Charleston Area Medical Center is temporarily reducing the number of hours some employees can work. The hospital says it’s due to significant drops in the number of patients and procedures as a result of the coronavirus crisis. CAMC hasn’t given specific numbers as to how many employees this affects.
Charleston police are asking for the public’s help identifying two individuals they said were caught on surveillance footage breaking into three boats. Police said the two broke into three boats secured at the Charleston Boat Club at 3600 Kanawha Ave. in Kanawha City around 3:30 a.m. Feb. 13. The Charleston Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division … Read more
WVU is hoping the state anthem “Take Me Home, Country Roads” can help bring people together. A cast of people with strong ties to the Mountain State, including country star Brad Paisley, actress Jennifer Garner and WVU Head Coach Neal Brown and two of his children joined forces to sing lines from the song. The … Read more
Nearly 20-percent of West Virginians have responded to the 2020 Census. You can complete the Census forms that were sent in the mail this month, and the forms can be completed online, or by phone The response deadline has been puushed back to August.
Several school districts across the state are making changes to their food delivery programs. Starting today, multi-day meal boxes will be distributed and replenished once a week.
A suspect is under arrest after a standoff with Huntington police. A man was shot and wounded on Enslow Avenue, and the suspect barricaded themselves in a home on Woodmont Road. SWAT entered the home after about six hours and took the suspect into custody. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries.
A woman walked into CAMC General with multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting happened on 7th Avenue. So far, no arrests have been made.
All Kanawha County parks are closed to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Coonskin Park, Meadowood Park, and Pioneer Park are shutdown. Kanawha State Forest is still open.
An 88-year-old woman in Marion County has died from COVID-19. It’s West Virginia’s first coronavirus related death. The state now has 124 confirmed coronavirus cases. Two more workers at the Kanawha County Judicial Annex have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to 28 confirmed cases in Kanawha County.
West Virginia emergency officials found more than a dozen ventilators and other important equipment in the shuttered Ohio Valley Medical Center. The hospital also has negative pressure units and more than a dozen ventilators, including an infant ventilator. Emergency managers will work with surrounding counties and will share resources.