West Virginia Schools Superintendent Clayton Burch gave a statewide homework assignment Friday – and all it entails is the rolling-up of one’s sleeve. Burch, who appeared at Gov. Jim Justice’s coronavirus press briefing that day, was talking about the rebranding of his department’s ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team again pleaded with people to get vaccinated. Justice also again expressed his reluctance to mandate masks. “I am not an advocate of mandates. I am not an advocate of masks,” he said. “We've been through enough.” But we've stayed ...
MORGANTOWN — The roughly 4,000 students in Preston County began their return to school Wednesday with a staggered start. Superintendent of Preston County Schools Stephen Wotring said, “We have had a good start to the school year, despite the fact that COVID is ramping up ...
KINGWOOD -- Almost 10,000 people are expected to attend a music festival at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown on Sept. 16-18. The Preston County Commission voted in favor of granting the mass gathering permit at its most recent meeting on Tuesday. County Administrator ...
MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown Communications Director Andrew Stacy said Thursday there is no plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees. That doesn’t necessarily mean one isn’t coming. Stacy went on to say the city administration is watching how other government ...
One down. Monongalia County schools went into Day 2 of the of the new academic year Wednesday with only “a few tweaks” related to bus runs, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. “It’s just a matter of making sure we’re getting our kids on time,” the superintendent ...