SUPERSTORM SANDY JOBS WV To Receive Federal Funds To Help Workers Who Lost Jobs Due To Storm
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Dec. 26, 2012 12:59 PM EST
Updated: Dec. 27, 2012 1:31 PM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
West Virginia is getting federal funding to help workers who lost their jobs or were displaced because of Superstorm Sandy.
The $300,000 grant will fund about 35 temporary jobs on cleanup and recovery projects.
Barbour, Preston, Tucker, Upshur and Webster counties are targeted by the grant.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Rep. Nick Rahall, and U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday.
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