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Lyme disease on the rise

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  Dr. Mark E. Rogers has recently seen as many as  four cases of Lyme disease daily at WVU Urgent Care at Suncrest Towne Centre, one indication that the tick-borne illness is on the rise in Monongalia County. “This year, it’s really taken ...

Grill safely this 4th of July

At some point during this Fourth of July weekend, Ryan Walther will probably be behind a grill, cooking up some steaks or burgers and maybe some veggies — safely. As a former restaurant grill cook and the sanitarian at Monongalia County Health Department who teaches food safety courses, ...

Postcast 78 – July 2, 2021

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Mon Commission blocks MCHD cannabis dispensary regulations

MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission Wednesday voted unanimously to disapprove the medical cannabis dispensary regulations passed May 27 by the county’s board of health. The vote represents the state’s first enactment of Senate Bill 12, which took effect June 2. The law ...

Board of health makes its case for local cannabis regulations

MORGANTOWN -- The Monongalia County Health Department and the county’s board of health are not opposed to medical cannabis. The arrival of medical cannabis in the county is a public health issue and therefore well within the local BOH’s authority to regulate. The West Virginia ...