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The year in COVID reviewed

A look back at pivotal moments in the pandemic In March, just days after the 2020 legislative session ended, Gov. Jim Justice began his regular COVID-19 briefings, featuring his COVID response leadership team. Justice and his leadership team actually began talks and taking measures in ...

Noteworthy commission projects of 2020

Be it an individual, a family, a business, an agency, a city, county, state or nation, 2020 can essentially be summed up in eight characters, COVID-19.  And while that’s certainly true for Monongalia County, there was some other stuff that happened, too.  But we might as ...

Postcast 52 Year in Review – January 1, 2021

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Postcast 43 – October 30, 2020

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Lawyers argue constitutionality of Gov. closure orders

WHEELING — A federal judge in Wheeling will decide within a week if Gov. Jim Justice’s executive orders that forced Monongalia County bars to close and continue to restrict their operation are constitutional. The hearing was part of the ongoing lawsuit filed by a dozen Monongalia ...

Gov. Justice allows bars to open in time for gameday

This weekend is the first time bars in Monongalia County have been open for a college football gameday this season and the first home football game to allow fans. Gov. Jim Justice allowed bars in the county to reopen on Tuesday after closing them “indefinitely” on Sept. 2. He said he ...