The City of Charleston announced Monday night it will hire its first mental health coordinator. The position will be funded with Community Development Block Grant funds and that person will work as a part of Mayor Amy Goodwin’s CARE Office and will be responsible for coordinating the work of a mental health response team comprised … Read more
A train excursion that takes visitors to see fall foliage in southern West Virginia has been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Autumn Colors Express takes passengers round trip from Charleston and Huntington to Hinton. The Charleston Gazette-Mail said tickets for trips originally scheduled for Oct. 22 through 25 will carry over … Read more
West Virginia University announced that students who don’t take a coronavirus test and/or complete the COVID-19 education module will be charged a $250 fee and will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. The university also said that students who don’t comply with the Student Code of Conduct related to personal protective equipment could … Read more
The Summersville Convention and Visitors Bureau is hosting Treasure on the Trails. You can hike on popular trails and search for five treasure chests. Winners will be announced August 3rd.
The Charleston City Council approved a project to repair sidewalks and handicap ramps. The project will cost nearly 290-thousand-dollars and make every sidewalk in the city ADA compliant.
COVID-19 cases in Kanawha County have jumped almost fifty-percent in a month. The county is reporting nearly six-hundred positive cases. West Virginia added another one-hundred positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to over five-thousand. Almost eighty people are in the hospital with the virus, and more than thirty of those are in ICU.
Governor Justice believes the state is on track to open schools by September 8th. Justice says he won’t put kids and teachers back in the classroom unless education and medical experts agree it’s the right thing to do.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was stabbed three times on Quail Court in Buffalo. He suffered non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.
DNR Police have located the boat that was involved in a hit-and-run on the Tygart River over the weekend. Investigators have identified the operator and three other people on board when the boat hit a swimmer. He’s in serious, but stable condition. Charges are pending.
Three different fire departments battled a house fire on Koontz Drive in Cross Lanes. No one was inside when the fire started. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.