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There are seventy new cases of COVID-19 in Kanawha, bringing the total number of active cases close to eight-hundred. Ten more people have died from the virus statewide, raising the death toll to 290.

Kanawha County is now in the “red” on the state’s county alert system map. Social gatherings are limited to ten people or less, and schools cannot have any in-person activities. County health officials expect the number of cases will continue to rise as we see the fallout from Labor Day weekend.

Murray Energy Corporation is exiting bankruptcy, and has finished transferring all of its assets to American Consolidated Natural Resources. The new company agreed to rehire former Murray Energy employees in a deal with the miners union earlier this year.

The Charleston Fire Department is looking for two people in connection to a fire on Seventh Avenue two weeks ago. They’ve posted surveillance video of a man and woman and need the public’s help to identify the pair.

Two men wanted on kidnapping charges in California are under arrest in Beckley, and three kids were found safe.

A Lincoln County middle school is closing after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Guyan Valley Middle School will be closed for the rest of the week. School officials are working with the county health department to conduct contact tracing.

Students in Mingo County will be back in the classroom today for the first time since March. The county moved into the new “gold” category under the governor’s new colored-coded school map, allowing it to reopen.

Mingo and Fayette counties will have in-person instruction at schools today and Putnam and Boone counties have decided to wait for a new map Saturday to decide. Schools in counties listed in gold in Saturday’s update of the map and data will be allowed to have in-person classes and play in sports competitions if they … Read more

Schools have had to do many things in new ways over the past few months, and that includes keeping an eye out for cyber attacks. New reports show K through 12 schools are increasingly the target of ransomware attacks during the pandemic. The FBI continues warning that cyber actors see schools as an opportunistic target … Read more

Mason County voters will have the chance to weigh in on the fire and EMS levy this November. Money from the $4 million levy would generate $104,000 each year for five years for Mason County’s six fire departments and the county EMS service. The measure would cost the average voter in Mason County $37 a … Read more