RURAL HEALTH FUNDING BOOST ARRIVES

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced yesterday that West Virginia is receiving more than 202-million-dollars in federal rural health funding. The money comes through the Rural Health Transformation Program. That brings the state’s total for the first two years of the program to more than 401-million-dollars. The second-year award is two-point-six-million-dollars more than the first-year award. The state says it has already committed all of the first-year money, and the focus now shifts to putting the grants to work.