WHEELING — Wheeling Park High School will reopen for in-person classes today, Ohio County Schools officials announced Wednesday. WPHS students have been learning remotely since Oct. 19, when the facility was closed after a number of students and staff tested positive for the COVID-19 ...
CAMERON — Two schools in Marshall County have switched to remote learning for the next week and a half as a result of a COVID-19 outbreak in the community of Cameron. On Wednesday, Marshall County Schools suspended in-person instruction at Cameron Elementary School and Cameron High School ...
WHEELING — COVID-19 continues to take a toll on the entire Ohio Valley, claiming yet another life in Ohio County. The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department on Tuesday announced that a ninth county resident has died from complications related to COVID-19. According to health Administrator ...
WHEELING — Plans for education — both in-school and online — continue in Ohio County Schools as the district grapples with COVID-19 cases. Superintendent Kim Miller told board of education members Monday night a total of 121 students in the school district have had to be quarantined due ...
CHARLESTON — In what has become a weekly plea, Gov. Jim Justice and state health officials stressed Monday the need to continue mask-wearing, social distancing, and hand washing to control the spread of COVID-19. “The absolute power we have right now right at this moment to stop this thing or prevent this thing is wearing a mask and doing all the preventive things that we’re telling you to do. There’s no question about that,” Justice said Monday during his coronavirus briefing at the State Capitol Building. According to data from the state Department of Health and Human ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE — Cases of COVID-19 in Wetzel County more than tripled in the last week, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, and local sources say more than 60 can be traced to an outbreak at a nursing home. The DHHR website reports that between Oct. 19 and Thursday, cases of COVID-19 spiked from 30 cases to 70. By Sunday, that number had climbed to 95, more than tripling in six days. The following day, the number had begun to recede, with 85 active cases reported Monday morning. According to Dr. Richard Feifer, Chief Medical Officer at the New ...
