Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 10:07 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
The Income Movement Group, a self-described people-powered grassroots movement, funded the billboard.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 10:37 PM EST
|By Amanda Barren
In the first six months of 2021, the city of Charleston will spend $1 million to deal with taking down dilapidated, abandoned homes and buildings.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 9:52 PM EST
Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin talks about upcoming plans for the city
Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 at 4:33 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
Currently, active cases are at 1,867.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2020 at 3:58 PM EST
|By Josie Fletcher
Taylor, Sarah, Katie and the WSAZ family share their holiday recipes and traditions on Studio 3.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2020 at 3:20 PM EST
Holiday traditions with Amanda Barren
Updated: Dec. 26, 2020 at 5:43 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff
Governor Andy Beshear announced new COVID-19 numbers for Christmas Eve, Christmas, as well as the day after Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 11:13 PM EST
|By Amanda Barren
Cassie Johnson died last week after being shot while in the line of duty.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2020 at 5:03 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
This brings the county to 177 active cases and 552 total cases.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2020 at 11:55 PM EST
|By JOE McDONALD
Plans call for the lander to spend about two days drilling into the lunar surface and collecting 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of rocks and debris
Updated: Nov. 21, 2020 at 5:53 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff
Gov. Beshear urged Kentuckians to adhere to the latest round of restrictions to stop the spread of the virus.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 3:07 PM EST
|By WSAZ News Staff
According to the Ohio Department of Health, this brings the total to 1,133 since the start of the pandemic.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 6:00 PM EDT
Democratic West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ben Salango chats with Amanda Barren about a variety of issues.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2020 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
For the third time this week, Ohio has recorded a record increase in COVID-19 cases over a 24 hour period.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
President Donald Trump’s administration has reversed course and approved a previously rejected California application for disaster relief funds to clean up damage from six recent wildfires.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
There have been 17 deaths in connection to the virus.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 3:47 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
There have been 17 deaths overall.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 1:10 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has called on his advisors to go to the Governor’s mansion on Monday evening, a meeting that remained in session into the night.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2020 at 4:56 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Governor Andy Beshear announced 721 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky on Saturday.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Governor Andy Beshear has provided an update on COVID-19 cases in Kentucky.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Governor Andy Beshear has provided an update on COVID-19 cases in Kentucky.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Governor Andy Beshear has provided a Thursday update on COVID-19 in the state.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 7:45 PM EDT
With sports competition beginning prior to the start of school in West Virginia on Sept. 8, the color their county is on Aug. 29 will determine whether they can compete. Schools must be in yellow or green for competition.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 7:42 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Metrics were announced Friday that will determine whether in-person school will be allowed in West Virginia.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 7:19 PM EDT
Dr. Clay Marsh, West Virginia's coronavirus czar, talks with Amanda Barren about the West Virginia back-to-school COVID-19 metrics.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 5:54 PM EDT
WSAZ's Amanda Barren interviews W.Va. State Superintendent Clayton Burch about color-coding system that will determine whether individual counties are allowed to reopen school to in-person instruction.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 7:41 PM EDT
Amanda Barren explains the payroll tax deferment and how it could affect your finances down the line.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 7:06 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Dr. Clayton Burch joined Amanda Barren for an extended interview that covered several topics, including a color-coded system that will measure COVID-19 numbers county by county.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 5:56 PM EDT
WSAZ’s Amanda Barren interviews West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Clayton Burch
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 12:03 AM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
Jennifer Casto and Julie Turley work for Sorensen Communications. They are contracted through the state’s DHHR to provide American Sign Language interpretation for the deaf community during the pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM EDT
W.Va. State Superintendent of Schools Clayton Burch joined us on First at Five Wednesday evening to discuss the state’s school reopening plan.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 7:43 PM EDT
First at 5
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 9:27 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
The fair is scheduled from Aug. 13 through Aug. 22.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 8:46 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press, WSAZ News Staff
Justice, who won his first term as West Virginia governor as a Democrat in 2016, was running against six other GOP challengers.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
WSAZ's Amanda Barren joins Taylor Eaton live on the WSAZ Now Desk following West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's press conference Wednesday.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 8:34 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
According to Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the state’s plan is to have a six-month stockpile of PPE, testing supplies and ventilators should there be a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
Pools will be able to open Saturday, May 30 in West Virginia. The CDC says chemicals in pool water, including chlorine, kill the COVID-19 virus.
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 5:54 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
West Virginia Schools Superintendent Clayton Burch knows the 2020-2021 school year will be unlike anything anyone could have ever imagined just a year ago.
Updated: May. 21, 2020 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Jim Treacy
WVSSAC Integral Part Of Sports Return
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
As the state of West Virginia reopens during the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about the consistency of what can reopen, and when, are being brought to the attention of WSAZ.
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 1:52 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
"Amanda you are truly a professional, a decisive journalist and someone who actually cares for the community. You are a blessing to have and we proudly declare today Amanda Barren Day.”
Updated: Apr. 25, 2020 at 9:23 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
From its launch Friday night at 10 p.m. to Saturday morning 9,000 applications were received. The next step is for them to be processed. Residents have been waiting for benefits for several weeks now.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2020 at 11:40 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren, Tori Yorgey
Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday that testing in nursing homes has been a concern, and he plans to get to the bottom of the several outbreaks seen across the state.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 9:38 PM EDT
|By Amanda Barren
In West Virginia each county is responsible for reporting its data to the state. That is the data used by agencies with the federal government and organizations that make models projecting the COVID-19 virus.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2020 at 7:18 AM EDT
|By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as Christians celebrated a solitary Easter Sunday, blending the joyful feast day with sorrow over the toll the virus has already taken.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2020 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Essential workers in West Virginia, from the cities to rural areas, may be concerned about their safety when dealing with the public each day.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2020 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Residents are asked to abide by social distancing guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Updated: Mar. 24, 2020 at 5:24 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
WATCH | Amanda Barren's one-on-one with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2020 at 8:05 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
A day after addressing the state, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has released a statement regarding his administration's response to COVID-19.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2020 at 10:30 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
As of 10:00 p.m. Saturday, West Virginia had 12 positive cases, 385 negative cases and the state lab is waiting on the results of one test.