Some public pools will be open for Memorial Day weekend. Waves of Fun in Hurricane will be reopening its wave pool and other activities May 29 at 11 a.m., and they’ve added a new compressor this year to add force to the waves. The water slides won’t be operational this summer because of their age. … Read more
Less than a day after the Morgantown City Council approved the formation of a civilian board to review complaints against law enforcement officers, a police union filed suit to halt the process. The Monongalia-Preston Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 87 filed the lawsuit after the city council unanimously passed an ordinance creating the board that … Read more
Attorneys have until an August deadline to file additional civil lawsuits on behalf of families whose loved ones died under suspicious circumstances at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. Charleston attorney Tony O’Dell told the Charleston Gazette-Mail that he will work to file on behalf of families until the deadline, which is … Read more
West Virginia will mark Juneteenth for the first time as a state holiday this year with a virtual performance from Montell Jordan. The holiday on June 19 celebrates the day in 1865 that all enslaved Black people learned they had been freed from bondage. West Virginia’s Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs said the live-streamed … Read more
The Marshall University Board of Governors unanimously approved a new five-year contract for men’s soccer head coach Chris Grassie. His salary will bump from more than 120-thousand-dollars to over 375-thousand-dollars annually. The deal comes just days after the Herd won the national championship. Grassie led Marshall to their first College Cup title with a 1-nil … Read more
The unemployment rate in West Virginia is down a bit, but the governor still wants to see extended benefits end soon. The rate of unemployed workers is down by one-tenth of one-percent compared to last month. The number of people finding work this month was over 17-hundred. Despite that news, Governor Justice is calling for … Read more
If there is ever a time to roll up your sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine, now is maybe the best time. Governor Justice says the 100-dollar gift card program is ready to roll out. Anyone under the age of 35 is eligible to sign up and get a gift card or savings bond just for … Read more
The final Roads to Prosperity bond was sold on Wall Street this week. The program started back in 2017, and over that time, the state was able to raise more than one-and-a-half-billion- dollars on the bond sales. The state received an additional 62-million dollars in premiums.
President Biden signed a federal disaster declaration for Kanawha, Cabell, Mingo and Wayne counties following flooding in February and March. Individual grants will cover things like temporary housing, home repairs, and low-interest loans. State and local governments will be reimbursed for the cost of flood response.
Labor group in West Virginia are filing a lawsuit that claims a new state law that bans deductions from state employee paychecks is discriminatory and was passed out of spite. The law prohibits deductions for union dues and fees, unless a worker provides written consent. Unions representing teachers, firefighters, police, coal miners and corrections officers … Read more