Spring paving projects are underway or planned for all 55 counties in West Virginia. The state Department of Transportation said the Division of Highways plans to ditch, patch and stabilize a combined 56,000 miles in 2020. They said the work is necessary for 416 resurfacing projects that cover more than 650 miles by the end … Read more
Firefighters responded Wednesday to a series of underground explosions in Bluefield in the 400 block of Bland Street. Firefighters said smoke and some flames were pouring from a manhole when they arrived at the scene. They said there were two other explosions while they were at the scene. They think the cause was electrical, but … Read more
The Governor’s campaign filed an emergency election complaint against challenger, Woody thrasher, alleging that he is running campaign ads that are false and misleading. The ad accuses Justice of releasing a convicted murderer from prison because of the pandemic, but the Department of Corrections says Justice had nothing to do with the man’s parole.
Governor Justice thinks a debate with his GOP primary opponents would be “a waste of time.” Justice says he’s focused on dealing the coronavirus and its economic impact.
Early voting begins today in West Virginia with coronavirus precautions. Voters will be asked to wear a mask and a glove on their dominant hand. Only four voters will be allowed in the polling room at one time.
A West Virginia mail carrier is charged with election fraud for trying to change the party affiliation on request for absentee ballots in Pendleton County. Forty-seven-year-old Thomas Cooper admitted to altering the requests from Democratic to Republican as a joke.
Doctors can begin registering Thursday with the Office of Medical Cannabis for an online training course. OFficials say the training is an essential step in making medical cannabis available to West Virginians with serious medical conditions.
The Kanawha County Board of Education approved over eight-million-dollars to replace the HVAC system at George Washington High School, and to replace the roofs of three elementary schools.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will hold another drive-up COVID-19 testing event today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DuPont Middle School.
Prisons are the new COVID-19 hot spot. More than one-thousand inmates and employees at the Huttonsville Correctional Facility in Randolph County were tested, and nearly forty came up positive. There are 57 new cases of COVID-19 statewide for a total of over 18-hundred. A 75-year-old man from Preston County died, bringing the death toll to … Read more