This summer, though the pandemic continues, a statewide summer feeding plan and reduced COVID-19 restrictions could help close student feeding gaps in West Virginia.
Gayle Manchin is the first West Virginian to serve as federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission in its 56-year history. Her husband, Sen. Joe Manchin, is a key vote for President Joe Biden in an evenly divided Senate. Biden can’t advance his priorities without the centrist Democrat’s support.
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They’re hillbillies.
They’re religious wackos. They’re conservative wingnuts.
The harsh stereotypes of the people of Appalachia are deeply entrenched in the American consciousness. During the 2016 presidential campaign, those ugly caricatures flooded the airwaves, newspapers, websites, and social media accounts of powerful news outlets responsible for accurately depicting the people of a sprawling region that ranges from portions of southwest New York state southward through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and into parts of Georgia and Alabama.
“Welcome to Trump County, USA,” Vanity Fair blared in a headline on a story reported from Monongalia County, West Virginia. The writer led the story with a lurid anecdote: “It is a little after midnight on a Friday in late January. I am in a strip club in Morgantown, West Virginia, drinking (expletive) American beer that tastes like ice and newspaper. A
Photo by W.Va. Governor s Office COVID UK Variants keep growing in West Virginia
By Charles Boothe |
Bluefield Daily Telegraph May 4, 2021
6 hrs ago
Gov. Jim Justice said Monday the COVID UK Variants are spreading throughout West Virginia. Photo by W.Va. Governor s Office
CHARLESTON â The UK variant of COVID-19 is spreading more rapidly in the state.
Dr. Clay Marsh, the state COVID-19 Czar, said Monday during Gov. Jim Justiceâs pandemic briefing, that just during the last several days positive UK variant cases in the state have risen from 468 to 930.
âWe are now experiencing a more rapid growth of the UK variant,â he said, adding that the vaccines are âremarkably effectiveâ to protect against the variants. âWith the variants growing â¦(here and around the world) this (vaccines) is the way we slow down and stop the variants.â
Record-breaking fatal overdoses reported in W.Va. in 2020 after years of decreases herald-dispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-dispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.