MORGANTOWN -— Members of the Monongalia County Commission said Wednesday that the body is considering mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for county employees. This comes one week after the […]
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Preston Commission to discuss spending CARES money in upcoming work session
The Preston County Commission will start discussing how to spend about $240,000 in CARES Act reimbursements at a work session Aug. 31. At its most recent meeting […]
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 […]
WVU: Vaccines remain optional for students and staff, with exceptions
MORGANTOWN — While WVU Medicine is now requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all of its employees, the shots remain optional for WVU students and staff — with some […]
WVU relaunches COVID dashboard to track campus cases
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University relaunched its public dashboard Monday to track and compile COVID-19 information collected on the Morgantown campus. Information regarding dashboards and data from […]
Preston BOE “highly recommends” but doesn’t mandate masks to start school year
The Preston County Board of Education’s unanimous vote to not require students to wear masks when they start the 2021-2022 school year on Wednesday was met with […]
WVU Medicine, Mon Health to require COVID vaccines for all employees
MORGANTOWN — WVU Medicine and Mon Health System will require all employees to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Both systems sent The Dominion Post statements on Monday in response […]
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. […]
MHS senior on the first day of school: ‘It depends on your perspective’
MORGANTOWN — Yes, that really is a school bus in front of you at the traffic light. Aug. 24 is the first day of school across Monongalia […]
We need quicker tests in order to contain the Delta variant
by Max Nisen With the Delta variant surging throughout the U.S., Biden administration chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has advocated for more testing — including for the […]
