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COVID vaccine clinics to resume in Preston County next week

KINGWOOD – COVID-19 vaccination clinics will resume next week in Preston County, Health Department Administrator V.J. Davis told the county commission Tuesday. Some residents have complained that the regional vaccination clinics set up by the state required unnecessary travel by a ...

Health Dept. works to schedule vaccines

KINGWOOD — The Preston County Health Department is “looking into” an automated phone system that will help them set up appointments for COVID vaccinations.  V. J. Davis, director of the Preston County Health Department, said if purchased,  when a client  called the ...

COVID-19 rate highest in state

KINGWOOD — Commissioners heard a bleak update from Preston Health Department Administrator V.J. Davis Tuesday.  Davis told the commission Preston County now has the highest incident and positive COVID rates in the state. “Right now, we are solid red,” he said. Davis said ...

Preston asks state to help replace Mylan jobs

KINGWOOD — The Preston County Commission will ask state elected officials to help find new jobs for 1,500 people who will lose theirs in 2021. Last week Viatris, the new name for Mylan Pharmaceuticals, announced it will close the Morgantown facility July 31 and eliminate 1,500 ...

Preston County Courthouse under COVID response plan

KINGWOOD — The Preston County Courthouse Annex is implementing its COVID response plan after an employee in the building tested positive. Offices will still be open to serve the public. Masks and social distancing are required to enter. Enter from the parking lot behind the building and ...