The state has received approval to borrow money from the federal government to cover unemployment claims. The U.S. Department of Labor is providing a 375-million-dollar line of credit for the state to cover claims. State officials don’t think they’ll need all the money, but it will be a good backstop. West Virginia’s unemployment rate is … Read more
Governor Justice says the state’s monthly revenue numbers are “terrible.” Revenue figures are off by over 190-million-dollars for April. Justice says state agencies have enough money on hand to pay the bills in May, but not much longer after that. The governor still maintains that federal officials will eventually loosen up on how states can … Read more
Three suspects are under arrest in connection to a deadly shooting in Mason County. Thirty-six-year-old Mitchell Smith was shot at a home in Leon in a drug deal that went wrong.
Rescue crews are searching for a car that went into Twelve Pole Creek on Route-152 in Wayne County. One person was in the car. The search was called off at last night at dark, and will resume this morning.
A Charleston man is under arrest for stealing an ATV and breaking into a home on Pioneer Drive in Cross Lanes.
Kanawha County health officials held a third drive-thru COVID-19 testing event, and targeted day care workers. Governor Justice says daycare facilities are a priority to reopen, and daycare employees must be tested before going back to work. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will conduct additional testing this weekend at their Lee Street West location.
A 97-year-old Putnam County man has died from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll to 47. The number of positive is up by fifteen bringing the total number of cases to over one-thousand-one-hundred-fifty. The state’s positive test result rated remains below three-percent.
Several West Virginia lawmakers are urging Governor Justice to call a special session to commit at least 500-million-dollars the state has received in federal funding to help small businesses with cash flow during and after the pandemic. The state received one-point-25-billion-dollars from the CARES Act. Justice wants to use more than 205-million to cover the … Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is sending a letter to Governor Justice asking him to expand a statewide moratorium to halt evictions during and after the pandemic. The ACLU says there is a potential to create a housing crisis unless protections are put in place.
Churches across West Virginia are making plans to return to public worship next Sunday. Church gatherings fall under the second week of the Governor’s reopening plan, and Justice says the restriction on gatherings of twenty-five people or more does not apply to churches.