CHARLESTON - Succumbing to pressure and the growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced several executive orders to help slow the spread of the virus, including a tighter mask requirement. "You have to realize that we are the oldest state, the state with the ...
Following the announcement late Wednesday of 59 new COVID-19 positive cases, Ohio County moved back into the "orange" Thursday morning on the daily West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 county alert map. This is important not only to signify the continued rising ...
WHEELING -- The Veterans Day message from five local veterans in Wheeling on Wednesday was a sobering one. Representatives from American Legion Post 1, American Legion Post 89 and VFW Post 4442 sat at a table in the otherwise empty lobby of WesBanco Arena. Their voices echoed as each man ...
WHEELING — Marshall County reported its eighth death associated with COVID-19 on Wednesday, a 95-year-old woman who was a resident of a long-term care facility at the time of her death Tuesday. The same day, Ohio County reported nearly five dozen new cases, with the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department announcing 59 new cases, including 16 new cases at a long-term care facility which was not immediately identified late Wednesday night. Marshall County county also announced 32 new positives and six probable cases, bringing the county to a total 594 total cases and 75 probables. ...
CHARLESTON — Despite continued pleas for West Virginians to get tested, avoid groups of people, social distance and wear masks, West Virginia continues to see substantial increases in COVID-19 cases and deaths. “We’ve got a problem, a real, real problem,” Gov. Jim Justice said ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine beseeched Ohioans on Wednesday to take the surging coronavirus spread seriously, issuing new orders on mask enforcement in businesses, gatherings across the state and threatening to close bars, restaurants and fitness centers if cases ...
