State government’s attention to the shortage of jail and prison correction officers feels like a wash, rinse, repeat cycle. Legislators and state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation commissioner William Marshal rehashed the ongoing crisis during a legislative interim ...
Of the more than a million Americans who have died because of COVID-19, 7,001 were West Virginians. Gov. Jim Justice announced the “milestone that none of us want to celebrate in any way,” at one of his most-recent press conference and noted the true number may be higher ...
Most of West Virginia — including Monongalia, Preston and Marion counties — is expected to experience heavy rain today and Friday. This could lead to flooding, especially flash-flooding in areas with saturated grounds and streams that are already higher than usual. “With the rain ...
Gov. Jim Justice, Dr. Clay Mash and Gen. James Hoyer continued their push for vaccinations and boosters in the Mountain State Monday, as hospitalization numbers continue to increase due to the omicron variant. According to Marsh, 94% of sequenced cases have been omicron. After reading an ...
MORGANTOWN — With winter on its way — temps are expected to dip into the 30s as early as this weekend, with snow flurries in the forecast — along with holiday travel and get-togethers, West Virginia could be in for a “catastrophe” if more people don’t get vaccinated and get their ...
Gov. Jim Justice opened his Wednesday briefing with the grim task of reading out 85 more COVID-19 deaths in West Virginia. The total dead is now 4,219, Justice said. “More and more and more of us ought to get vaccinated,” he said. “The more of us that get vaccinated, the less that ...