Regular readers may have noticed we no longer display COVID-19 case numbers on the front page, nor do we include vaccine/testing information on A-2. The explanation for the latter is the simplest, so we’ll start there. In early June, Gov. Jim Justice announced the state would scale back ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday again stated the need for a special legislative session to clarify state abortion law, and said he's waiting on the Legislature to be ready to go. Also on Tuesday, Justice and his team commented on the continued growth of the BA.5 omicron COVID ...
COVID still a threat; please get vaccinated Choices — life is full of them. Some choices are mundane. Some choices are life altering. Our friend’s family roots are on a farm in Wood County. He left this state years ago and settled in Tennessee. He met Mary. Her family roots are in ...
MORGANTOWN — The BA.5 omicron surge keeps building, the state is preparing for how hospitals will handle it, and a new vaccine will soon be available. Gov. Jim Justice and his team unfolded all those topics during Thursday's COVID briefing. Active cases stood at 2,889 Thursday, with ...
MORGANTOWN — The ability of hospitals across the state to handle the latest COVID surge is significantly reduced, said Joint Interagency Task Force Director Gen. James Hoyer during Tuesday’s briefing from the governor’s office. During the same briefing, Gov. Jim Justice offered some ...
by Faye Flam People no longer know what to do about the COVID pandemic. Part of the problem is the very language we use to talk about it. Words such as “breakthrough,” “booster” and even “sick” mean different things to different people — and to experts and the general ...