CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginians aged 16 and older with underlying medical conditions are now eligible for a coronavirus vaccine, along with all essential workers of any age, Gov. Jim Justice announced on Monday. The list of eligible conditions include asthma, heart disease, high blood ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will expand more business and event capacity limits and lift a raft of long-standing coronavirus restrictions on bar service starting on Easter Sunday, giving some relief to one of the hardest-hit business sectors, his administration said Monday. The ...
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 it Thursday. Manchin discussed the funds coming to West Virginia with dozens of county and municipal leaders Wednesday ...
According to information provided by the office of Sen. Joe Manchin, local counties and municipalities are set to receive funding from the new COVID relief legislation, including: • Brooke County: $4.25 million • Hancock County: $5.59 million • Beech Bottom: $200,000 • Bethany: $330,000 • Chester: $990,000 • Follansbee: $1.13 million • New Cumberland: $420,000 • Weirton: $10.59 million • Wellsburg: $1.05 million • Windsor Heights: $160,000 This is a portion of the $677 million in direct funding set for West Virginia’s local governments. Funds ...
BETHANY — Bethany College will pause today to reflect on the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and to celebrate the growth and support of the college community in the last year. “We are very grateful that we have not lost any employees or students to this pandemic in its first year,” ...
WASHINGTON — One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address to outline his plan Thursday night to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1 and get the country "closer to normal" by the Fourth of July. He ...
