Hundreds of people gathered at Charleston City Hall to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Sunday was the second day of peaceful protests in Charleston and Huntington.
A southern West Virginia hospital plans to stop inpatient and ancillary services by July 30 and limit operations to an emergency department, a lab and x-rays. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported the decision to largely eliminate services at Bluefield Regional Medical Center will impact about 340 employees, who are being encouraged to apply for openings … Read more
Charleston Police held a graduation ceremony Friday for a group of fifth graders at Mary C. Snow Elementary. The 10 students have worked throughout the year with officers to learn the principles of leadership. Each student received a diploma and a bike and helmet.
A local Girl Scout delivered more than 80 cookies to Manna Meal Friday as part of efforts to help out during the pandemic. Nearly 8,000 scouts were encouraged to work on an activity to give back amid the pandemic and share it through social media. The Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Chief Executive Officer Beth … Read more
The West Virginia State Fair is still on, at least for now. The fair is scheduled to begin on August 13th, but the organizers say they will need to make a final decision by the middle of June.
Bluefield Regional Medical Center is being shut down. Services will be reduced to an emergency room and lab services. More than three-hundred workers will be affected. The Princeton Hospital purchased the facility last year, and says the unstable health care environment forced the closure that will happen in July.
Charleston city employees will receive new face masks thanks to a donation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The city received 96-hundred reusable face masks. The donation is part of an effort to provide more than 1 million masks to cities across the country at no cost.
COVID-19 testing continues today in five West Virginia counties More than 15-hundred people were tested yesterday. Testing will be available today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shawnee Sports Complex in Dunbar.
There are twenty-one new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to nearly two-thousand positive cases. The death toll remains at 74, and positive test results are just over two-percent.
Movie theaters can reopen on June 5th at 50-percent capacity. Under the guidelines, patrons will be seated six-feet apart in every other row. There will be assigned seating and an usher will take you to your seat.