WV and National Disaster News - July 20, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

• WVU tuition rate increasing due to COVID-19 costs (The Inter-Mountain)
• Climate change hits poorer communities harder. For some, FEMA's grants are out of reach. (NBC News)
• No new COVID deaths reported in W.Va., 244 new virus cases (WCHS)
• COVID cases climb in WV, no new deaths (Metro News)
• State Higher Ed Officials Encourage Student Vaccinations, More Behavioral Health Support (WVPB)
• 20% of Americans believe government is injecting microchips in COVID-19 vaccines, survey finds (Nexstar Media Wire)
• Coronavirus in north central West Virginia: a running total (WBOY)
• Active COVID-19 cases remain above 1,000 (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• New COVID-19 cases in West Virginia, nationally continue to rise (WV News)
• ‘I Got Vaxxed:‘ Students, faculty can win prizes for getting vaccinated (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
• As threat of Delta variant looms over state, Mercer sees decrease in virus cases (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
• COVID-19 cases spike in West Virginia; worse across the nation (WOWK)
• Greenbrier County Commission Reallocates Trail Funds - follow-up news on 2016 flood recovery in Greenbrier County (West Virginia Daily News)
• Continued rains cause more of roadway to slip in Mason County (WOWK)

natIONAL NEWS

COVID

• Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading covid-19 misinformation (The Washington Post)
• The Life Cycle Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Lie (National Public Radio)
• OPINION: A day of reckoning shows America's pandemic battle is sliding backward (CNN)

WEATHER

• Western Wildfire News (NBC) - Related Articles: AXIOS ;  CNN;  The Associated Press CNN and The Weather Channel  
• COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are increasing, and the vast majority were not vaccinated (CNN)   Also see: CBS News
• Jacksonville hospital breaks Covid record in latest Florida surge (NBC)