MORGANTOWN — West Virginians will be able to celebrate the state’s 158th birthday by taking their masks off. Gov. Jim Justice said Friday that he’s set June […]
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Postcast 69 – April 30, 2021
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Mom and social worker to BOE: Lessen the mask mandate
MORGANTOWN — Headaches. Nosebleeds. Dizziness. Angsty feelings of isolation. All of the above are why Carmen Abreu would like Monongalia County’s school district to relax its face […]
‘Beat 588 bad’: Justice wants to convince vaccine holdouts to get theirs so the masks can come off
MORGANTOWN — A Wednesday COVID-19 briefing abuzz with numbers yielded a new slogan from Gov. Jim Justice: “Beat 588 bad.” That’s a number floated by a reporter […]
Justice to sign executive order lifting many of his 91 pandemic orders; mask mandate to remain in place
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that he’s issuing a new executive order undoing many of the previous 91 he issued since March 2020 to respond […]
One Year of COVID-19
When March began in 2020, we were all going about our business as usual. Waiting for tables in crowded restaurants, attending concerts, sitting shoulder to shoulder in […]
COVID-19 death rate continues to drop
Gov. Jim Justice again reiterated Monday the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine and said he doesn’t understand people who refuse to get the shot, or shots. “Why […]
Senate Judiciary OKs House resolution regarding state Board of Education oversight; mask dispute pauses meeting
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved on Thursday a House resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment to subject state Board of Education rule-making to legislative oversight. While […]
Justice addresses Greenbrier party questions, talks about vaccine numbers
MORGANTOWN — The widely circulated video of closely packed, unmasked New Year partiers at the Greenbrier dominated the press conversation at Monday’s COVID-19 briefing from the governor’s […]
School of Public Health mask study
83.9% of those on WVU campus wore coverings WVU Today The West Virginia University School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded their […]
