CHARLESTON — State officials announced Monday that West Virginia received the second half of the $1.35 billion American Rescue Plan Act funds, giving West Virginia additional funds to combat COVID-19 and begin work on much-needed drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure ...
CHARLESTON — The continuing increase in COVID-19 cases in West Virginia may indicate the surge the rest of the nation has been experiencing has reached the Mountain State. That was discussed in Friday’s online briefing by Gov. Jim Justice, who also announced an increase in tiers for the Public Employees Insurance Agency to keep state workers from getting higher premiums and deductibles as a result of raises approved by the Legislature. James Hoyer, director of the state’s Joint Interagency Task Force responding to the virus, said earlier this week that the recent spread was ...
PARKERSBURG — WVU Medicine Camden Clark is receiving nearly $4.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to compensate for expenses and lost revenue related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The office of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced the award this week as part of more than $6 million allocated to a dozen rural health care providers in the state. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for West Virginia’s health care professionals to be prepared for any emergency that tests our state,” Manchin said in a news release. “Our health care providers have gone above ...
CHARLESTON — Mostly green for the last few weeks, West Virginia’s County Alert System map is showing more yellow as the spread of COVID-19 continues to tick upward. Active cases across the state totaled 1,658, according to Friday’s update from the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The tally was 1,496 Thursday. “This thing’s not gone,” Gov. Jim Justice warned Friday in an online briefing. Active cases in local counties Friday (Thursday) were: Calhoun, 3 (1); Doddridge, 5 (5); Gilmer, 3 (3); Jackson, 10 (5); Pleasants, 1 (1); Ritchie, 3 (1); Roane, 3 (3); ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s active COVID-19 cases resumed their climb Thursday. According to Thursday’s report from the state Department of Health and Human Resources, there were 1,496 active cases, up from 1,325 in Wednesday’s update. Active cases in local counties Thursday (Wednesday) were: Calhoun, 1 (2); Doddridge, 5 (1); Gilmer, 3 (3); Jackson, 5 (6); Pleasants, 1 (2); Ritchie, 1 (1); Roane, 3 (1); Tyler, 6 (0); Wetzel, 3 (3); Wirt, 1 (0); Wood, 28 (30). Seven deaths were attributed to the virus, six of them added through the Bureau for Public Health’s ongoing data ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at a COVID-19 summit Thursday to reenergize a lagging international commitment to attacking the virus as he led the U.S. in marking the "tragic milestone" of 1 million deaths in America. He ordered flags lowered to half-staff ...
