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WVU Medicine, Mon Health hospitals to receive National Guard support

MORGANTOWN — Hospitals across the state are availing themselves of National Guard assistance, Gov. Jim Justice and his COVID leadership team announced and discussed regularly at his briefings. That includes Ruby Memorial and other WVU Medicine hospitals, and Mon Health Medical Center and ...

Gov. Justice returns after COVID bout, renews call for vaccines, boosters

MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice returned to the Capitol on Monday following his bout with COVID-19 and talked a bit about this experience with the virus and renewed his call for residents to get their vaccines and boosters. “It's been a little bit difficult, that's for sure,” he said. ...

Gov. Justice tests positive for COVID

Just before midnight Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice announced he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he has made alternate arrangements for his State of the State Address and he canceled his Wednesday COVID briefing. Here is the statement from his office in full, plus a comment from COVID-19 ...

House OKs $15M bill for project to bring 125-140 jobs to Morgantown

MORGANTOWN — The sixth and final bill the Legislature approved Tuesday during its two-day special session is expected to help bring 125 to 140 jobs to the Morgantown area. SB 1006 appropriates $15 million of unspent general revenue to the Economic Development Department's Economic ...