Counties throughout West Virginia will be receiving $100,000 grants for first responders in the coming days, but exactly how that money will be spent is up to each county. Gov. Jim Justice announced the grants on April 9, but didn’t give specific guidance, leaving county commissioners to determine who is a first responder. Along with … Read more
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin called for Congress to approve more funding after the government’s paycheck protection loan program for small business ran out of money. Manchin said Congress must act quickly invest more funding into the PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) to protect small businesses and health-care providers, In an analysis of PPP funds approved for … Read more
The yearly PGA Tour stop at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs won’t be happening this year, or at any point in the future. The PGA Tour and the Greenbrier resort had a contract that was to run through 2026, but the contract is being canceled. This year’s Military Tribute at The Greenbrier was set … Read more
West Virginia State University’s Board of Governors has voted to recommend R. Charles Byers as interim president. The board’s vote Wednesday must be approved by the state Higher Education Policy Commission. Byers was appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia State last July. He had retired as provost in 2014 … Read more
The West Virginia Coronavirus Hotline has taken over 12-thousand calls in the last month. Operators are fielding calls 24-hours a day about COVID-19 symptoms, and treatment options.
Yeager Airport will receive four-point-eight million-dollars from the CARES Act Airport Grant that provides relief for lost revenue. Yeager says numbers are down ninety-percent since the pandemic.
Governor Justice is starting to talk about transitioning from stay at home orders to a cautious restart, but he says the next phase of coronavirus response with be very tedious and difficult. Justice says his main priority is protecting the health of West Virginians.
Frontier Communications is filing for bankruptcy. The company is trying to reorganize ten-billion-dollars in debt while continues operations. Frontier provides phone, TV, and internet service to nearly 300-thousand customers in West Virginia.
House fires have doubled since the stay at home order was issued last month. The Charleston Fire Department has battled twelve structure fires in just three weeks. Three of the fires were intentionally set, and one person died and another person was hurt.
A Logan man is under arrest for spitting on products at Walmart. Forty-one-year-old Daniel Murphy is charged with making a terrorist threat. He destroyed more than 25-hundred-dollars’ worth of merchandise.