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Preston County Schools not changing mask plan for now

Preston County Schools’ current COVID-19 protocols will remain in place through at least next month when the Board of Education will review them. “To do anything differently than what we're doing, I think is pretty much just a waste of time,” Board President Jack Keim said at ...

More than 100 Mon students out with COVID

COVID didn’t take any snow days last week in Monongalia County schools. The district ended the weather-shortened week with 116 positive cases among students. Another 281 classmates sat out in quarantine as a precaution. Add that to the 39 staffers who presented with positive diagnoses ...

Jan. 9 letters to the editor

Embarrassed to be a West Virginian My wife and I love living here in Morgantown, where we have great friends and are surrounded by countless outdoor places to recreate. There are great eateries and shopping possibilities ... alas, not safe right now due to COVID and omicron. My ...

As omicron surges, we must talk about triage

by Andreas Kluth At some point after he became chief surgeon in Napoleon’s army, Dominique Jean Larrey started walking across blood-soaked battlefields to pick out those among the wounded who could still be saved, usually by instant amputation of limbs. In time, he developed a ...

Bloom issues mask challenge: Just wear it

MORGANTOWN — “Mon County is exceptional. Our citizens are above the others, and we’re going to prove it.” And with that, Monongalia County Commission President Tom Bloom issued a challenge. “I want to challenge the citizens of Monongalia County, that to the end of this month, ...