MORGANTOWN -- Gov. Jim Justice opened his Friday press briefing with a bit more discussion of the ouster of Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp, but spent the majority his time reviewing the state budget and the allocation of the state's $1.25 billion of CARES Act money. On ...
MORGANTOWN -- Former Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp's resignation letter makes no mention of the positive case-reporting errors by her bureau that led to her ouster Wednesday. Instead it focuses on the bureau's accomplishments and on working together through the COVID-19 ...
MORGANTOWN -- The COVID-19 numbers are spiking in West Virginia and across the nation, Gov. Jim Justice and his team said during Monday's press briefing. If they keep getting worse, there could be renewed restrictions and maybe even mandatory mask-wearing. In West Virginia, Justice said, ...
MORGANTOWN -- A second church in Greenbrier County has had some attendees test positive for COVID-19, Gov. Jim Justice said during Friday's press briefing. But it's not a new outbreak, Bureau of Public Health Commissioner Cathy Slemp clarified. People at this unnamed church were exposed to ...
MORGANTOWN – The six church-based COVID-19 outbreaks and what they mean for The Comeback occupied much of Wednesday's press briefing from the state Capitol. COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh warned, “Don't get complacent and don't get fatigued.” Gov. Jim Justice voiced his view most ...
Five recent COVID-19 outbreaks at churches across the state spurred extensive discussion during Monday’s coronavirus press briefing — chiefly about what can be done to avoid more of them. Over the weekend, Gov. Jim Justice said, an outbreak at Graystone Baptist Church in Ronceverte, ...