CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts.NUMBERS IMPROVING, BUT GOVERNOR CONTINUES TO URGE VACCINATIONS, BOOSTERSDuring Wednesday’s briefing, Gov. Justice expressed cautious optimism about West Virginia’s improving COVID case Read More…
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WVDHHR Covid -19 Update
COVID-19 Daily Update 2-8-2022 2/8/2022 The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 8, 2022, there are currently 9,056 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 23 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,900 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a Read More…
Gov. Justice holds 300th briefing, discusses waning Omicron surge
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts. GOV. JUSTICE SPOTLIGHTS DECLINING NUMBER OF COVID CASESDuring his 300th briefing on COVID-19 Monday, Gov. Justice spotlighted a pair of charts Read More…
Governor Announces First Cases of BA.2 Omicron SubVariant in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts. FIRST CASES OF BA.2 OMICRON SUB-VARIANT IDENTIFIED IN WEST VIRGINIADuring Friday’s briefing, Gov. Justice announced that West Virginia health officials have Read More…
West Virginia has highest percentage of bridges in poor condition
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nearly 224,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) analysis of the recently released U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 2021 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database. That figure represents 36 percent of all U.S. bridges. If placed end-to-end, these bridges would Read More…
West Virginia is a Record Breaking State
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that revenue collections in West Virginia continue to make history – breaking several all-time state records in January. West Virginia’s General Revenue collections for January 2022 came in at $573.3 million – a whopping $136.8 million above estimate and 29.4% ahead of prior year receipts. Seven months through Fiscal Read More…
Covid-19 Update from the WVDHHR
2/1/2022 The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of February 1, 2022, there are currently 12,843 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 15 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,778 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 87-year old male from Read More…
Capito and Colleagues Advocate for Areas Unserved by Broadband
JANUARY 28, 2022 News Release CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined 10 of her colleagues in raising concerns with U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding the recently announced final rule for broadband infrastructure funding through the Coronavirus State and Local Recovery Funds Read More…
West Virginia requests waiver from federal vaccine mandate for rural healthcare workers
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts. WEST VIRGINIA REQUESTS WAIVER FROM FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE FOR RURAL HEALTHCARE WORKERSDuring Monday’s briefing, Gov. Justice announced that he would be Read More…
Calhoun in the Gold as Hospitalizations Climb
COVID hospitalizations reach 1,088 Thursday; again breaking all-time pandemic record CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and members of the West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic response leadership team held another news briefing today to update the public on the state’s latest pandemic response and vaccine distribution efforts. GOV. JUSTICE: “WE ARE FLOODING OUR HOSPITALS.”During his latest briefing, Gov. Justice Read More…
