It’s Friday afternoon, and Rabbi Joe Hample is frazzled, and laughing, at the same time. He’s three days out from Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, and he still hasn’t tested the microphones for the spiritual takes of social media to follow this month. There’s the ...
MORGANTOWN – The numbers grow ever worse. The message remains the same. “If you're not vaccinated you're taking one hell of a chance, that's all there is to it,” Gov. Jim Justice said during his Friday COVID-19 briefing. Active cases climbed by 2,075 since Wednesday, to 19,397; ...
The first drawing in Babydog’s return to the road was held Thursday, yielding more winners in Gov. Jim Justice’s vaccination sweepstakes. This round features new prizes, including a luxury sports car, a boat, 10 years of free gas and $150,000 for a dream wedding. It also ups ...
MORGANTOWN — It's Day 537 of the pandemic, Joint Interagency Task Force Director Gen. James Hoyer said Wednesday. There are 670 West Virginians hospitalized with COVID, he said, with 202 in ICUs — just shy of the Jan. 6 peak of 219. Of those in ICUs, 109 are on ventilators — topping ...
MORGANTOWN — If you’re headed to a county facility, bring a mask. The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday reinstated its mandatory mask policy as COVID-19, now in variant form, burns its way through West Virginia and the rest of the country. “Masks are required ...
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association has called on Gov. Jim Justice to immediately issue a statewide mask mandate. The WVOMA sent a letter to Justice on Monday and announced it in a Tuesday release. Justice's office did not respond to a request for comment sent ...