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Pocahontas County Receives $100,000 Pandemic Grant from the State
Tim Walker | April 27, 2020 | News
The Commissioners voted to place that money into an account until they can determine the full implications and costs of the Pandemic to the county’s first responders.
Part 4, PMH Interview: Is Pocahontas Memorial Hospital Prepared for COVID-19?
Tim Walker | April 23, 2020 | News
“We are prepared” Barr answered.
Ben Cline Call with Focus on Small Businesses
Abby Dufour | April 21, 2020 | News
Congressman Ben Cline hosted an hour-long telephone town hall meeting focusing on small business owners where we talked about the CARES Act and the Payment Protection Program. Carl Knoblock, who has been Virginia’s director of the United States Small Business Administration also spoke.
Proposal for CDBG Small Business COVID-19 Emergency Grant Program
Abby Dufour | April 21, 2020 | News
At the last Bath County Board of Supervisors meeting, it passed unanimously for the County Administrator, Ashton Harrison, to write a letter of intent to apply for a Community Development Block Grant with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a small business emergency grant program. You can hear an overview of that program in this story.
Bath Board of Supervisors Meeting April 2020
Abby Dufour | April 21, 2020 | News
At the last board meeting, decisions were made about the Short-term Rental Ordinance and there were two seperate public hearings regarding the FY 2020-2021 school budget and also the tax levies.
PMH Part 2 -Solutions to Financial Issues
Tim Walker | April 20, 2020 | News
Since this interview, Governor Justice announced at his April 20th press conference that on April 27th, he will be lifting the elective procedures ban for hospitals which meet conditions which he did not specify. Hopefully, PMH will meet those conditions, which could fix their out-patient revenue declines.
PMH Part One, Pocahontas Memorial Hospital’s Financial Issues
Tim Walker | April 20, 2020 | News
“(Our financial issues are) basically based on the fact that there is so little volume of patients that we serve and the way we’re paid.” said Barr
US Chamber Of Commerce Foundation To Offer Grants
Scott Smith | April 20, 2020 | News
Grants available for small businesses employing between 3-20 people.
BARC Electric Announces a New Solar Energy Program
Danny Cardwell | April 17, 2020 | News
With so much of the news focused on the Covid-19 crisis it’s easy to lose sight of some of the other issues facing our country. Even though gas prices are as low as they have been in several years we still have future energy needs to consider. In 2017, Valley Elementary in Bath County became…
Yew Mountain Center offers virtual wellness and wildflowers April 16th – 18th
Heather Niday | April 15, 2020 | News
In a normal year, this week the Yew Mountain Center in Hillsboro, WV would be getting ready to welcome visitors to enjoy several days of wellness, wildflowers and long walks in the beautiful woodlands surrounding the center, according to Program Assistant Marlyn McClendon. “Originally, we had planned a four-day wellness event in which we were…