KINGWOOD — Susie Huggins, After School Explorers program director, said there is a large uptick in the number of Preston County children being raised by their grandparents. She said one […]
Tag: COVID-19
Doctor advises asthma patients to wear masks
Face coverings protect from COVID and other viruses Newsroom@DominionPost.com Patients with asthma and chronic illnesses may not be at a higher risk of acquiring COVID-19, but WVU Medicine physicians are […]
Teacher adapts physical fitness lessons during pandemic
More comfortable than a squishy pair of bedroom slippers. Just ask Mr. Shoe. “Mr. Shoe” is the nickname of Ben Schueler, who teaches physical education at Suncrest Elementary School, in […]
System 6% above budget by June
Expansion continues, no employees needed to be furloughed COVID-19 has not been kind to Mon Health, but the Morgantown health care system through prudent financial planning and some belt-tightening measures, […]
Halloween Haunts: Fairmont residents decorate homes for the holiday
FAIRMONT — Between wailing banshees, howling werewolves and mummy “wrap” music — well, it’s enough to wake the dead in Fairmont, as Halloween nears.Of course, that’s the object of the […]
EMS across West Virginia face challenges
KINGWOOD — In the last decade, more than 70 ambulance services have closed across the state, according to the State Office of EMS. Chris Hall, executive director of the West […]
GAME DAY BLOG: WVU beats Baylor 27-21 in double overtime
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — 8:20 a.m.: Rise and shine! It’s a foggy fall October morning in Morgantown about 3 1/2 hours before kickoff between WVU and Baylor, and we already have […]
Kindness in Action
WVU Monongalia County Extension 4-H program hosts Kindness Scavenger Hunt Newsroom@DominionPost.com The Monongalia County 4-H Program kicked off a countywide kindness scavenger hunt Friday, which runs through Oct. 23. […]
Clay-Battelle coach tests positive
Clay-Battelle High School canceled a football game Friday night and launched a deep cleaning of the school and its athletic facilities, after a football coach tested positive for COVID-19. Monongalia County […]
Justice proposes sanctions for teams that mutli-test to improve county test numbers; DHHR adds more info to county map
MORGANTOWN — Following several questions about whether some high school coaches are encouraging athletes and parents to get multiple COVID-19 tests to artificially improve their county numbers, Gov. Jim Justice […]
