There remain 26,000 power outages in parts of West Virginia from a pair of ice storms which started more than a a week ago. Governor Jim Justice relaxes some Covid restrictions on business, but with a word of caution. Restaurant owners are ramping up amid the easing of Covid rules. Meanwhile Covid variants are now known to be in West Virginia. There's a murder investigation underway in Brooke County and in sports, the Mountaineers messed with Texas on Saturday. Those stories and more in today's MetroNews This Morning podcast.