West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner says all registered voters in the state can either vote in-person or absentee-by-mail for the November General Election. He says voters concerned about their health and safety because of COVID-19 have the option to vote by absentee ballot.
Huntington police tried to pull over a person wanted by U.S. Marshals when the suspect fled, crashed, and then took off on foot. The suspect is still on the run.
A man accused of shooting a Charleston police officer at CAMC General in 2018 is facing life in prison. Thirty-three-year-old Bryan Ogle pleaded guilty to several charges, including attempted murder, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Charleston police released the body cam video of an officer being attacked last week at the downtown bus station. Thirty-one-year-old Anthony Gamble punched the officer and tried to get her gun. The officer is okay. Gamble is charged with assault and trying to disarm a police officer.
The Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins is the oldest and one of the largest in the state, and it won’t be happening this year because of the pandemic. Organizers say they have more than 100,000 people that come into Elkins for the festival every year and it would have been in its 84th year … Read more
Proposed activities and programs that the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office will use in 2020-2021 to help preserve the state’s history are available for public review and comment. The proposed Annual Work Program is available online or by writing to the State Historic Preservation Office. The deadline for public comment is Aug. 31. The … Read more
Two fires at homes in Huntington are under investigation after firefighters were called out just hours apart. The first fire was reported at 1 a.m. Monday in the 800 block of Jackson Avenue and everyone inside got out safely. The second fire started around 3:45 a.m. Monday in the 1900 block of Washington Avenue. A … Read more
RISE West Virginia has completed over two-hundred homes. Thirty-five projects are in the active construction phase, and the program still has over two-hundred active cases.
A southern West Virginia town has been without water for days after a pump broke last week. More than five-hundred people in the City of Gary are scrambling to get water. The county approved the purchase of a new water pump, but officials don’t know when it will arrive.
Governor Justice says he thinks there will be a second round of federal stimulus funding. He says more money will be available for people who are still unemployed, and there will be additional funding to make sure schools are safe in the fall.