Two new COVID-19 cases in Tazewell County Virginia
The Virginia Department of Health confirms two additional COVID-19 cases in Tazewell County over the weekend, bringing total to nine. Case seven may be linked to community spread. border area residents also travel to West Virginia and Tennessee as closures ease. Mercer County reports 181 contact traces with 12 recovered and one remaining in quarantine. 2,089 tested across Princeton, Bluestone, and Mercer facilities with 13 positives.
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Virginia Department of Health
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Princeton Community Hospital
Bluestone Health Association
Mercer County Health Department
Bluefield State College
Grants fund transportation projects across West Virginia counties
Mercer and McDowell Counties share in 38 Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program grants totaling 7.414 million dollars. Governor Jim Justice and WVDOT Secretary Byrd White announced the awards for 27 counties including Mercer, McDowell, and towns Bradshaw Saeger and the Mercer County Commission for sidewalk work and trail improvements. The Hatfield McCoy Regional Recreational Authority gets 100 thousand for biological assessment and programmatic development. The program, funded by the FHWA and administered by WYDOT, aims to enhance sidewalks, ADA accessibility, lighting, and rail trails statewide.
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West Virginia
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WYDOT
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White
Hatfield McCoy Regional Recreational Authority
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Kanawah
Lincoln
Mingo
Wayne
Wyoming
McDowell County
Bradshaw
Saeger
Mercer County Commission
Justice touts West Virginia comeback as reopening continues
Gov. Jim Justice outlined a brighter economic outlook during a pandemic briefing, citing higher than expected revenues and a projected $236 million shortfall that could be offset by July tax filings and CARES Act funds. He also updated on the Huttonsville Correctional Facility outbreak with 118 inmate positives and no staff positives, and announced Week 6 of the Comeback plan with theaters, casinos, and youth sports resuming under guidelines.
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Jim Justice
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Justice
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West Virginia Second Schools Activities Commission
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