CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin has asked all state agencies and state offices throughout the state to close at 2 p.m. today, Tuesday, Jan. 27, allowing employees time to get home before a freezing rain storm is predicted to cause dangerous driving conditions. This applies to all non-essential state agencies and state employees.
“It is widely predicted that ice storms and freezing rain will hit our state later this afternoon and we don’t want our employees facing increasingly dangerous road conditions on their commutes home,” Manchin said. “We want them to get home to their families before road conditions become too bad.
“While our highway crews have been hard at work all day to keep the roadways safe, this is the type of storm that if you don’t have to be driving in it, then don’t.”