Governor Justice says revenue collection is improving, and the projected five-hundred-million-dollar shortfall, will be much less. He says it’s now looking more like 350-million-dollars, and 200-million will eventually be paid by taxpayers after the July 15th state income tax deadline.
There are twelve new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total close to 18-hundred. The death toll remains at 72. More than three-thousand people were tested for COVID-19 in the state’s second round of testing over the weekend. Test results will be back in a few days. West Virginia’s positive test rate is … Read more
Furloughs begin today at West Virginia University. More than nine-hundred workers are being laid off for 45 to 60 days, and will save the university nearly four-million-dollars. Workers will return at either the end of June or the end of July.
ATV riders are flocking to the more than 700-miles of the Hatfield-McCoy trails that reopened just in time for the holiday weekend. More than sixty lodging providers say they are booked for the weekend.
A five-year-old girl who was hit by a car on South Park Road is stable, but in critical condition. She ran into the road and the driver didn’t have time to stop. No charges have been filed.
The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 25-year old man was shot and killed in Inwood. A Martinsburg man is in custody.
An eighty-year-old man was killed by a relative in Cross Lanes. A suspect is under arrest. An investigation is ongoing.
The private information of more than forty Kanawha County School employees was emailed to the rest of the employees in the district by mistake. It included a list of job cuts. The email was recalled and the server was shut down. The affected workers have been contacted and will receive credit monitoring.
Races are back at Ona Speedway in Ona, but there are no fans in the stands. The race season was supposed to kick off in April, but was delayed with the first races of the season happening this past Saturday. Nearly 80 teams, including many from other states, signed up to race at the Cabin … Read more
The city of Richwood has a new police chief after its previous chief was charged with domestic battery. City officials posted on the town’s Facebook page Friday that Jacob Casey is the new chief. The previous chief, Charles Burkhamer Jr., was charged with domestic battery after a domestic incident Wednesday night, according to a news … Read more