After facing restrictions and continuing information for over two years on the Coronavirus, many in the WCBC listening audience have been weary of the continuing grind for quite some time.  On Monday, we asked West Virginia Governor Jim Justice if he is seeing evidence of COVID fatigue, and if he has any plan for dealing with it…

With the Maryland Primary Election scheduled for July 19th, the race for the Democratic Nomination for Governor seems to be a wide open affair.  Last night, Maryland Public Television and WBAL TV and Radio sponsored the first televised debate of the campaign, and Community College of Baltimore County Professor John Dedie told WBAL that it's getting to be crunch time for all candidates…

Although separated by a state line, Mountain Maryland and West Virginia share a common geography, and many times, what is happening in the Mountain State is also happening here.   Major General Jim Hoyer Monday gave an update on how COVID is spreading in West Virginia during a briefing on the disease…

The Cumberland Times News reports another plea agreement that exchanged jail time for house arrest was made in West Virginia’s largest known deer poaching case that started earlier this year and includes eight defendants, three counties and nearly 30 illegally killed bucks. Colton Broadwater, 24, of Keyser, in January was charged with 11 counts each of nighttime hunting and spotlighting, two counts failure to register deer, 14 counts illegal wildlife possession, eight counts conspiracy, nine counts hunting in closed season, 10 counts hunting from vehicle, five counts loaded firearm in vehicle, one count uncased firearm in vehicle, five counts trespassing,…

Cumberland Community Church at 12900 Bedford Road will be holding a blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross today. The event is taking place from 12:30 to 6:00 with blood donations as well as Power Red being accepted. Blood donations typically take less than an hour… Power Red donations collect the red cells that returns most of the plasma and platelets to the donor, the donors must meet specific eligibility requirements.The blood drive again is at the Cumberland Community Church between 12:30 and 6:00 today. 

The Cumberland Police Department has responded to an increased number of incidents involving the use of Orbeez Guns, and would like to remind the public that they are prohibited under City Ordinance 11-94. The City Ordinance indicates that no person shall discharge, fire or shoot any air gun, spring gun, bb gun, paintball gun, airsoft gun, bow or crossbow or any other similar contrivance manufactured and calculated to discharge any shot or missile within the city, and no person shall possess any such weapon upon any of the streets or alleys of the city; provided, however, that this provision shall…

On Sunday June 5th, 2022, officers of the Cumberland Police Department served and Arrest Warrant on Kristie Lynn Dawson. The Arrest Warrant was issued by the District Court stemming from a theft on June 1st, 2022. During the incident officers responded to the teen block of Queen City Pavement where they spoke with the victim of the incident. The victim advised that Dawson had taken their identification card, checks, as well as other items. The victim also advised that the check was cashed and the officer as able to obtain of evidence this, and completed an application for charges against…

Last week, President Biden called on Congress to advance an assault weapons ban as a means of decreasing gun violence in the nation. A few days ago, Maryland U S Senator Ben Cardin took to the Senate floor to push for much of the same, but Cardin also reached across the aisle with a proposal to expand mental health screening as part of the package…  

In addition to the much talked about North South Corridor, the local region is also expected to get a major boost when Corridor H through West Virginia is completed. Last fall, WCBC News spoke with Senator Joe Manchin about the infrastructure bill containing funding for the project, and last month, Manchin pushed for more action on the highway…  

For over two years, the West Virginia National Guard has been spanning the state with free COVID testing. That program is coming to an end. Last week, Governor Jim Justice announced the program would move to health departments and health centers…