1,154 backpacks and 1,154 hygiene packs given away During his weekly report, Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said 1,154 backpacks stuffed with school supplies were handed out this past weekend during the Pantry Plus More program’s annual Back to School Bash. In addition, ...
50K who lost jobs due to pandemic working West Virginia’s economy is continuing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is still a ways to go, said John Deskins, director of WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Deskins, one of the featured speakers at the ...
Masks at the ready, WVU freshmen Sydney Ailor and Kendal Williams sat on opposite ends of a bench outside the Mountainlair on Wednesday afternoon — day one of the WVU’s fall semester. Excited about being on campus? “Yeah,” the friends from Berkeley Springs said ...
While it began bumpy, the ride is seemingly smoothing out for the Monongalia County Schools transportation employee whose initial positive test for COVID-19 sparked fears he may have also exposed his co-workers to the coronavirus.Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said the employee, ...
MORGANTOWN -- COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh on Wednesday addressed some confusion the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has caused by changing its guidance for COVID-19 testing. Rather than testing everyone who has been exposed, CDC now says, “If you have been in close contact (within 6 feet) ...
70% of parents favor in-class learning, 23% prefer distance It’s going to be blended-learning. Some 70% of Monongalia County parents have said they want to continue sending their children to school in the above format this year. And 23% favor distance learning using Mon County ...