Two patients died at a Ripley nursing home died from coronavirus-related complications. An 83-year old man and an 88-year old woman at Eldercare Health & Rehabilitation in Ripley passed away, and two more are hospitalized. An employee at the facility tested positive and all of the patients and workers are being tested.
Before the Small Business Administration ran out of money in the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, it processed and approved more than 1.6 million loans. Around 7,800 businesses in West Virginia did receive funding, and those that haven’t been approved are waiting to see whether Congress comes up with a deal for more money for … Read more
A suspicious fire at a commercial building is under investigation in Hamlin. West Virginia State Fire Marshals are investigating after the fire was set in the front of the building on Route 3 Saturday morning. The building was broken into from the back. The Hamlin, West Hamlin Fire and Duval Fire departments were able to … Read more
A Jackson County senior care facility has 59 new positive cases of COVID-19. Eldercare Health & Rehabilitation said at the time of testing the residents were asymptomatic. Testing began on all of the facility’s patients and staff last Tuesday and 6 results are still pending.
A number of skilled nursing centers across West Virginia launched an online dashboard Friday with COVID-19 testing results. Stonerise Healthcare said the data will reflect the test results and the status of positive cases among the patients at its facilities. The information provided on the dashboard includes current patients, those admitted to the hospital, patients … Read more
Hunters are preparing for West Virginia’s spring gobbler season. Turkey hunting season opens April 20th and runs through May 16th. A two-day youth spring gobbler season opens Saturday. Hunting regulations remain in place, in addition to the CDC’s social distancing guidelines.
West Virginia University has received a one-hundred-thousand-dollar award from NASA for space research. WVU will use the money to develop an Artificial Intelligence based framework for real-time radio-frequency interference detection and mitigation.
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority will hold a drive-thru COVID-19 testing event on Tuesday at the ambulance authority on Brooks Street. You must have coronavirus symptoms to be tested, which include coughing fever, and shortness of breath. Testing is by appointment only.
West Virginia could start easing social distancing requirements beginning in May. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation says the state could slowly begin opening if large gatherings are restricted, there is wide spread testing, and contacts of people who test positive are quarantined. The White House issued guidelines that states should meet before reopening. … Read more
A man, who has been missing for a week, has been found alive in an abandoned Gilbert-area mine. Rescuers found the man more than a half-mile from the mine entrance. They also found evidence of copper removal during their search. The mine owner, Frasier Creek Mining, was cited for failure to barricade openings to the … Read more