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Justice: More eligible to receive vaccine

CHARLESTON — As part of his regular COVID-19 briefing Monday, Gov. Jim Justice announced that more West Virginians with pre-existing medical conditions and all essential workers regardless of age will be eligible to receive the COVID vaccine. Justice said all residents over the age of 16 will be able to get the vaccine with certain medical conditions. Some of those conditions added are asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic infectious disease (HIV), neurological disorders, heart and/or liver disease and five other medical conditions. Those will join the eight pre-existing ...

Decreases in W.Va. COVID-19 numbers beginning to slow

CHARLESTON — As West Virginia begins the one-year mark today from when Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, an analysis of data shows that decreases in cases are continuing at a slower rate. According to data from the Department of Health and Human ...

Manchin: Relief bill will help W.Va.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Municipalities as big as Charleston and as small as Capon Bridge — along with all 55 West Virginia counties — will receive a cut of the $4 billion in direct funding that the American Rescue Plan is sending to the Mountain State. It’s a dollar figure that Sen. Joe Manchin believes will be a financial shot in the arm to every corner of West Virginia. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, and President Joe Biden signed the bill Thursday. Manchin discussed the funds coming to West Virginia with dozens of county and ...

Local cities, counties to receive funds

CHARLESTON — Local cities, towns and counties will receive millions in funding through the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday. The following totals came from information distributed during a Zoom conference between Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and members of the West Virginia Municipal League, the West Virginia Association of Counties and the West Virginia County Commissioners Association. Estimated funds to be received by local counties include: • Randolph County will receive $5.57 million • Upshur County will receive $4.69 million • ...

Gov. Justice honors 165 deaths

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice took time Friday to read each of the deaths of 165 West Virginians who died of COVID-19, but were not reported to the state from hospitals, nursing homes and home health. “There are days I have to report to you things that are not very pleasant, but this is totally unacceptable to me in every way,” Justice said. “We owe all these people respect.” Justice first announced on Wednesday that 168 deaths were not reported to the Department of Health and Human Resources. Since the announcement, two deaths were determined to be unrelated to COVID-19 ...

Local facilities respond to DHHR list

ELKINS — Several local health facilities have responded to being included in the state Department of Health and Human Resources list, released earlier this week, which claims 165 COVID-19 related deaths had occurred at the facilities on the list but were not properly reported to the state. A total of 70 facilities were originally included on the DHHR list, including Davis Medical Center in Elkins, where the list claims two of the deaths occurred; Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center, where one of the deaths allegedly occurred; and Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center in Grant ...