West Virginia residents urged to go online and complete the U.S. Census; Completing Census takes just minutes CHARLESTON W.Va. — The U.S. Census results will affect West Virginia communities for the next decade every day in very real and personal ways. School lunches. Plans for highways. Support for firefighters and families[Read More…]
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Coronavirus Update: With funds running out, SBA no longer accepting applications for programs, cancels trainings
Secretary Mnuchin and Administrator Carranza issue statement on the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Release from the U.S. Small Business Administration: CHARLESTON ,W.Va. — U.S. Small Business Administration announced today it is unable to accept new applications at this time for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)-COVID-19[Read More…]
West Virginia asking residents to complete the U.S. Census
CHARLESTON W.Va. — West Virginia officials are encouraging all residents to go online and complete the U.S. Census survey: Link
Coronavirus update: Patient testing complete at Eastbrook Center
Seven patients tested positive at Kanawha County skilled nursing center Release from Stonerise Healthcare: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – COVID-19 testing is complete for all patients at Eastbrook Center, a skilled nursing center in Charleston, following a confirmed positive case on Sunday April 5. In total, seven patients tested positive for COVID-19[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Highmark assisting Primary Care Physicians by making advanced payments for True Performance participants
Release from Highmark: PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Highmark Inc. has announced that it will assist local Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) by advancing payments made through the True Performance reimbursement program. The reimbursement payments would have been made in June, but will begin going out the week of April 6 as many[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Kanawha County, W.Va., residents who break health department-ordered quarantine subject to GPS monitoring
By Joe Severino, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County residents who test positive for COVID-19 but don’t follow self-quarantine rules will be subject to GPS monitoring, according to a court order issued Monday. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, at the direction of the local health department, may issue GPS ankle[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: U.S. Senator Manchin shares explanation on Coronavirus relief for West Virginians
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has issued the following update to help West Virginia residents understand the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act:
Campaign Update: Candidate Bill Schwartz offers opinion on Supreme Court and West Virginia
By Bill Schwartz Candidate for W.Va. Supreme Court In 2018 our Supreme Court and our state faced a real constitutional crisis. $32,000 couches and over 3-million-dollar office renovations for justices outraged taxpayers – and I was one of them. As an award-winning lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in West[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. Governor reschedules today’s press briefing to 6 p.m.; health officials to participate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The office of Governor Jim Justice has issued the followed updated media advisory: Gov. Justice and state health officials will conduct a live, statewide address at 6 p.m. this evening to provide West Virginians an update regarding COVID-19. The COVID-19 press briefing originally scheduled to take place at[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: W.Va. Delegate Kump cancels Town Hall meeting
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — W.Va. Delegate Larry Kump, R-Berkeley, has issued the following media advisory: Due to President Trump’s recent coronavirus directive, instructing that all meetings of 10 or more people be cancelled, my post legislative town hall meeting, from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020, has been[Read More…]