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Kanawha County parks and golf courses will open this weekend. Coonskin, Big Bend, Meadowood and Pioneer Park will open Saturday morning with restrictions in place to protect visitors.

Kanawha County deputies said 33-year old Joseph Allen Parker of Campbells Creek, has been charged with attempted murder of his 80-year-old grandmother. Deputies said Parker went to his grandmother’s home in the 300 block of Gap View Drive on Campbells Creek just before 2:00 a.m. Thursday morning. While she was on the phone with 911 … Read more

The United Mine Workers of America is mourning the loss of its general counsel. Chuck Donnelly died Wednesday in Charleston. Cecil Roberts, president of the UMWA International, said Donnelly was a Marine veteran who served in combat in Vietnam. He called him “a brilliant labor lawyer whose dedication to treating workers fairly made the lives … Read more

Kanawha County’s positive COVID-19 total increased Thursday morning by two cases. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department’s website listed 177 total virus cases and 88 of those cases are active and 89 are closed. On Wednesday, Dr. Sherri Young, director of the health department, announced that four day care workers at separate facilities tested positive for the … Read more

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority are holding COVID-19 testing events next week in Montgomery and Institute. The first testing event will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, May 11, at the old City Hall at 706 Third Ave. in Montgomery. The second testing event is scheduled 10 a.m. … Read more

As West Virginia wrestles with COVID-19 and how to bounce back economically while still protecting its people, the state’s coronavirus czar said there is another metric that officials are closely following – the R-naught. The R-naught, or R0, measures new infections that result from a single person. Dr. Clay Marsh, the state’s coronavirus czar, said … Read more

Someone in West Virginia is a millionaire. A winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased at the Spring Mills BP in Falling Waters. The winning ticket matched five numbers, but not the Mega Ball.

WorkForce West Virginia is processing unemployment extension applications. The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation plan allows for a 13-week extension.

Another person in West Virginia has died from COVID-19. An 83-year-old woman from Berkeley County passed away, bringing the state’s death toll to 51. Almost 13-hundred people have tested positive for the virus.

Four Kanawha County day care workers tested positive for COVID-19 at different facilities. Two of those day care centers have been closed. Parents were notified, and the health department is doing contact tracing of the children and families. Governor Justice issued an executive order for COVID-19 testing at all day care centers and assisted living … Read more