It’s the time of year to swim and splash around in bodies of water and dive into pools. Of course, Monongalia County Health Department has a few things to say about pools, summer and safety. As you may know, MCHD Environmental Health sanitarians inspect pools, hot tubs and ...
What more can the Mon County Health Department do — and what can it do better? That’s what the health department would like to know, and it’s hosting town hall meetings to find out. The first town hall was last night at Morgantown High School’s library and the second one will ...
MORGANTOWN — There were concerns, Dr. Lee Smith admitted Wednesday to the Monongalia County Commission. As the county health officer, he’d spent a decade building the Monongalia County Health Department into the state’s largest in terms of employees, people served, and services ...
Depending on how you look at it, we’re either more than a week late in congratulating Dr. Lee Smith on his imminent retirement from the Monongalia County Health Department, or a little more than two months early. After 10 years leading the MCHD, Smith has announced he will retire in May ...
MORGANTOWN -- Lee Smith had it all worked out. After a career in emergency medicine, the good doctor figured he’d throttle down, coast into retirement in a more leisurely role. So, he signed on to run the Monongalia County Health Department. Five years, he told ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations regarding lead pipes aimed at eliminating the chance for lead exposure through drinking water within 10 years. Water utilities nationwide must submit an initial inventory of lead service lines by Oct. 16, ...