MORGANTOWN — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey stopped by The Dominion Post office Friday afternoon, in his way from Charleston to his Eastern Panhandle home, to talk about some of the […]
State Government
Justice adds 4 more counties to list with additional COVID-19 restrictions; orders $100K county block grants for ‘hero pay’
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Friday added four more counties to his executive order list imposing additional restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus: Wayne, Wood, Cabell and Ohio. […]
New Justice executive order poses golf course restrictions, allow cities to change election dates
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced a coronavirus executive order during his Thursday press briefing. All private and public golf courses must take all possible steps to assure social distancing. […]
Justice adds Marion County to COVID-19 hot spot list and executive order with extra restrictions
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice added Marion County to the list of state COVID-19 hot spots Wednesday and announced during his daily press briefing that he was expanding his executive […]
Justice and team: W.Va. still trending well on COVID-19 cases, but remain cautious; unemployment claim backlog starting to clear
MORGANTOWN — The number of positives cases of coronavirus in West Virginia continues to rise but the rise is slight and the state is trending better than the rest of […]
WorkForce still working to handle unemployment claims backlog; W.Va. positive cases remain among lowest in U.S.
MORGANTOWN — Monday was the first day for the West Virginia National Guard to aid WorkForce West Virginia with the backlog of unemployment claims stemming from coronavirus-related business closures. Over […]
Justice assigns National Guard to tackle unemployment claim backlog; WorkForce outlines CARES Act guidelines
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Friday, during his daily coronavirus press briefing, expressed his frustration with WorkForce West Virginia’s inability to handle the massive influx of unemployment claims – […]
Justice issues executive order for COVID-19 protection in Eastern Panhandle
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that he has signed an executive order to further protect West Virginians in Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan counties as COVID-19 continues to spread […]
PSC green-lights Longview Power gas and solar plant projects
MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission has given its green light to construction of two new Longview Power plants: one gas fired, one solar. The PSC issued its order […]
Justice announces COVID-19 outbreak in Eastern Panhandle, details still unfolding
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced on Friday a coronavirus outbreak in the Eastern Panhandle. Word of the outbreak came at about 11:30, officials at the daily press briefing said, […]
