Visit Mountaineer County CVB: Hovatter’s Wildlife Zoo reopens

June 3, 2020

As we social distance during the ongoing pandemic, we know it’s taking lots of creativity to stay entertained. Keep dreaming of Mountaineer Country adventures by “spying” for beautiful birds during your next hike and solving our Mountaineer Country word search. Both are available to download at VisitMountaineerCountry.com. Don’t forget to share this fun activity and your results with friends and family on social media, so they can participate too! Be sure to use #VisitMountaineerCountry in the caption. Hovatter’s Wildlife Zoo reopened in Mountaineer ...

Blaney says early voting is going very slow

June 3, 2020

So far, the Monongalia County Clerk’s office has received more than 10,000 absentee ballots and expects as many as 4,000 more to be mailed in the next six days. Wednesday marked the final day to request an absentee ballot ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. During a report to the ...

Reynolds Hall project continues

June 3, 2020

Even though West Virginia University recently furloughed 875 employees last month to help plug an estimated $30 million budget shortfall, work is progressing on Reynolds Hall, the new home of the university’s John Chambers College of Business and Economics. The $100 million project is ...

Students to begin on-site classes Aug. 19, must complete COVID-19 education course

June 3, 2020

West Virginia University said Wednesday students at its three campuses will begin on-site fall classes Aug. 19. All faculty, staff and students will be required to complete a COVID-19 education course before Aug. 11, the university said. The university has been closed to the public ...

Sundale receives $30K from WVCTSI to see if patients developed immunity to virus

June 2, 2020

MORGANTOWN -- The medical director of Sundale Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation in Morgantown received a $30,000 grant from the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute to study how long former COVID-19 patients may be immune to the virus. Beginning in early August, funds ...

Crowds protest Floyd killing

May 30, 2020

In cities across the nation, thousands continue to protest the police killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd. Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old black man, died Monday after a white police officer pressed down on his neck for more than eight minutes. He was recorded on video pleading for air ...