A public notice from Agnes Quinn Queen in the Lewis County, WV Announcements Facebook group reports an updated milestone in Lewis County’s recovery from the July 21 flood.
The revised notice captured September 19 says 68 of 133 affected businesses have reopened. It says 65 remain closed or are operating with altered services, including three businesses reported as permanently closed.
The post presents those figures as a recovery update but does not publish a business-by-business list, methodology or the original publication time. It says the recovery effort continues and asks residents to support businesses that are still working toward reopening.
Earlier reporting by WAJR described the recovery in broader terms and noted that operating schedules and services remained uneven. Individual businesses may have changed since that report; readers should check each operator’s current hours before traveling.
This is a community-sourced recovery brief attributed to Agnes Quinn Queen. LC Portal collected the revised public notice September 19, 2026, and did not independently audit the totals. Read the original group post for the source wording.