Brake looks back at tenure in office

May 16, 2020

At 39 months, Paul Brake’s tenure as Morgantown city manager is the longest since Dan Boroff held the position for 17-plus years before retiring in late 2010.Brake’s tenure ended on May 14 as he heads back home to Michigan and steps into the same role for Detroit suburb Royal Oak.When a new manager is hired this summer, that person will be the fourth to hold the title in a decade — sixth if you count the interim stints of Glenn Kelly and acting interim manager Emily Muzzarelli.Brake characterized his time in Morgantown as the most ambitious of his30-plus years in and around public ...

Virtual ceremony for Gene Vance Jr. Day

May 15, 2020

Cody Clayton Eagle, an 18-year-old high school senior and Morgantown native, is performing today in the virtual Gene Vance Jr. Day ceremony.Gene Vance Jr. Day, which historically honors those on the front lines of the War on Terror, is also recognizing everyone involved in the fight against ...

Credit and non-credit options now available for online course on COVID-19 contact tracing

May 15, 2020

The West Virginia University School of Public Health and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health are partnering on an initiative to recruit participants for a newly developed online course, Contact Tracing and Pandemic Response. Launched earlier this month, this course aims to train a ready pool of public health investigators in West Virginia. Now available as both a free, non-credit course for volunteers and as a credit bearing course for students, all participants who complete the training are required to assist with contact tracing ...

Sundale brings back therapy services

May 15, 2020

Fourteen people — residents and staff — at Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care remain positive for the COVID-19 virus, while 40 have recovered, the facility’s medical director said Friday.And with the number of infected residents going down, Dr. Carl Shrader, who is also a West ...

Postcast 19 – May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020

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West Virginia artists support Endangered Species Day through creative conservation

May 14, 2020

By Gabriella BrownNewsroom@DominionPost.com West Virginia illustrators Rosalie Haizlett and Logan Schmitt are using their artistic talents to bring awareness to Endangered Species Day — today — through a virtual auction. “We both like to raise awareness for overlooked plants and ...