MORGANTOWN – In light of the COVID-related stresses on medical systems across the state, Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday announced a new $48 million program to recruit and train new nurses. Last year, he said 1,700 West Virginia nurses didn't renew their licenses, and 68% of those said it was ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Hundreds of transportation workers were hired in 2021 because of aggressive recruiting by the West Virginia Department of Transportation. Since Jan. 1, the WVDOT has hired 638 new employees. To accomplish this, the WVDOT participated in 35 job ...
MORGANTOWN – The state has its first official omicron variant case, COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh said Thursday. The CDC notified the state just minutes before Thursday's briefing began, he said, that its surveillance study identified a single omicron case in the state. “We know that the ...
MORGANTOWN —– Gov. Jim Justice joined with Senate President Craig Blair and House Speaker Roger Hanshaw on Thursday morning to announce two planned measures to benefit state workers: a pay raise and an “inflatocine.” The Legislature will take up and is expected to pass a 5% pay ...
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine coming to West Virginia, and again joined with his team to urge more vaccines and boosters as new surges appear on the horizon. Justice said that 92.2% of the state's 5,114 COVID-related ...
At Thursday’s press conference, Gov. Jim Justice and his COVID advisors continued to press West Virginians to get vaccinated, and specifically to get booster shots ahead of an expected winter surge. With COVID czar Dr. Clay Marsh absent, it fell to Joint Interagency Task Force Director ...