BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — West Virginia leaders are preparing for the federal disaster declaration to end in May in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. State InterAgency Task Force Director […]
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Summer P-EBT to be issued to qualifying students
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has received approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to issue Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT). […]
Capito makes stops at WVU Medicine, Longview Power during Morgantown visit
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito made a series of stops in Morgantown on Thursday, visiting WVU Medicine facilities and Longview Power, and celebrating a milestone with broadband provider Breezeline. […]
Concerns voiced over state employee health insurance bill
BY MIKE NOLTING About 25 people attended the Morgantown Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) meeting Tuesday night. Those who spoke expressed concerns about cost and a lack of timely communication […]
Mon Health System and Intermed Labs awarded grant
Mon Health System and Intermed Labs at Mon Health have been awarded a grant of $100,000 from the Benedum Foundation to provide cutting-edge, AI-based finger prosthetics from Fingy3D to the […]
Mon Health’s David Goldberg receives inaugural honor
PACE Enterprises honored Mon Health CEO David Goldberg as its inaugural recipient of the “Laurel Leadership Award” Saturday during the Laurel Leadership Gala at the Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place. […]
Mon EMS announces Johnson as new captain
Mon EMS announces Johnson as new captain Monongalia Emergency Medical Services (Mon EMS) announced that paramedic Brandon Johnson was promoted to captain. Johnson fills the fourth and final vacancy of […]
Wheeling Hospital to continue taking PEIA
CHARLESTON — Wheeling Hospital, which indicated months ago that it would stop taking patients with state-provided insurance plans, now intends to accept those patients because of recent changes in the […]
Medical students learn residency matches during national celebration
West Virginia University School of Medicine graduating medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next several years training as resident physicians. Match Day, the national day when medical […]
Country Roads Angel Network leads funding round for Morgantown’s Endolumik to begin commercializing new medical device
MORGANTOWN — Local surgical device company Endolumik recently closed a $1.5 million investment to commercialize its patented Gastric Calibration Tube, a surgical device used during gastric procedures. The equity round […]
