MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice said he plans to send more National Guard members to the orange counties to accerleate testing and get them to gold or […]
Monongalia County
Salango goes after Justice on roads prior to tour of Monongalia County
MORGANTOWN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Salango traveled a selection of Monongalia County’s roads on Monday at the invite of Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom. While the […]
Officials say data shows WVU COVID-19 cases haven’t resulted in community spike
MORGANTOWN — The numbers don’t lie. And the numbers support the change in how isolated WVU students are being weighed against Monongalia County’s overall COVID-19 statistics. That […]
COVID-positive WVU students isolated at Arnold Apartments will count as 1 case for Mon County’s map status
MORGANTOWN — WVU students isolated in Arnold Apartments for COVID-19 will be counted as a single COVID case. The was the bottom line of lengthy discussion offered […]
COVID maps get new gold color and additional parameter; news on counting WVU infections expected Wednesday
MORGANTOWN — The color-coded County Alert System and School Alert System maps has a fifth color effective Tuesday: gold. Gov. Jim Justice introduced his idea to have […]
Justice proposes new gold color in county map, rethinking how WVU factors into Mon County COVID numbers
MORGANTOWN — A fifth color in the school re-entry map and a different way to factor WVU into Monongalia County were to among the topics of a […]
EMS merger is a ‘work in progress’
Forest Weyen has had a busy year. Hired in October 2019 as the executive director of a newly reformed Mon EMS — a merger of Mon EMS […]
Commission asks for public’s patience
Monongalia County is in the red. COVID-19 numbers continue to climb. Schools have gone online and sports, outside of WVU, have been sidelined. People are frustrated. In […]
State COVID numbers get worse; Justice urges all to show their mettle
MORGANTOWN — It was all about the numbers Wednesday. West Virginia’s COVID numbers are turning steeply south and Gov. Jim Justice spent a good part of his […]
46 counties start school Tuesday, but not Mon; WVU cases counted in Mon’s red status, rejecting requests to exclude it
MORGANTOWN — After 179 days of closure, schools in 46 counties reopened on Tuesday, state Superintendent Clayton Burch announced during the day’s COVID-19 briefing from the Capitol. […]
