CHARLESTON — Twenty-two more deaths from the COVID-19 virus, among them residents from Wood and Wetzel counties, were reported in West Virginia from Tuesday to Wednesday morning, the Department of Health and Human Services said. Active cases also increased almost 1,000 since Tuesday morning, ...

CHARLESTON — A group of parents with students in Cabell County Schools are seeking a judge to make state education officials create uniform COVID-19 protections, including indoor mask requirements. According to a lawsuit filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Aug. 31, public interest ...

Staff Reports CHARLESTON — Wood, Wetzel, Roane, Calhoun, Tyler and Ritchie counties remained in the red zone of the County Alert System on Tuesday, the highest level based on rate of infection and percent positivity, according to the Tuesday morning pandemic update by the West Virginia ...

PARKERSBURG — As school started in the region in the past week, COVID numbers are rising with hundreds of students in quarantine and counties in the red on the County Alert System map. As of Tuesday afternoon, Wood County Schools officials confirmed 801 students are in quarantine due to ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The Wood County Schools Board of Education narrowly approved action to enforce a mask policy after just eight school days into the new school year. In a special meeting at Williamstown High School on Monday evening, the school board voted 3-2 in favor of following the ...

PARKERSBURG — A rally was held in downtown Parkersburg on Monday with people protesting against mask and vaccine mandates in the state of West Virginia. Over 200 people, the majority unmasked, gathered at Bicentennial Park in downtown Parkersburg to call on the governor and state lawmakers ...