Area hospitals adjust operations

March 15, 2022

BY MIKE NOLTING Like the rest of the state, hospitalizations are dropping at both major hospitals in the Morgantown area. WVU Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright and Chief Administrative Officer at Mon Health Mark Gilliam said numbers at both facilities are down and staff morale is improving. Both were guests recently on WAJR’s Talk of the Town. “We’ve still got some COVID cases, but it’s good to see it getting better and hopefully it will keep going in that direction,” Wright said. “Probably our biggest challenge right now is staffing and making sure we have ...

National Guard COVID relief team finishes tour of duty

March 11, 2022

MORGANTOWN — After six weeks of serving in critical support roles at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, the 25 Air and Army National Guard members assigned to the mission have departed for the final time. As they exited Friday, more than two dozen employees holding blue and gold pompoms and ...

Spirit Halloween donates more than $122K to the Child Life Program

March 11, 2022

BY WVU MEDICINE Representatives from Spirit Halloween costume retail stores presented the WVU Medicine Children’s Child Life Program with a check for $122,455, which was donated by store customers last fall. Spirit Halloween’s Spirit of Children Program and WVU Medicine Children’s ...

Senate OKs House bills for car dealer tax break, rebooting film tax credit, ensuring post-surgery visitation by family members

March 9, 2022

MORGANTOWN – New car dealers could see a tax break if a House bill revamped and passed Wednesday by the Senate completes its legislative journey. That bill, plus one to reinstate the film tax credit and one to ensure family members can visit loved ones after surgery were among the bills ...

Senate approves anti-CRT bill and bill to prohibit abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome

March 2, 2022

MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday approved bills dealing with Critical Race Theory in schools and abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome. Wednesday was Crossover Day, when all bills had to pass out of their house of origin to remain alive. SB 498 is called the ...

House OKs bills banning certain COVID-19 vaccine, mask and quarantine mandates during a long floor session

March 1, 2022

MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates plowed through a list of 33 bills Tuesday, including two dealing with COVID-19 vaccine, mask and quarantine mandates. Tuesday was the 49th day of the session; Wednesday is Crossover Day when all bills must pass out of their house of origin in order to ...