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 ...

MARIETTA — The 2021 BrAva Mom Prom to raise funds for pediatric cancer research has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers said on Wednesday. The event was scheduled for Sept. 24 at the Washington County Fairgrounds and all tickets will be refunded, according to BraVa ...

Blennerhassett Middle School will be closed tomorrow due to COVID-19 exposure, according to Wood County Schools Superintendent Will Hosaflook.

CHARLESTON — The number of hospital patients in West Virginia on ventilators due to COVID has surpassed its January peak, state officials said Wednesday. James A. Hoyer, director of the state’s Joint Interagency Task Force, reported that, as of Wednesday morning, 109 COVID patients were on ...

CHARLESTON — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase in West Virginia, some are calling for a special session to ban vaccine mandates and vaccine passports, and legislative leaders are seeking guidance from the state’s top attorney, a mandate skeptic. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, ...