From staff reports CHARLESTON — A 65-year-old Wood County man resident was among 20 people whose deaths were attributed to COVID-19 on Thursday by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. “Every life lost is one too many,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. ...
CHARLESTON — The number of patients in intensive care units due to COVID has hit a record in West Virginia, as has the number of patients on ventilators. There were 252 COVID patients in ICUs at West Virginia’s hospitals as of Wednesday morning — a number surpassing that posted during ...
CHARLESTON— New Martinsville School is moving to remote learning for the next week-and-a-half “due to circumstances caused by COVID,” the Wetzel County School District announced on its Facebook page Wednesday. “It was becoming very difficult to operate,” Superintendent Tammy Wells ...
PARKERSBURG — In an effort to give students more reliable WiFi access to those that have little to no internet access at home, Wood County Schools is applying for federal funding to purchase WiFi hotspots for those families. The FCC’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) is a $7.17 billion ...
CHARLESTON — The COVID-19 virus is going to get worse before it gets better with cold weather coming, the governor of West Virginia warned Monday. People are going to be inside more, according to Gov. Jim Justice at his Labor Day morning online pandemic briefing. “I personally believe ...
From Staff Reports CHARLESTON — Twenty-four more people including residents from Roane and Doddridge counties were among the deaths from the virus reported Monday morning by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The Labor Day pandemic report also said active cases ...