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Local children’s authors share books on free channel

Read Aloud Monongalia County has joined with West Virginia children’s authors Marc Harshman and Anna Smucker to make two of their books available free of charge. As part of the Read Aloud Author video series children, parents and teachers can hear and see Harshman read his classic ...

President and CEO recognized nationally for healthcare leadership

David Goldberg, president and CEO of Mon Health, has been recognized nationally as one of 113 top health care leaders in the U.S. by Becker’s Hospital Review, an independent, respected and authoritative resource for hospitals and health systems. Chair of the Mon Health System board said ...

Manchin announces money for homeless

Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,134,042 from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to counties across West Virginia as part of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. This funding will be ...

Residents admitted for COVID reach pandemic high

As the state’s COVID-19 team has warned was likely in the last several briefings, West Virginia has officially hit its highest number of residents hospitalized with the virus to date — 1,043. The previous peak saw 1,012 people admitted with the disease. Even more concerned, said ...

The Top Reasons People Call 211

We’re so often trying to get the word out about what United Way does for this community that it’s often difficult to describe everything in just a few sentences. But if there’s one main takeaway that we’d like to impart on everyone, it’s that if you’re in need, all you need to do ...