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West Virginia cash-for-worker program welcomes new residents

FILE - In this Tuesday June 23, 2015 photo, Jim's Drive-In waitress Aly King delivers an order to a waiting customer at the iconic restaurant in Lewisburg, W.Va. A program offering $20,000 in cash and incentives for remote workers to move to West Virginia as part of a population push has chosen 33 people for its second class of newcomers to live in the Greenbrier Valley, which includes Lewisburg. (Bob Wojcieszak/Daily Mail via AP, File)

FILE -In this July 18, 2014 file photo, people cross a street in front of the Shepherdstown public library, center, in Shepherdstown, W.Va. A program offering $20,000 in cash and incentives for remote workers to move to West Virginia as part of a population push is taking applications for them to live in the state’s Eastern Panhandle, which includes Shepherdstown. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

West Virginia cash-for-worker program welcomes new residents