GoMart is joining a growing list of companies requiring customers to wear face masks inside their stores. The company says it is enhancing cleaning and disinfection efforts, and social distancing. GoMart has more than one-hundred-twenty locations across West Virginia, Virginia, and Ohio.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard are sanitizing several locations used by the Charleston Police Department, including City Hall, after three confirmed positive COVID-19 cases.
The pandemic is taking a toll on West Virginia’s county health departments. More than half the county health departs in the state have less than 90-days of perating money on hand. Some officials are worried they will be short on cash with flu season looming in the fall.
There are more than 125 new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of almost 48-hundred. The death toll remains at one-hundred. The state’s positive test rate climbed to two-point-fifteen-percent.
Members of the governor’s COVID-19 task force are being tested for the virus after a staff member of the Clerk’s Office tested positive. State Coronavirus Czar Clay Marsh, and State Adjutant General-Major General Jim Hoyer’s test came back negative. State Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad and state Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill … Read more
Governor Justice says he has no plans to call members of the House of Delegates and state Senate into special session. He says legislators can call themselves back in, and he’ll sit on the sidelines and watch. More than sixty members of the House signed a petition earlier this calling for a special session for … Read more
Lawmakers and state officials were on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony for the fifth phase of work at the Bluestone Dam. The dam helps minimizing flood risks in the New River, Kanawha River and Ohio River valleys.
Mayor Amy Goodwin announced plans for a city-wide book club called, “Charleston Reads: One City, One Book.” The city is partnering with the Kanawha County Public Library and Taylor Books to create a shared experience in a socially distant way. The book club will meet via ZOOM on Tuesday evenings.
Twelve people were rescued from the Middle Fork River at Audra State Park, and one person was hurt. The water rose five feet in a matter of minutes and trapped them on a rock. The person was hurt was taken to a local hospital, and is expected to be okay.
Local school districts have less than a month to come up with a plan to reopen classrooms. State School Superintendent Clayton Burch says August 14th is the deadline. The plan is required to cover all aspects of the school day, from transportation, to cafeteria arrangements, to classrooms and cleaning. The first day of school is … Read more