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Schools update weekly schedule

Classroom learning Monday-Thursday, remote on Friday KINGWOOD — The back to school plan for Preston County students has changed again. Students will now be in the classroom Monday through Thursday and participate in remote leaning on Friday. School personnel will still work Monday ...

Trump’s executive order not tax holiday

All deferred money must be paid back at end of the year President Trump’s payroll tax suspension that goes into effect Sept. 1 is a deferral and the money will have to be paid back. “All it is, is an extension of time for employers to collect and remit payroll tax otherwise due,” ...

Pandemic-related unemployment contributes to overdose increase

Isolation, unemployment and disposable income. Bob Hansen, executive director of the Office of Drug Control Policy for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, said those  factors, both brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, have contributed significantly to a spike ...

Students pitch ways to improve the state’s foster care system

Hosted by WVU’s Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship In the COVID-19 summer of 2020, it probably couldn’t have been anything but a mask. At least that’s what Ana Galvez Tolia was thinking. “I was thinking about safety when we got back to school,” said Ana, who ...

COVID-19 czar announces child being treated for MIS-C in state

If you’re a parent fretting about sending your kid back to school Sept. 8 — the state’s COVID-19 czar gave you one more thing to fret about Friday afternoon. Not that Dr. Clay Marsh was deliberately setting out to scare, as he spoke during Gov. Jim Justice’s briefing on the ...