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Health insurance window opened

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  CHARLESTON — People have a new opportunity to enroll in health insurance for 2021 on HealthCare.gov, but only for a limited time. This new COVID-19 open enrollment period starts Feb. 15 and ends on May 15. With job losses continuing to mount amid the ...

Guest essay: What to do after you get the COVID vaccine

by Marie A. Abate I am one of the lucky ones to receive my second vaccine dose through WVU. Many thanks to my pharmacy colleagues and those in the other health sciences programs who are providing vaccinations. As someone with parents and relatives in their 80s and 90s in other states ...

Health Dept. makes vital upgrades

What a difference a year makes. Last January, just ahead of the 2020 state legislative session, Monongalia County Health Department implored our state legislators not to weaken West Virginia’s vaccination laws, which are among the most stringent in our nation. Now, from where we sit, ...

Mountain State Maple Days return

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  Visit Mountaineer Country CVB announced   the Fifth Annual Mountain State Maple Days will be Feb. 20 and March 20, which celebrates West Virginia’s maple syrup industry. Mountain State Maple Days is coordinated by the West Virginia Maple Syrup ...

A shot in the arm

Friday was seemingly another pandemic day at the office for Monongalia County Schools, as the district continued to grapple with the coronavirus at the close of the week. A staffer tested positive at Brookhaven Elementary, with no ensuing quarantines this time, Superintendent Eddie ...