KINGWOOD -- COVID-19 cases are increasing across the country and Preston County is no exception. As of Monday, the county's infection rate was 63.24% and its positivity rate was 9.4%, V.J. Davis, administrator for the Preston County Health Department told the Preston County Commission at ...
Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said the district will go into September just like a good, compliant patient. That is, it will follow doctor’s orders – the doctor in this instance being Dr. Lee B. Smith, Mon’s county health officer. “We’ll continue to take ...
Rod Ponton and Jean Malone don’t know one another. They’ve never met and no one knows if they would become friends, if they did. Both have one thing in common, however. They both know what it’s like to be an American worker in transition. That’s why Ponton felt compelled ...
MORGANTOWN – Twelve adults and three children assembled in front of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's waterfront office building late Thursday afternoon to urge her to support the $3.5 trillion social infrastructure package coming before Congress. They carried banners and signs and inflatable ...
MORGANTOWN — If you’re headed to a county facility, bring a mask. The Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday reinstated its mandatory mask policy as COVID-19, now in variant form, burns its way through West Virginia and the rest of the country. “Masks are required ...
MORGANTOWN – State Sen. Randy Smith has asked Gov. Jim Justice to call a special session of the Legislature in order to pass a bill to prohibit a statewide vaccine mandate. Smith, R-Tucker, sent the letter on Friday, with a copy to Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley. Smith ...