With COVID uncertainty still shading the proceedings, Monongalia County teachers are reporting to their classrooms today, in preparation of next week’s first day of school. Sam Brunett said he still isn’t sure what kind of picture COVID will paint across the district is coming ...
MORGANTOWN – While just under 30% of the state's eligible population remains unvaccinated, West Virginia is now looking to some extent to Sept. 20, when the U.S government says it will make booster shots available for all Americans who are eight months out from their second Pfizer or ...
MORGANTOWN — Monday's bad news: COVID numbers keep getting worse — 1,482 new positives since Friday; active cases now at 5,949; 369 hospitalized, with 127 of those in ICUs; only 10 green counties. “We're going to have more people die; that's all there is to it," Gov. Jim Justice ...
MORGANTOWN -- Employees manning the frontlines of customer service, whether behind the hotel front desk or the restaurant counter, come face-to-face with folks from all walks of life for hours on end. With the Delta variant on the rise, the Lambda variant taking hold and an upswing in ...
by Nicole Wilson-Carr and Marly Hazen Ynigues It’s been six months since West Virginia shined on national news for our exemplary early vaccination rate. As NPR reported, if West Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccination rate were compared with those of other countries, the Mountain State had ...
MORGANTOWN — It's not time for the whole state to re-mask yet, Gov. Jim Justice said again Friday. “I see no need to absolutely put out any kind of level of executive [order] to mandate face coverings at this time," he said. "We're going to leave that to the local control.” He ...