After nearly two decades, an expansion project on Route 35 in Mason and Putnam counties is nearly complete. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito joined other state leaders Friday to get an update on what’s left of the four-lane expansion project. It was previously a two-lane road with a lot of freight traffic. The expansion is … Read more
Small businesses in West Virginia can start applying for a grant to help with financial stress from COVID-19. The West Virginia CARES Act Small Business Grant Program is now live. Businesses with one to thirty-five employees are eligible for grants up to five-thousand-dollars.
The West Virginia Department of Education says marching bands can begin practicing, but daylong camps will not be allowed. Bands are allowed to rehearse in three-hour increments, in groups of no more than ten students.
Governor Justice is giving the green light to fall sports. High school athletes can begin practicing in August. The football season will be shortened by a week. The first games won’t start until September 3rd.
Dr. Ayne Amjad is the new State Health Officer and Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health. She replaces Dr. Kathy Slemp who was forced to resign last month. Amjad has been in private practice in Beckley, Oak Hill, and Princeton since 2010.
There are nearly 160 new COVID-19 cases statewide, bringing the total to almost four-thousand. The number of active cases is over one-thousand. Coronavirus Czar, Dr. Clay Marsh, says West Virginia has the highest “Rt value” in the country, which means the virus is spreading from person-to-person faster than in any other state in the country.
Governor Justice is threatening to close bars and eliminate indoor dining in Monongalia County if COVID-19 numbers don’t improve. The County Health Department is reporting a 60-percent increase in active cases in the past two weeks.
A coalition of groups, from Black Lives Matter to West Virginia Free, sent a letter to Governor Jim Justice and the Capitol Building Commission, calling for the removal of the statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson from the Capitol grounds. Justice says it will take legislative action for the statue to come down.
Four teenagers crashed their ATV in the Hernshaw area. The driver hit a curve on a gravel road near Lens Creek and lost control when the ATV rolled over. Two of the teenagers were taken to a local hospital, and are expected to be okay.
The body of a man found in the Ohio River earlier this week has been identified. The Boyd County Coroner’s Office says the man was 41-year-old Mitchell Dean of Huntington. His mother reported him missing five-days ago. His body was found near Catlettsburg.