MORGANTOWN — Wednesday’s coronavirus press briefing from the state Capitol offered no new announcements or executive orders but continued to look ahead to life after the virus. In response to […]
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Gov., state asked to not take stimulus funds for overdraft fees
Gov. Jim Justice asked the State Supreme Court to look into who has legal authority to provide debt relief to West Virginians. The governor asked the court after several organizations […]
Gov. Justice orders schools closed for rest of school year; distance learning to continue
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced during his Tuesday coronavirus press briefing that kids won’t be returning to their school buildings for the rest of the school year. They will […]
Justice: Hospitals can gear up, apply to resume elective procedures
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice again focused his Monday coronavirus press briefing on restarting the state, and announced an executive order to take the first step in doing that. Hospitals […]
Court halts debt collection during crisis
On April 15, Judge Steven L. Shaffer issued an emergency order stopping seizure of bank account and stimulus funds to pay old debts of a Preston County family during the […]
Justice orders statewide nursing home COVID-19 testing for all staff and residents, even if done before
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice expressed his frustration over a COVID-19 reporting failure at a Jackson County nursing home through a new executive order or Friday. He’s ordered the Department […]
Justice: Heads could roll for failure to respond to nursing home outbreaks; also addresses fed dollars and Phase 2
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice expressed frustration during his Thursday COVID-19 press briefing over people who fail to respond properly to nursing home outbreaks and said their jobs will be […]
Gov. Justice and team preview moving to COVID-19 ‘Phase 2’
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team again focused on rebooting the state after COVID-19 during their Wednesday press briefing. Justice and the others are calling it Phase 2. […]
As WV COVID-19 peak passes, state leaders looks ahead to next phase
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s COVID-19 briefing from the governor’s office had no new announcements but focused on what’s around the bend as the cases level off and dissipate and the state […]
Gov. Justice, Clay Marsh: Don’t ease up on COVID-19 precautions yet
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Monday added Jackson County to his executive order list imposing additional restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus. On Friday, at Jackson’s request, he […]
