MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice came to Morgantown Wednesday to announce the beginning of the 2022 road paving season. Justice made the announcement in the parking lot of the Pierpont Church of the Nazarene gym. He was flanked by a Roadtec highway asphalt paver and a Case drum roller — ...
MORGANTOWN — The state's total COVID death toll dropped over the weekend. After Friday's COVID briefing from the governor's office the number stood at 6,835. Tuesday's figure was 6,716. Gov. Jim Justice read off 11 new deaths. But 122 deaths from 2021 listed as COVID deaths were, in ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday celebrated the CDC following the lead of the FDA decision earlier this week to allow second COVID boosters for certain people. The CDC joined the FDA to authorize a second booster dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people age 50 and up ...
Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. David McKinley and Gov. Jim Justice all issued statements on the news of the WVU Innovation Corp. taking ownership of the former Mylan plant. Manchin said, “Investments in critical facilities like the Viatris property are essential to ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced on Wednesday that he vetoed the bill splitting the Department of Health and Human Resources in two, along with three other bills. HB 4020 would have split DHR into the Department of Health and the Department of Human Resources. It passed with ...
MORGANTOWN — Democratic legislative leaders gathered virtually on Wednesday to again renew their call for gas tax relief for West Virginia vehicle owners. They repeated their plea for a gas-tax holiday of at least 30 days from the 37.5 cents-per-gallon tax, and added another option: a ...