Two more new COVID-19 infections were reported Thursday morning, pushing the county’s cumulative total of virus cases to date to 61. The number of active virus cases in the county has now climbed to 38. The cumulative tally include 23 people who have already recovered from the virus and are no longer in quarantine. The majority of the new cases have occurred over the past three weeks.

Appalachian Power says the outage is the result of animal contact with the electrical system.

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TAZEWELL,Va. – A father was facing charges after his son was shot during a late-night altercation outside a downtown Tazewell restaurant.

CHARLESTON — Public schools in West Virginia will not begin until at least Sept. 8.

Bridge Day is West Virginia’s largest single-day festival and one of the largest extreme sports events in the world, a press release announcing the cancellation said. 

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The West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating two fires at a Princeton church and a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arson arrest and conviction.

PEARISBURG, Va. – Troopers with the Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Giles County which occurred on Route …

In neighboring West Virginia, Mercer County was still holding at 57 virus cases Tuesday morning with three hospitalizations and one virus-related death. But those numbers could change later today when new data is reported to the Daily Telegraph.

Bragg said six of the seven new cases are a result of community transmission of the virus. Another was attributed to travel to Myrtle Beach. Bragg said contact tracing has been completed in each case.

Three people in Mercer County have been hospitalized by COVID-19 in the past two weeks, the county's health officer said Monday.