MORGANTOWN — After getting raked over the social media coals Wednesday for saying President Barack Obama isn’t welcome in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice was forced to […]
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Fairs and festivals to resume; crowd size limitation bumped up starting Friday
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday ended the suspense about the resumption of summer fairs and festivals, announcing they will be allowed to start up again […]
Private, state campgrounds to open June 10 to out-of-staters
Private and state park campgrounds will reopen to out-of-state guests starting June 10, Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday. Their stays will be limited to seven days. “We […]
COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh describes ‘super-spreaders’ and three C’s of keeping the virus contained
MORGANTOWN — COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh introduced a new term during Tuesday’s COVID-19 press briefing: super-spreaders. There’s a measure called “dispersion factor” that describes the percentage of […]
Justice praises state for peaceful protests as riots, looting across U.S. follow George Floyd killing
MORGANTOWN — Much of Monday’s COVID-19 press briefing focused on protests across the state and nation over the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis. Gov. Jim Justice recognized […]
Justice announces summer sports reopenings
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced a new round of sports-related reopenings during his Friday press briefing. Low contact summer youth sports – such as Little League […]
Jim Justice, WVSSAC announce high school sports activities can resume June 8
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday as part of Week 7 of the state’s reopening plan, summer youth events, including high school sports, […]
Smith: The governor is sitting on over $1B, we’ve gotten a check for $11.84
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Health Department has thus far received one check totaling $11.84 from the state for COVID-19 relief despite the department being in financial […]
Huttonsville prison COVID-19 count reaches 111; system-wide testing priorities explained, but no date set
MORGANTOWN — The positive case count at Huttonsville Correctional Center rose to 111 as of Thursday afternoon, Gov. Jim Justice said. Justice and his team again promised […]
Justice wants testing at all state jails and prisons; Huttonsville count reaches 83
MORGANTOWN — The positive COVID-19 case count at Huttonsville Correctional Center was upped to 83 Wednesday morning and Gov. Jim Justice said he wants testing done at […]
