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Gov. Patrick Morrisey says his office is “closely monitoring” the storm that brought hard rain and flash flooding to parts of West Virginia beginning Sunday evening.
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Gov. Patrick Morrisey has extended the state of emergency for 12 counties that were hit hard by the deadly storms and flooding on July 21 and 22. The state of emergency will be extended through Sept. 12 in Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pendleton, Pleasants, Randolph, Ritchie, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur and Wetzel counties. In the state’s […]
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Over the last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has gone from blaming the school clothing allowance program’s early closure on being out of funds, to alleging fraud.
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Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s team laid out his office’s ideas for revamping West Virginia’s school funding formula, a decades-old equation that has been linked to public schools’ dire financial situation.
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PRINCETON, W.Va. — Gov. Patrick Morrisey, facing scrutiny for the state’s handling of the school clothing allowance program, has shifted his focus this week from financial instability to fraud.
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Beautiful clean water. Four counties. Two days. Hardly any notice.That describes the water listening tour that Gov. Morrisey announced.
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The federal government has signed off on disaster assistance to two West Virginia counties hit hard by last month’s deadly storms and flooding. The Trump administration approved $4.5 million in individual assistance for Lewis and Upshur counties, according to a news release from Gov. Patrick Morrisey.
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WESTON, W.Va. — On July 21, it took 45 minutes for flash floods to destroy three houses in Jason Mulholland’s family. The home he shared with his wife and the nearby homes of his two sons, 33 and 29, are all beyond repair. Mulholland had just returned from work and was making dinner when the water from the creek behind his home on Copley Road, near Weston, started to rise. He and his son started moving their vehicles out of the water’s path. He carried two of his grandchildren, 4 and 1, to safety from the rising water.
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Majestic Care touts progress on new long-term care hospitals; lawmakers worry about unknown location
The New York-based developer now operating four long-term care hospitals in West Virginia says it is making progress on brand-new builds, while lawmakers worry that the new facilities could move elderly patients and jobs out of their communities.
