A federal grant will advance construction of a portion of Corridor H. Gov. Jim Justice and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced the $12 million funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation. It will help pay for a section of U.S. Route 48 in Tucker County. Justice approved nearly $176 million for the project last … Read more
All West Virginia University students, faculty, staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks or coverings while on campus this fall. The university released COVID-19 safety initiatives for the fall at the Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser campuses and said all students, faculty and staff will get a welcome back kit containing a cloth … Read more
Five churches in West Virginia are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks. Twenty-eight people tested positive at Graystone Baptist in Lewisburg. State health officials remind parishioners to wear face masks and practice social distancing.
There are twenty-four new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to over 23-hundred. The death toll remains at 88, and the positive test rate is below two-percent.
A WVU football player has tested positive for COVID-19. Several other players may have been exposed. They will be self-quarantined for fourteen-days. Monday was the first day for voluntary workouts in Morgantown.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling blocking construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The justices ruled that the U.S. Forest Service has the authority to grant the pipeline right of way under the Appalachian Trail in the George Washington National Forest. The 600-mile pipline still requires a number of other permits.
Three people from West Virginia are under arrest in California. Police found a stolen motorcycle in the back of their pickup, and that led them to forty-pounds of marijuana, cash, a loaded handgun, and signs of drug sales in their hotel room.
A Scott Depot woman was killed and a man was hurt in a motorcycle crash in Lawrence County, Ohio. The motorcycle dropped off the side of the road and both riders were thrown from the bike on Route 93. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
One person is dead and another person was hurt at the former Philip Sporn Power Plant in New Haven. The workers were preparing a building for demolition when it collapsed prematurely.
Emotions ran high when a group of demonstrators gathered to hold a Black Lives Matter protest in Ripley. They were met by a group of counter protesters armed with “we back the blue,” and “defend not defund” signs. The protest was peaceful.