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WVEA courts Mon Schools

Teacher ’s union president wants WVU stats to stay in the county COVID-19 numbers Dale Lee, WVEA president from Charleston, and Heather Deluca Nestor, from Mon County, talk to small group about school opening next week. You can take the COVID out of the metric – but you can’t ...

Starbucks closes temporarily after COVID-19 exposure

University works with county health department WVU Today  The Starbucks at the Market @ UPlace remains closed after West Virginia University was notified of a COVID-19 exposure at the University Place storefront. WVU  implemented its safety protocols, initiating a deep ...

Governor again orders bars closed

Two days after they were allowed to reopen, Gov. Jim Justice has again ordered bars in Morgantown and Monongalia County closed indefinitely – telling WVU students his decision came down to a literal matter of life and death. “Please, kids, we have got to bear down here,” he said in ...

Mon County bars closed indefinitely

Bars in Monongalia County had been closed for six weeks. After just two nights of service, Gov. Jim Justice ordered them to close again — this time indefinitely. The closure comes after pictures were posted on social media Tuesday night, showing patrons lined up to get into a downtown ...

Orange status subject of BOE special session

Zero hour for Monongalia County Schools is 9 p.m., this Saturday. That’s when the state Department of Health and Human Resources updates the COVID-19 map that charts the spread of the coronavirus in all 55 counties. The county spilled over into the “orange” category Monday, owing ...