MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Thursday signed onto a 24-state letter calling on President Biden to rethink his national vaccine mandate. “Your plan is disastrous and counterproductive,” […]
Tag: COVID-19
We should change how we talk to Mayberry about the COVID vaccine
by Sara Pequeño Folks always say there’s an episode of “The Andy Griffith Show” for everything. I think I’m starting to believe them. In an episode from season two, Sheriff […]
Justice illustrates his case: It’s the unvaccinated filling hospital beds and ICUs
MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice told the story on Wednesday with two color-coded charts. The charts showed the the shape of West Virginia filled with little people figures representing the […]
A tale of two counties: COVID came to class, too
It’s not a surprise COVID came to class when kids came back to school. But now the Delta variant, which is much more infectious for children than COVID Classic, is […]
‘That’s why we’re trying to protect everybody’
These are the COVID numbers Donna Talerico doesn’t mind passing along. More than 1,250 employees of Monongalia County schools have been fully vaccinated to date in clinics hosted by the […]
Judges order doctors to commit malpractice
by Michael Hiltzik Doctors and hospital administrators are facing yet another way in which the pandemic has shaken up social and medical norms: a string of lawsuits in which judges […]
COVID issues dominate Preston School Board meeting
KINGWOOD — At Monday night’s two-hour Preston County Board of Education meeting some board members said they wouldn’t vote for a vaccine mandate, the board and concerned parents agreed to […]
Justice raises stakes on his get-vaccinated plea: Mom tells story of her MMA-fighter son who refused vax, is now on ventilator
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice aimed to up the impact of his ongoing plea to get vaccinated, drawing on the testimony of a Kanawha County mother and a prominent physician […]
Mon schools to remain open — for now
MORGANTOWN — Another 55 students tested positive for COVID last week in Monongalia County schools. The number of classmates now in quarantine as a precaution is up to 356. Add […]
Preston County Schools moving to remote learning; sports, extracurriculars canceled
KINGWOOD — Preston County Schools is switching to remote learning effective Sept. 14. Superintendent Stephen Wotring announced the closure of schools at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. “Unfortunately this is a […]
