Optima Chemicals

On this West Virginia Morning, we have the latest on the explosion at the Belle chemical plant and on coronavirus spread in West Virginia. Also, in this show, the latest episode of Us & Them held a virtual dinner party to discuss even wider political divides after this most recent election.

A Putnam County man was identified Wednesday as the victim in a Tuesday evening plant explosion at the Optima Chemicals Co. in Belle that shook surrounding homes and prompted a temporary shelter-in-place order for several hours.