Friday evening, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department announced five new COVID-19 cases, bringing the county's total since the pandemic's beginning to 85, with one death. Three new cases also were reported in Marshall County, bringing the total there to 46. Seven of those cases are ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — State education officials have issued three surveys to get community input for reopening schools in the fall. The West Virginia Department of Education put the surveys on its website Thursday. The first survey is meant to gauge the impact of the school closures, ...
CHARLESTON — State and national economists believe West Virginia’s financial recovery from the coronavirus business shutdowns will happen, but it will be a slow recovery. On Thursday, the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research held a virtual update on the state’s economic outlook during the coronavirus pandemic. John Deskins, director of the bureau and an associate professor of economics at WVU, said he was optimistic West Virginia’s economy could see a V-shaped recovery over the next few months, but continued uncertainty about the coronavirus makes it ...
CHARLESTON (AP) — About 3,600 West Virginians filed for unemployment benefits last week as the state continues to lift coronavirus restrictions, federal data showed Thursday. The state’s weekly jobless aid claims have been falling slightly as businesses have reopened but are still historically high. More than 250,000 unemployment claims have been processed in West Virginia since the pandemic forced widespread shutdowns in March. Figures released last week show the state’s unemployment rate fell about 2 percentage points to 12.9% in May. Nationally, 1.48 million people applied ...
BELLAIRE – After learning two of its workers contracted COVID-19, the Kroger grocery store in Bellaire recently received an extra cleaning in an effort to prevent further spread of the virus. “We’ve been informed by two associates at our Bellaire store that they tested positive for ...
WHEELING – What was previously a “spring clean-up” is now a “summer clean-up” as Ohio County has announced a revised schedule for county residents wishing to dispose of unwanted items. Coronavirus concerns forced the postponement of earlier dates, but it also gave people staying home more time to clean out basements and garages. “It’s going to be the same as before,” said Tammy Bonar, executive director of the Ohio County Solid Waste Authority. “We just need people to be more patient because it’s going to be busy — busier than in the past. People have been ...
