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SundayApril 19, 2020

DHHR confirms additional COVID-19 deaths

Twenty deaths after reports from Kanawha, Hampshire counties.

Legendary WV State baseball coach Cal Bailey dies

(Citynet Statewide Sunday Sportsline with WVSU head coach Sean Loyd) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One of the most decorated and successful head coaches in West Virginia history has died. Former West Virginia State head baseball coach Cal Bailey has passed away at age 77. Bailey won 1,063 games in his tenure guiding the Yellow Jacket baseball

1.2 million absentee ballot applications sent to West Virginia voters

The primary election has been moved from May 12 to June 9 because of the coronavirus.

Statewide nursing home testing by National Guard set to begin Monday

Hoyer says veterans nursing homes will be first.

‘There’s more fear, more panic than I’ve ever seen’

Kroger workers look back on first few weeks of pandemic.

Ongoing business surveys attempt to measure economic effects of COVID-19 in West Virginia

"It's some bad times out there," said Shane Whitehair, president of the West Virginia Association of Regional Councils.

Marshall professor leads Mask Army

Dr. Suzanne Strait's most-known title before March was professor at Marshall University's Department of Biological Sciences

Kanawha County nursing home confirms first COVID related death

The death was not reported in the state Department of Health and Human Resources' update on Sunday morning.

DHHR adds 38 positive coronavirus cases; positive test rate increases slightly

That’s the highest percentage the state has recorded since it began tracking cases on March 13.

Byers looking forward to new role leading WVSU after four decades of service

Byers will serve as interim president beginning next month.

West Virginia off to good start in 2021 recruiting, but uncertainty looms

The Mountaineers are off to a good start in 2021 recruiting. But what happens next in a world turned still?

Mazey wins Furfari Award as state’s top college coach

Mazey guided the WVU baseball team to a 38-win season in 2019.