Public Health & Safety Advisories

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (134+ words) UPDATE 10/13/26 @ 4:11 p.m. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin and members of the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Board of Directors have announced new naming rights for the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. The center will now be called the Vandalia…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (27+ words) CHARLESTON — West Virginia will continue drug testing adult recipients for a federal welfare program that helps low income families pay for food, utilities and other day-to-day necessities....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (476+ words) National Active and Retired Federal Employees meeting, noon, The Wine Bar, 510 Burroughs St., Morgantown. Topic: Health benefits for 2027. All Preston County employees and members are welcome. Neighbors Helping Neighbors every Tuesday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the St. Edward Catholic Church, 1204 E. State Ave.,…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (177+ words) The following release can be read in full: “It’s hard to imagine healthcare in the New River Valley today without VCOM-trained physicians,” they say. “Today, almost 300 VCOM-trained physicians are caring for patients across Roanoke and westward, helping keep healthcare close…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (168+ words) New Release Joliet Township High School District 204 Dr. Kylie Rainey, a 2013 graduate of Joliet West High School, has turned her passion for nursing into a career focused on educating and preparing the next generation of nurses. She earned a Bachelor…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago   (202+ words) DAMASCUS, Va. — Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the upper half of the Virginia Creeper Trail will be open on time. Charles R. King, who helmed Southwest Virginia Community College as president from its founding in 1967 until his retirement four decades late…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (772+ words) Reaching 103 years of life is a rare milestone that Nellie Pennycooke never thought she would have achieved, especially after the loss of her husband when she was just 44 years old. The retired postmistress and mother of seven children, one of…...

6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (457+ words) By Maggie Reid, Reporter As previously reported, Gunnison Valley Health (GVH) has been awarded a five-year annual $4.5 million grant through Colorado’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to create six new healthcare systems in Gunnison County. The Gunnison Country Times spoke…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (218+ words) West Virginia University Medicine recently announced that Brian Fritz will continue leading the health system’s Westmoreland, Latrobe and Frick hospitals after it acquired Independence Health System this month. A Ligonier native, Fritz will now be president and CEO of the…...

18+ hour, 25+ min ago   (174+ words) Initial construction is at the Route 250 (Jefferson Highway) location near Staunton at the intersection with Route 792 (Sangers Lane). STAUNTON - Work began this week on a project to improve safety and access for pedestrians and public-transit users at three locations in…...