West Virginia Gets Funding to Improve Highway Safety

West Virginia’s efforts to improve highway safety are getting help from the federal government.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded more than $859,000 to the Governor’s Highway Safety Office.

The grant will be used to improve driver behavior and performance, and to reduce deaths and injuries from motor vehicle-related accidents.

U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin announced the funding Monday.