Visit WVSOS website to follow tonight’s unofficial state election results CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today is Election Day, and polls are open until 7:30 p.m. in West Virginia. Voters and election workers are recommended to follow the DHHR’s COVID-19 Guidance for Polling Locations & Voters. Voters may find their precinct and any changes[Read More…]
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West Virginia’s alzheimer’s and dementia deaths trending higher during Pandemic
Release from the West Virginia Alzheimer’s Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tillie Day’s beautiful brown eyes looked blank into the glass window. Then there was terror. Distress. She holds a phone not knowing what to do with it. She cries, her hand covering her face. She purses her lips and looks down[Read More…]
National, state experts to discuss COVID-19 Vaccines in development, WV’s vaccine implementation plan during Nov. 10 Webinar
Release from Bioscience Association of WV: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Bioscience Association of WV (BioWV) will host an informational and free webinar from 2-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10 highlighting the status of vaccines and therapeutics in development to combat COVID-19 and the plan for rolling out the vaccine(s) in West Virginia, once available.[Read More…]
Appalachian Headwaters launches ABCHoney.org website to sell natural honey and related products
Release from Appalachian Beekeeping Collective: LEWISBURG, W.Va. – The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective (ABC), a project of the non-profit Appalachian Headwaters, has launched its sales website – ABCHoney.org – to sell the natural honey its beekeepers have harvested from their 850 hives. Since its creation in 2017, ABC has helped hundreds[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. with 25,235 positive cases, 458 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 25,235 Current Active Cases – 5,557 Total Lab Results reported – 792,475 Cumulative positive test percentage – 2.95 Daily Percent[Read More…]
Charleston-area family finds success on ‘Family Feud’
By Bill Lynch Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One Charleston-area family recently found out that competing on a television game show isn’t as easy as playing along at home. The Phillips family — Traci and her husband, Justin Sr.; cousins Cheryl Plear and Joey Fyall; and Cheryl’s daughter-in-law, Tiffany Wesley[Read More…]
The high-speed Virgin Hyperloop path to West Virginia — and the future
By CLINT THOMAS HD Media HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — If and when it comes to full-speed fruition, the Virgin Hyperloop system won’t move the world’s populace and products forward at “Star Trek”-like warp speed, but it will move them a lot faster, more efficiently and more sustainably than any other known[Read More…]
West Virginia prepared for Election Day
By STEPHEN ALLEN ADAMS The Intelligencer CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner said his election staff and the state’s 55 county clerks and hundreds of polls workers are ready for the heavy turnout expected when voters head to the polls Tuesday. “The enthusiasm of this election[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. with 23,990 positive cases, 451 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 23,499 Current Active Cases – 4,987 Total Lab Results reported – 767,500 Cumulative positive test percentage – 2.91 Daily Percent[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. with 23,466 positive cases, 443 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 23,466 Current Active Cases – 4,747 Total Lab Results reported – 747,304 Cumulative positive test percentage – 2.89 Daily Percent[Read More…]