MORGANTOWN — It’s Day 537 of the pandemic, Joint Interagency Task Force Director Gen. James Hoyer said Wednesday. There are 670 West Virginians hospitalized with COVID, he […]
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State osteopathic association calls on Gov. Justice to issue immediate mask mandate
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association has called on Gov. Jim Justice to immediately issue a statewide mask mandate. The WVOMA sent a letter to […]
Sen. Randy Smith seeks special session for legislation to prohibit COVID vaccine mandates
MORGANTOWN – State Sen. Randy Smith has asked Gov. Jim Justice to call a special session of the Legislature in order to pass a bill to prohibit […]
Justice and team push urgency of getting vaccinated to save lives, keep people out of hospitals
MORGANTOWN — With active COVID cases topping 16,000 on Monday, Gov. Jim Justice and his team continued pushing for people to get vaccinated. Joint Interagency Task Force […]
Three Greer companies violate state pollution discharge permit levels; penalties total $573,525
MORGANTOWN – Three Greer Industries companies were assessed civil penalties totaling $573,525 for violations for the state Water Pollution Control Act. The state Department of Environmental Protection […]
W.Va. schools superintendent redefines ‘I Got Vaxxed’ campaign
West Virginia Schools Superintendent Clayton Burch gave a statewide homework assignment Friday – and all it entails is the rolling-up of one’s sleeve. Burch, who appeared at […]
As Delta cases and deaths mount, Marsh warns we are getting callous and don’t understand the impact
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice and his team again pleaded with people to get vaccinated. Justice also again expressed his reluctance to mandate masks. “I am not […]
Justice: Not quite ready for a mask mandate but creeping closer
MORGANTOWN — The COVID numbers keep climbing, and mandates are creeping closer, but Gov. Justice and his team are still clinging to hope that the holdouts will […]
Justice: Bureaucratic hurdles delay launch of vaccine booster effort
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice expressed frustration over federal bureaucratic delays in getting out vaccines boosters as West Virginia’s active cases passed 10,000 and breakthrough cases surge. […]
Area residents don’t think incentives affect people’s decision whether to be vaccinated
Just when West Virginians may have thought they’d seen the last of the prizes Babydog had to offer, Gov. Jim Justice announced a new round of vaccine […]
