MORGANTOWN -- Lockdown. L-O-C-K-D-O-W-N, lockdown. Which is what won’t be happening next month for the annual Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee. After COVID-19 derailed it last year, the word-spree for students from grades 5-8 will be back, in abbreviated form, Jan. 5 at the ...
Governor Jim Justice and his pandemic advisors raised early alarms of the impact an impending omicron variant surge could have on West Virginians, particularly if younger citizens don’t increase their vaccination rates. Justice announced that the number of omicron cases in the state ...
When Joe Biden took over as president, millions of Americans were relieved to finally have a leader who could be counted on to consistently shepherd the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a coherent and fact-driven way. But Biden’s record has been far from ...
In mid-December, The Dominion Post reported the Monongalia County Health Department was awarded a $1 million Health Resources & Services Administration grant, which it will then be in charge of distributing across Monongalia, Marion, Preston, Harrison, Taylor and possibly Barbour ...
by Jillian Horton On a dreary morning more than 20 years ago, I was a resident in internal medicine putting in 80-hour workweeks for what amounted to about $5 per hour when I passed through the revolving door of our fancy new hospital atrium and was confronted by a large banner ...
Most of us will wake up tomorrow excited to see what Santa Claus and his helpers have left under the tree. For some of us, though, the celebrations begin today. Maybe there’s a church service to attend, or maybe it’s day one of a two-part festival spent with various family and friends. ...