MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice announced that he appointed Jimmy Wriston as secretary of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, taking over for previous Secretary Byrd White, who retired in September.Wriston will also serve as commissioner of the West Virginia Division of ...
MORGANTOWN — Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch said Monday that the Saving Our Care program launched to help hospitals and nursing homes stay afloat during the Delta surge will cost somewhere from $25 million to $30 million. “We're looking at some ...
Mary and Jeff Darnell are like a lot of married couples in that way. That is, they measure the markers of their lives in four-wheeled increments. What they were driving, when whatever it was, happened. “Jeff used to have this little red Mustang with a T-top,” Mary said Thursday. ...
MORGANTOWN — A few of the COVID numbers dipped back downward Wednesday and Gov. Jim Justice expressed some optimism. “We think we're at the peak level,” he said. “There's absolutely every reason to believe we're right at the eye of the storm.” Mandates — vaccine and masks ...
MORGANTOWN -- For the first time in weeks, many of West Virginia’s COVID statistics are trending down. “It seems like we’re just holding, we’re in a hold pattern right at the peak, but it looks like the hold pattern could absolutely just start flowing our way,” Gov. Jim Justice ...
MORGANTOWN — The CDC opened the door on Friday for just about anyone who's had the Pfizer vaccine to get a booster, Gov. Jim Justice said, and he urged people to do it. “Without question in any way, go get the booster shot, go get the booster shot now,” he said. The CDC announced ...