Blennerhassett Middle School will reopen on Tuesday when all schools return to session, Wood County Schools announced. The school was temporarily closed Friday due to a surge in COVID-19 cases among students. Schools were closed Monday for Labor Day. Contact tracing and deep-cleaning of the ...
CHARLESTON — Climbing COVID-19 infections are prompting a change in the way West Virginia health officials conduct contact tracing, the state’s public health commissioner said Friday. “West Virginia is experiencing high rates of community COVID transmissions and as a result it is putting ...
BELPRE — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise locally, more school districts are imposing mask mandates. Belpre City Schools Superintendent Jeff Greenley announced the decision in a message posted on the district’s Facebook page Friday afternoon. He cited a 30 percent increase in the ...
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia University at Parkersburg will shift much of its instruction fully online starting Tuesday in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The decision comes as Wood County climbs toward 900 active cases of the virus and most area counties are classified as red, ...
PARKERSBURG — Blennerhassett Middle School is closed today due to COVID-19 exposure among students, according to Wood County Superintendent Will Hosaflook. According to the COVID dashboard on the Wood County Schools website, as of Wednesday, Blennerhassett Middle School had 15 positive ...
CHARLESTON — Active cases of COVID-19 were one shy of 800 in Wood County while more than 1,600 new cases were recorded statewide between the Wednesday and Thursday pandemic updates by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The department reported 799 active cases in ...