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Coronavirus

Wood County woman among new West Virginia COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — A 54-year-old woman from Wood County is among the deaths confirmed in the last week from the COVID-19 coronavirus, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday in its weekly virus update. Four more deaths have been confirmed since last week’s ...

Officials: COVID claims five more West Virginians

CHARLESTON — Five people have died in West Virginia from the COVID-19 coronavirus in the last week, the Department of Health and Human Resources said Wednesday. The death toll is 8,136 residents since the pandemic started more than three years ago. Deaths confirmed were a 69-year-old man ...

Major general from COVID task force to speak in Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG — A retired major general in the U.S. Army will speak at the Celebration of Veterans co-hosted by Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law and ELPRO Services Inc. at 7 p.m. June 14 at the Parkersburg High School auditorium. Christopher J. Sharpsten will speak about his experiences during the ...

Former Wood County residents receive probation for COVID benefits fraud

CHARLESTON — A former Washington, W.Va., man and wife who now live in Missouri were sentenced for unlawfully obtaining COVID-19 jobless benefits. Robert Notgrass, 51, and Rhonda Notgrass, 46, of St. Charles, Mo., were each sentenced to five years of federal probation on Thursday in U.S. ...

West Virginia officials report six new COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Six deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus were recorded in the past week in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported on Wednesday. The additional deaths raise the state’s count to 8,131 residents since the pandemic began more than three years ...

West Virginia officials report eight more COVID deaths

CHARLESTON — Eight people were confirmed as deaths from the COVID-19 virus in the past week in West Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Resources reported Wednesday. The death toll since the pandemic began more than three years ago is 8,125 in West Virginia, the department said in ...