MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Today has issued the following media advisory on the availability of experts during the coronavirus crisis: As West Virginia continues its fight against the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus, a regional economist at West Virginia University sees vulnerabilities in the state’s industry structure and infrastructure that could make economic[Read More…]

WVPA Staff BriefCHARLESTON, W.Va. – A group of West Virginia inmates are seeking release from state confinement because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A U.S. District Court hearing is scheduled today. It was requested by Mountain State Justice. The W.Va. Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county officials and groups representing law enforcement[Read More…]

Release from Department of W.Va. Military Affairs and Public Safety: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Lawyers for several inmates are seeking their released because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a move opposed by the W.Va. Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. County officials and groups representing law enforcement and emergency responders have rallied to support[Read More…]

Funds target COVID-19 relief in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware, with a focus on food, human services, and health care resources PITTSBURGH, Pa. (April 2, 2020) – Highmark Inc. has announced $2 million in grants to organizations focused on helping people in need throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware during[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of the Governor has issued the following media advisory about a virtual press briefing on COVID-19 response today at 1 p.m. WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, other state officials. WHAT: Gov. Justice will provide an update for media on COVID-19 preparedness and response plans. WHEN: Today, Monday, April 6, 2020,[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the 9:45 a.m. totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website: West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 217Total Negative Cases – 5,276Total Deaths – 2 Counties with positive cases: Barbour (1), Berkeley (27), Cabell (3), Greenbrier (3), Hancock (5), Hardy (2), Harrison (17),[Read More…]

From The Intelligencer of Wheeling PITTSBURGH, Pa. – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists on Thursday announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered through a fingertip-sized patch, produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to[Read More…]

By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – U.S. Senate staff this week offered a briefing and handouts on some of the details of the recently passed coronavirus stimulus and relief bill, called the CARES Act. The information decries the intent of the bill. Federal agencies are now developing[Read More…]

Release from the W.Va. Legislature: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, Senate Minority Leader Roman Prezioso, D-Marion, Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, and House Minority Leader Tim Miley, D-Harrison, today delivered a letter to Governor Jim Justice to request that he initiate the necessary actions to[Read More…]

By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The leaders of both political parties in the West Virginia Legislature called Thursday for the governor to cancel in-person prekindergarten- through 12th-grade classes for the rest of this school year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But state schools Superintendent Clayton Burch, at a[Read More…]