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Get your flu shot, don't let COVID-19 get in the way

The first of October, the traditional start of flu season is here, and that begs the question of whether people are reluctant to get a vaccine because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We don’t want a ‘twin-demic’,” said Dr. Ayne Amjad, West Virginia’s state health officer and ...

CARES funds sought for Ramada project

Organizers behind the effort to turn the old Ramada Inn property on Scott Avenue into a hub for social services are looking at CARES Act funding to help jump start that project. Robert O’Neil, executive vice president and chief administrative services officer for WVU Health System, said ...

The more, the better: Have you gotten a COVID-19 test yet?

What are you doing Wednesday? Or the Wednesday after that? Have you gotten a COVID-19 test yet? If not, what are you waiting for?  Monongalia County Health Department has stepped up its free community COVID-19 testing. In the past two weeks, we’ve conducted 1,520 tests on three ...

Mon Schools readying for return to in-person learning

Monongalia County students may be doing their learning from within the walls of their actual classrooms this coming week – depending upon what happens at 5 p.m. today in Charleston. That’s when the county alert map the state Department of Education uses to track the virus will be ...

‘Garden pals’ keeps community connected

By Harley BendaNewsroom@DominionPost.com COVID-19 has made many residing in assisted living or nursing homes very lonely, but the West Virginia Botanic Garden is trying to change that. The garden,  on Tyrone Road just outside of Morgantown, has put together  a Garden Pals ...

Buckwheat Royals

2020 Queen and King reign despite canceled festival KINGWOOD— Being Queen Ceres was Gabrielle Ann Wolfe’s dream since eighth grade. That dream came true this year when she was named Queen Ceres 2020. “She’s wanted to be Queen Ceres since she was a junior princess in eighth ...