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W Va Water Trails: A New Pride in the Tug Fork River

The Tug Fork River recently earned the designation of a West Virginia Flatwater Trail by the Recreation Trail Advisory Committee within the West Virginia Department of Transportation. It’s called the Bloody Mingo Tug Fork Water Trail and visitors are invited to kayak, float or even fish.

Active COVID-19 cases remain over 300 this week

LOGAN — Current active cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Logan County remain above the 300 mark this week, with 311 recorded as of Monday evening. Cumulatively, Logan County has had 2,317 cases recorded since its first case on March 25, 2020, with 1,942 recovered and 64 deceased. There were 33 patients in the hospital as of Monday’s count. Logan County Health Department Director Steve Browning says he is hopeful that number will begin to drop some over next month. He said the steady surge in cases the county has seen this month is likely a result of the Christmas and New Year holidays. “I’m hopeful that our numbers will start to come back down and we’ll get those numbers, within a month, to a — I don’t know, there’s no better number — but to a much lower number,” Browning said, “and then I’m hopeful that the more the vaccine gets out to people that we’ll see a steady decline. I’m hopeful of that.”

Akers honored at his last commission meeting

LOGAN — The Logan County Commission presented a proclamation honoring outgoing commissioner Willie Akers during his final regular session Thursday, Dec. 17. A graduate of the former Mullens High School in Wyoming County, Akers came to Logan County around 1961 after playing for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team from 1957 through 1960. He played alongside basketball legend Jerry West, advancing the team to a No. 1 ranking in the 1958 season. During his 25 years as a basketball coach at Logan High School, he led the Wildcats boys basketball team to four AAA state championship titles — 1964, 1977, 1978 and 1983. He also had a few state runners-up titles under his belt, including 1963 and 1979.

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