PARKERSBURG — The deadline to apply for assistance from Parkersburg’s COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund program has been extended to March 31. Parkersburg’s administration and City Council established the program using $300,000 in funding provided by the C.A.R.E.S. Act through the U.S. ...
GLENVILLE — Employees at Glenville State College are receiving vaccinations for the COVID-19 coronavirus to help slow the spread of the pandemic, the school said Thursday. Vaccine initially was made available to the college just after Christmas. “With the arrival of these COVID-19 ...
CHARLESTON — The total of confirmed deaths in West Virginia from the virus has exceeded 1,700, including seven more people from Wood and Jackson counties in Thursday morning’s pandemic update from the Department of Health and Human Resources. The state reported 1,702 confirmed deaths from ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education school board unanimously passed a motion Wednesday that would prevent county school systems from opting for remote learning after Jan. 19 and adopted in-person instructions for West Virginia schools. Virtual learning through the ...
CHARLESTON — Two major announcements came out of Gov. Jim Justice’s pandemic briefing Wednesday morning. The governor announced effective Wednesday the age for vaccinations will drop from 80 and older to 70 and older with the goal to get to 65 and older as soon as possible, maybe next ...
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia University at Parkersburg will be continuing to hold classes virtually for the foreseeable future while remaining in a good financial position. The school’s Board of Governors met virtually Wednesday to go over the current responses to the ongoing COVID-19 ...
CHARLESTON — Another six people from Wood, Pleasants and Ritchie counties have been confirmed as deaths from the COVID-19 virus, according to Wednesday’s pandemic update from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The total of confirmed deaths was increased by 37 ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education announced that it will wait and see about the county’s re-entry plan during the first meeting of 2021 at the Jefferson Elementary Center auditorium Tuesday evening. Originally returning to a five-day-a-week in-person class beginning Jan. 19, ...
Gov. Jim Justice Wednesday morning announced the age for vaccinations for the virus for residents will be lowered from age 80 and older to age 70 and older. Speaking at his pandemic briefing, Justice said the goal is to get to 65 and older as soon as possible. "We're going to follow the ...
CHARLESTON — More than 64 percent of teachers are concerned about new plans to reopen schools in less than one week as COVID-19 cases grow. The West Virginia Education Association released the results of a survey of nearly 3,500 members Tuesday showing a majority have concerns with returning ...
Staff Report CHARLESTON — A free COVID-19 coronavirus vaccination clinic by appointment will be held Thursday in Wood County for residents aged 80 and older, state agencies announced Tuesday. Appointments are required for the clinic, among others scheduled around the state, that will be ...
Staff Report CHARLESTON — Thirteen of the additional 40 confirmed deaths in West Virginia from the coronavirus reported Tuesday morning were residents from local counties, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The death count since the virus started in ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s efforts to vaccinate healthcare workers, teachers, essential workers and the elderly continue to lead the nation, but the state’s COVID-19 cases reached a grim milestone over the weekend. According to new data made available by the Department of Health and ...
BELPRE — As part of the first board of education meeting of 2021, the Belpre City Schools named Mike Miller as Board President and Fred Meredith as Vice President on Monday evening at Stone Administration Building/Early Learning Center. Both Miller and Meredith were voted unanimously in ...
PARKERSBURG — The board chairman and chief executive officer of United Bankshares was honored as the Washington Business Journal CEO of the Year for COVID-19 Response. The award accepted by Richard M. Adams was given in recognition of United’s achievements during the COVID-19 ...
CHARLESTON — A man from Wood County was listed among the confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus reported Monday in the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources pandemic update. The state reported 12 confirmed deaths from the virus in the 24-hour period between Sunday and ...
PARKERSBURG — A second round of COVID-19 Pandemic EBT cards will be sent out in February, and those mailings will be based on information provided by Wood County Schools through the state WVEIS system. If your address has recently changed, contact your home school to update your ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Nearly 800 Wood, Ritchie and Wirt County residents age 80 and older received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The bulk of those inoculations — 650 — were performed over the weekend at the West Virginia Army National Guard Armory ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation has awarded $43,990 to local agencies from COVID-19 emergency funding. Residents, businesses, foundations and organizations have donated more than $361,000 to the foundation’s Safety Net Fund and Hunger Fund. Since March, the ...
PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Art Center is seeking participants for a new exhibit to open in February in conjunction with Classic Plastics Toy Store. The art center and toy store have worked together for the past several years to hold the Classic Plastics Toy and Comic Expo in March, but ...