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‘No COVID-19 is good COVID-19’

WVU Today  West Virginia University scientists knew it was coming. When health officials confirmed the first three cases of a COVID-19 variant in West Virginia late Friday, they were not surprised. In fact, WVU researchers had, in recent weeks, already formed a partnership with ...

Preston students to return four days a week

Green means go. The halls and classrooms of Preston County’s school buildings are about to get a little noisier and a little more bustling. That’s because all students are returning to school four days a week, beginning Monday. Board of Education members met Friday morning in a ...

Mason Dixon students back; district looks to next week

Mason Dixon Elementary re-opened its school to students Monday morning, after a two-week sequester of remote learning due to the coronavirus. “It’s good to have our kids back,” Principal Denice Corder said. “And it’s really good to say there weren’t any more COVID cases. It ...

Marsh: Variant in W. Va. 'just the unfolding of the virus'

During his Monday COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Jim Justice, as well as state health officials said the recent appearance of the COVID-19 U.K. variant – which originated in the United Kingdom – in Morgantown will not affect vaccination efforts. Officials said the two of the three people are ...

Manchin, Capito announce $258K for research project

Newsroom@DominionPostWV CHARLESTON — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., members of the Senate appropriations committee, Friday announced $258,719 from the National Science Foundation  to West Virginia University Research Corporation for a project ...