tax holiday for all emergency services workers.
Local nurses can get free gas today. The first two-hundred nurses that show up between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Exxon One Stop in Kanawha City will get their tanks topped off, and again tonight between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Exxon One Stop in South Charleston.