On Friday, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monongalia County’s bars would be allowed to open today with restrictions such as 50% capacity, proper social distancing, mandatory mask wearing […]
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Marsh: School spread is low
However, more counties inch into orange alert status Nine more coronavirus deaths were notched over the weekend in West Virginia, with the youngest being 71. Most of […]
Governor urges more COVID testing, promises news of Mon bar closures
Gov. Jim Justice considers President Donald Trump a personal friend — and he isn’t shy about saying it on the record. On Wednesday, though, the governor broke away […]
Still no word on Mon bars reopening as county stays green for a week
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County has been green for a week on the state County Alert System map. With that in mind, The Dominion Post on Monday asked […]
Justice proposes sanctions for teams that mutli-test to improve county test numbers; DHHR adds more info to county map
MORGANTOWN — Following several questions about whether some high school coaches are encouraging athletes and parents to get multiple COVID-19 tests to artificially improve their county numbers, […]
Justice: All-time-high income tax and sales tax revenue support $90.4 million surplus for first quarter of FY 2021
MORGANTOWN — In the midst of COVID-19, West Virginia saw all-time-high consumer sales tax and personal income tax revenue during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, […]
Mon bars reopening remain uncertain; universities to start weekly surveillance testing
Monongalia County has been green on the state COVID map for several days but reopening the bars remains just a hope. In answer to a question about […]
Mon goes green on COVID maps; Justice and team answer repeated questions about maps’ credibility
MORGANTOWN– Monongalia County was green Monday. And much of Monday’s COVID-19 briefing focused on the two maps, on continued confusion about what they mean and continued skepticism […]
Mon County secures green designation with 2.8 cases
UPDATE: Monongalia County turned green on Saturday, the lowest designation possible for in-person schooling and athletics. Positive cases were just below the 3% threshold at 2.80. Mon […]
Mon turns yellow on COVID map; school outbreak dashboard posted; Justice responds to letter from Delegate Danielle Walker
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County got good news on Friday. It turned yellow on the state County Alert Map, updated daily on the Department of Health and Human […]
