Spencer preparing new Development Ordinance, seeks public input The public is invited to review and comment on the proposed Spencer Development Ordinance. (Source: Town of Spencer) By David Whisenant | May 13, 2021 at 4:45 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 5:03 PM
SPENCER, N.C. (WBTV) - The Town of Spencer is expecting future growth as North Carolina continues to exceed the national averages for population growth. To prepare for the effects of this growth in the Town, the Mayor & Board of Aldermen have directed the preparation a new Spencer Development Ordinance to replace the existing zoning, subdivision, and flood ordinances with a new format that modernizes standards & specifications for land use, development, and new subdivisions.
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CHARLESTON Eight deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in the 24-hour period from Wednesday to Thursday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
Deaths were confirmed in Marion, Harrison, Mingo, Hampshire, Kanawha, Mineral and Ohio counties. The youngest was a 48-year-old woman from Hampshire County, the state said.
Two deaths from the virus reported in March, a 69-year-old man from Pleasants County and a 79-year-old woman from Mercer County, have been determined as duplicates, reducing the total of deaths from the virus in West Virginia to 2,705 as of Thursday.
Eleven residents of Pleasants County have died from the virus since the pandemic began, according to the statistics on Thursday from the state.
CHARLESTON Three Wood County residents were among the confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus reported on Wednesday by the West Virginia Department o
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CHARLESTON Residents of Jackson and Tyler counties are among the most recent COVID-19 fatalities announced by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
The state recorded nine additional deaths attributed to the coronavirus from Monday to Tuesday morning, bringing the total to 2,695 since the start of the pandemic. The deaths announced Tuesday included an 87-year-old woman from Tyler County and a 75-year-old woman from Jackson County.
Active cases in local counties (previous day) are: Calhoun, 13 (12); Doddridge, 20 (25); Gilmer, 54 (50); Jackson, 95 (99); Pleasants, 25 (28); Ritchie, 19 (23); Roane, 27 (25); Tyler, 26 (28); Wetzel, 128 (126); Wirt, 32 (26); Wood, 109 (110).
Wirt County remained red, the highest level on the state map measuring the severity of COVID-19 spread, along with Berkeley and Wayne counties. Wetzel and Gilmer counties were orange, the second-highest category.
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ELIZABETH Wirt County is one of three counties classified as red on West Virginia’s latest COVID-19 map.
Red is the most severe category of virus transmission, based on a rolling average of positive test percentages and infection rates over a seven- or 14-day period, depending on a county’s population. Also in that category Monday were Berkeley and Raleigh counties.
Data released Monday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources showed Wirt County with 26 active cases, compared to eight a week ago.
“There’s been a couple of family groups that have had COVID,” said Carrie Brainard, threat preparedness coordinator for the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department, which covers Wirt, Wood, Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie and Roane counties.