As of this month, the United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties now offers assistance to Morgantown residents who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and are in need of food. In a July 1 Facebook post made by the United Way, the organization’s local chapter ...
by Jeremy Mohler As one of the most memorable school years in history winds down, state and local school leaders are considering how to make the most of the $190 billion federal dollars in COVID-19 relief flowing to our nation’s public schools. The wise course of action would be ...
We’re getting tired of this song and dance the GOP keeps doing, where it begrudgingly allows legislation to pass but guts all the funding mechanisms, then wails about the increasing national debt — which it will then gleefully blame on Democrats. The Republican counteroffer to ...
“Mr. Doe” seemed pretty mellow when Jessica Ogaz popped into his room recently to take his vitals. “OK, buddy, let’s see how you’re doing with your BP,” she said, as fitted the blood pressure cuff over her patient’s arm. She pronounced the reading normal for the medical ...
MORGANTOWN -- Center-based child care costs rose by 12% overall in West Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released in September by the Center for American Progress. Increased staff salaries, additional sanitation supplies and personal protective equipment that ...
by Cynthia Kirkhart and J. Chad Morrison The last year has really taught us all a lot about ourselves. That we are resilient, giving and able to work together to make sure that the most basic needs of our neighbors — food, shelter, water, and clothing — are met. In many cases, ...