Governor talking with WVSSAC about potentially pushing back the fall sports calendar CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice joined West Virginia health leaders and State education leaders to announce West Virginia are now targeting Sept. 8, 2020, as the date to resume student instruction in school buildings in all 55 counties[Read More…]
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Media Advisory: WVU health, policy experts say Americans face greater risks if U.S. pulls from World Health Organization
From WVU Today: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Trump administration’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, effective July 6, 2021, could reshape global diplomacy and weaken public health efforts at home, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to West Virginia University experts in health and public policy. Editor’s Note:[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. sets another single-day record – 147 new cases – with 3,615 positive cases, 95 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 3,615 Total Lab Results reported – 192,849 Cumulative positive test percentage – 1.87 Total Deaths – 95 After 3,109 more[Read More…]
WVU outlines health and safety protocols for the return to campus
From WVU Today: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University leaders Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop and Drs. Clay Marsh and Jeff Coben today (July 7) sent a letter to the campus community outlining safety procedures for students’ return to campus scheduled for Aug. 19. Read the letter. Dear WVU Campus Community: We are looking forward to safely[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. with 3,461 positive cases, 95 deaths as of 10 a.m. today
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 3,461 Total Lab Results reported – 189,740 Cumulative positive test percentage – 1.82 Total Deaths – 95 After 2,276 more[Read More…]
Gov. Justice issues order for West Virginians to wear masks
By Lacie Pierson, Charleston Gazette-Mail West Virginians now will be required to wear face masks in public buildings, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday. The executive order, which goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, applies to everyone 9 years or older. “West Virginia, we are absolutely in a situation to where[Read More…]
Nixed pipeline project means lost construction jobs and potential impact on West Virginia economy
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s WVU Today has issued the following media advisory on the economic impacts of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s cancellation. While the cancellation of a 600-mile natural gas pipeline project, stretching from Harrison County to North Carolina, will result in the loss of several thousand construction and[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Manchin issues statement on cancellation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project has been cancelled. “I’m disappointed to learn plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have been cancelled. The Atlantic[Read More…]
U.S. Senator Capito issues statement on cancellation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has issued a statement on the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: “Today’s news that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction has been canceled is terrible and will cost West Virginia thousands of construction jobs. Our country has experienced tremendous growth in energy production[Read More…]
Mountain Valley Pipeline opponents hopeful after Atlantic Coast Pipeline abandoned
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — With the cancellation of the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) because of ongoing court battles, opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) that impacts local counties are “cautiously optimistic” that project may be stopped as well. On Sunday, Dominion Energy[Read More…]
