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 ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN — Senate Bill 12, which gives local elected officials oversight of decisions made by their county health departments, was passed on March 4, 2021, and went into effect June 2. So, if a board of health passed an ordinance on May 27, but it doesn’t take effect until June ...
WIC Kitchen is a monthly feature provided by Monongalia County Heath Department WIC staff that highlights healthy recipes made with ingredients approved through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, a federal assistance program. By Natalie ...
There is so much going on in June. It heralds the arrival of summer, with swimming, grilling out and traveling on many people’s agendas. It’s also the month when Father’s Day is celebrated — which this year is shared with West Virginia Day and the summer solstice. That’s why ...
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County Health Officer Lee Smith recently offered his opinion on Ohio giving away $1 million in a vaccination incentive lottery. “That is just nails on a chalkboard, because I think if you gave public health $1 million, we’d do a lot better than a flipping ...