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COVID-19 numbers are down in West Virginia, with less than one-thousand new cases of the virus, and seven additional deaths. The number of actives cases is down by almost four-hundred, to less the 26-thousand.

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department is giving the vaccine by appointment only, and today’s clinic is already filled up. About two-thousand people will get the vaccine today at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center.

West Virginia DHHR says their new online system for vaccine registration will go live at 8 a.m. on Monday. Officials hope it will relive local health departments that have been inundated with phone calls. Anyone over the age of sixty-five, teachers over the age of fifty, as well as front-line health workers and first responder … Read more

Three West Virginia counties, that delayed returning to the classroom, are changing their plans. Marion, Taylor and Gilmer counties were considered out of compliance with a state requirement to return to in-person learning, but under pressure from the state school board, have decided to return to school.

Governor Jim Justice was sworn in for a second term as West Virginia Governor. The inauguration ceremony was scaled back because of COVID-19 restrictions. Justice said he didn’t anticipate running for a second term. He thought four years was long enough, but he says there is more to do.

A man is dead after intentionally setting himself on fire at gas pump at a Go-Mart store in downtown Clarksburg. Investigators say the man drove up to the gas pump, got out of his car and set himself on fire. They say it was an intentional act, and the gas pump did not malfunction.

An Elkins man shot and killed himself after a six-hour standoff with police. Police tried to serve a warrant after being notified of a terroristic threat. The home was heavily fortified, and suspect refused to leave the home, even after tear gas was shot inside. It ended when the suspect took his own life.

Huntington police are looking for two men who robbed a pawn shop. The pair walked into Jewelry, Gold and Pawn with a gun and knife. No one was hurt. They got away with undisclosed amount of jewelry and took off in a dark colored SUV.

A woman is recovering after she crashed her SUV into a Teays Valley business. The woman had an appointment at Charleston Blueprint and she hit the gas instead of the brake when she was pulling into a parking space. No one inside was hurt.

Political activist Howard Swint burned a confederate flag near the General Stonewall Jackson statue on the Statehouse grounds. He said seeing the Confederate flag displayed during the riots at the U.S. Capitol spurred him to act. The demonstration started peaceful, but became heated when Swint drew a crowd, and hea and another man were separated … Read more