MORGANTOWN — Both Kroger and Giant Eagle are paying employees bonuses as they continue to work during the ongoing pandemic. Kroger, which has three stores in the Morgantown area, said […]
Author: Suzanne Elliott, The Dominion Post
Sundale resident tests positive for COVID-19; 1st community spread case prompts Stay at Home order from Gov.
A female in her 70s who was a patient at Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care facility in Morgantown has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is being treated at […]
Telehealth can help flatten the curve for coronavirus
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University researchers launched a pilot program that uses technology to provide health care remotely with the end goal of keeping patients from returning to a hospital […]
Mon County pastor tests positive for coronavirus; shares experience
Monongalia County’s first COVID-19 patient is Kevin Deming, a pastor at Chestnut Ridge Church. Deming, his wife and two sons, had just returned from a trip from Israel when he […]
Health system providers open up COVID-19 testing sites
Mon Health System and WVU Health System said Thursday they’re suspending all non-essential treatments at the hospitals to protect staff and patients and to ensure there are ample resources to […]
Fear hoarding leads to shortages
Mountain People’s Co-Op on Pleasant Street was closed Tuesday because manager Dana Hantel needed time to check on supplies, reach out to local food venders and place orders for extra […]
WVU expert weighs in on public health response, says key is keeping politics out
The preventive measures taken by all three branches of the government to curb the impact of the COVID-19 in the state are appropriate, said a West Virginia University policy expert. […]
Area residents curb travel plans in light of COVID-19 concerns
Jeremy Conklin was in Miami for business. The plan was for his wife, Bobbie Conklin, to meet him there. Two days before Bobbie was scheduled to head south, she was […]
100-bed hospital awaits approval
FAIRMONT — WVU Medicine said Friday it will file a certificate of need with the state to construct a 100-bed hospital in Fairmont on property it owns next to its […]
Impact of online classes on downtown business
Gary Tannenbaum, owner of the Blue Moose on Walnut Street in downtown Morgantown, is not yet concerned about West Virginia University’s decision to switch classroom instruction to online, or alternative […]
