MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association has called on Gov. Jim Justice to immediately issue a statewide mask mandate. The WVOMA sent a letter to Justice on Monday and announced it in a Tuesday release. Justice's office did not respond to a request for comment sent ...
MORGANTOWN – State Sen. Randy Smith has asked Gov. Jim Justice to call a special session of the Legislature in order to pass a bill to prohibit a statewide vaccine mandate. Smith, R-Tucker, sent the letter on Friday, with a copy to Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley. Smith ...
by Lauren Lindsey The COVID-19 pandemic has required the vast majority of us to wear masks. This has predictably become a major source of civic contention: You might be judged a homicidal moron if you refuse, or another type of moron who likes government control if you go ...
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County students couldn’t sidestep the coronavirus in the main hallway for the return to classes last week. Twenty-four students across the district tested positive for the contagion in the first days after the opening of school, the district said Monday. An ...
KINGWOOD -- At an emotional and disorderly emergency meeting of the Preston County Board of Education Monday morning, board members voted 3-2 in favor of requiring masks until Sept. 27, with a provision that each school have a place for students to unmask. Board members Jeff Zigray and Pam ...
MORGANTOWN — With active COVID cases topping 16,000 on Monday, Gov. Jim Justice and his team continued pushing for people to get vaccinated. Joint Interagency Task Force Director Gen. James Hoyer said 82% of those hospitalized with COVID are unvaccinated and 74% of those who died from ...