MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday announced another round of grants for various fairs festivals and arts offerings around the state to help them bridge a […]
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Justice tweaks school re-entry color scales to narrow green and yellow, more closely match Harvard scale
MORGANTOWN — The color-coded school re-entry metric announced Friday has undergone its first tweak, with some tightening of the numbers for the green and yellow categories. Gov. […]
Justice celebrates $1.347 million in fairs and festival grants with fair and festival leaders
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice revisited on Thursday his plan to spread $1,347,000 from his Governor’s Contingency Fund among the state’s 329 fairs and festivals – this […]
Justice extends Mon bar closure another 7 days; suspends nursing home visitation as outbreaks grow
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice extended the Monongalia County bar closure another seven days, through Aug. 20. Under the current order, bars were set to open Friday. […]
30 nursing homes across state see COVID outbreaks; visitation ban, testing, other measures in talks
MORGANTOWN — Most involve just one or two people, and they’re trying to keep the outbreaks contained, he said. They’re not quite the same as community-spread outbreaks, […]
Justice calls union complaints about school plans political stunt; says schools will be safest places around
MORGANTOWN — Beyond the daily discussion of COVID-19 numbers and virus migration from the south, much of Gov. Jim Justice’s Friday briefing was devoted to the school […]
Education leaders unhappy with governor ’s back-to-school plan
The leaders of two state education unions gave Gov. Jim Justice failing marks in pandemic performance Thursday afternoon. Fred Albert and Joe White said the governor isn’t doing enough […]
Color-coded system to have an impact on school-related events
Gov. Jim Justice used some Friday night lights to illuminate his COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon. That is, he said, green really will mean “go,” for your football […]
State COVID numbers improve slightly; Justice clarifies travel comments, issues plea to landlords
MORGANTOWN — Gov Jim Justice invariably opens his COVID-19 briefings with comments on COVID deaths – either rejoicing because there were none since his last briefing, or […]
Mon County bars remain closed as state COVID-19 numbers climb
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s active COVID-19 case numbers continue to grow, reaching 1,938 as of Sunday, with 139 total new active cases over the weekend. The Princeton […]
