Fiscal Court approves resolution urging continuation and increase of black lung benefits

The court considered and adopted a resolution (numbered 2025-19 in the meeting materials) asking the county's state and federal legislators to continue black lung benefits and to consider increasing monthly benefit amounts. Meeting materials note the benefits deliver roughly a half-million dollars per year in payments tied to county residents.
A magistrate moved to adopt the resolution and the court voted in favor; the judge signed the resolution in open session.
Why it matters: the resolution expresses the fiscal court's support for continuation and enhancement of benefits that the court said deliver approximately $500,000 annually to affected residents in the county.
The resolution will be transmitted to the county's senators and representatives as requested in the meeting materials.