MORGANTOWN -- Lockdown. L-O-C-K-D-O-W-N, lockdown. Which is what won’t be happening next month for the annual Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee. After COVID-19 derailed it last year, the word-spree for students from grades 5-8 will be back, in abbreviated form, Jan. 5 at the ...
Governor Jim Justice and his pandemic advisors raised early alarms of the impact an impending omicron variant surge could have on West Virginians, particularly if younger citizens don’t increase their vaccination rates. Justice announced that the number of omicron cases in the state ...
MORGANTOWN -- Gov. Jim Justice and his advisors held the last COVID-19 briefing before the Christmas holiday Thursday morning. Justice took time early in the press conference to give an overview of how the state plans to spend its remaining $122 million in CARES Act funds. Roughly 15 ...
Mon County students didn’t check their face masks at the door when they dismissed two hours early Wednesday for Christmas break. In fact, facial coverings will be required when they return to classes Jan. 4, and that mandate was put in place as the district considered COVID numbers, and ...
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Hospital Association said this week that hospital systems across the state are strained to near the breaking point and called on residents to do their part to help the systems weather the COVID-19 surge crisis. Locally, WVU Medicine Chief Medical Officer ...
MORGANTOWN – In light of the COVID-related stresses on medical systems across the state, Gov. Jim Justice Tuesday announced a new $48 million program to recruit and train new nurses. Last year, he said 1,700 West Virginia nurses didn't renew their licenses, and 68% of those said it was ...