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North Carolina man faces serious poaching charges in W.Va. By February 26, 2021 - 1:53 pm WV NRPO Jonathan Gills holds the racks of the two bucks killed illegally in McDowell County last November. WELCH, W.Va. — A North Carolina man faces a list of poaching violations in West Virginia and if convicted, the price tag for illegally killing two trophy bucks in the Mountain State could be substantial. The suspect, from Statesville, N.C., faces charges of killing two trophy bucks in McDowell County on two separate days in November 2020. West Virginia Natural Resources Police, who have not yet ...

Feb 1, 2021 Feb 1, 2021 CHARLESTON — Today Gov. Jim Justice, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, and the West Virginia Joint Interagency Task Force for COVID-19 Vaccines announced the COVID-19 vaccine clinics that will be held in all 55 counties throughout the state Feb. 3-6, 2021 through Operation Save Our Wisdom. This week’s clinics are available for West Virginians who are 65 years of age and older. Residents from any county in West Virginia may access an appointment at any of the vaccination clinics listed, regardless of their county of reside...

From Staff Reports Brooke, Ohio and Marshall counties remained in red on the state’s COVID-19 alert map Wednesday, but the roster of that club around the state continued to shrink. Of West Virginia’s 55 counties, 15 of them were red — the highest-risk category — on the Department of Health and Human Resources Thursday COVID-19 alert map. Thirty-one counties, including Hancock County, were orange, the second-highest risk category. Three more were gold, a rung below orange on the map, and five were in yellow, the second-safest category. And for the first time in a long time, West Virgi...

The task force worked to identify the factors behind those numbers and then looked at models that appeared to work well in other communities. The results prompted Rexroad to launch the United Way of Harrison County’s Solution-Focused Street Outreach and Rapid Rehousing Programs - just as the COVID-19 pandemic was hitting West Virginia. Shelters were being forced to limit their services statewide at the same time that an increasing number of people were becoming homeless due to economic conditions. “We decided to gear up for an outreach effort,” in conjunction with the West Virginia Coal...

For the few Jews in West Virginia, one of America's most struggling states, the pandemic has offered silver linings   Larry Luxner Robert Judd started in April as the rabbi of B'nai Sholom in Huntington, W.Va., but has yet to hold an in-person service because of the coronavirus pandemic. WHEELING, W.Va. (JTA) - Surrounded by silver crucifixes and Christmas ornaments, Samuel Posin and Joan Berlow Smith sell vintage jewelry and myriad tchotchkes at their church-turned-boutique gift shop in this city. This is not the kind of place you'll find many Jews. In this deeply rural state where just ove...