MORGANTOWN -- There are variant strains of COVID-19 in Monongalia County. That’s the bad news, we know. The good news? The epidemiologists at the Monongalia County Health Department are all over it. And according to county health officer Dr. Lee Smith, that’s no small ...
To many, it may seem the COVID-19 pandemic is quickly approaching the conclusion of its final act: Vaccines are being rolled out, Gov. Jim Justice authorized indoor dining establishments to function at 100% capacity and the CDC decreased physical distancing guidelines in schools from 6 feet ...
Two years before, and you may have thought a movie crew was filming a scene for a sci-fi contagion thriller. Worried people behind the wheel, steering and snaking their cars into the parking lot of medical facility. Workers, outfitted in full protective gear, walking up to administer a ...
BE INFORMED: This is one in a series of articles to mark Sunshine Week, which is a national initiative to educate the public about the importance of open government. MORGANTOWN – The new round of federal COVID-19 relief for states, counties and cities included in the $1.9 trillion ...
When March began in 2020, we were all going about our business as usual. Waiting for tables in crowded restaurants, attending concerts, sitting shoulder to shoulder in movie theaters, heading into the office every day, ushering children off to school. Very few of us had ever worn a face ...
Objection to review board disappointing I was saddened to learn from the article “Council forwards draft to Morrisey” (DP-02-03-21) that the Mon-Preston Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) conveyed, through a letter from their lawyer to Morgantown City Council, their plans to sue the city ...