Ohio County Businesses, Parents Sue Jim Justice Over Executive Orders

WHEELING — Even though Ohio County is in the gold on the County Alert System color-coded map, a group of local businesses and two unidentified parents are seeing red when it comes to Gov. Jim Justice’s executive orders. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the ...

West Virginia Ramps Up COVID-19 Testing in Hot Spots

CHARLESTON — To encourage more West Virginia residents to get tested for the novel coronavirus and reduce positivity rates in counties, Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday multiple testing opportunities in gold, orange and red counties. “Any county that is in orange, red or gold, we really need to put a real push there,” Justice said. Free drive-up COVID-19 testing is available in Ohio County from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at the Highlands Power Center lower parking lot in Triadelphia and noon-6 p.m. Sept. 26 at Riverfront Park in Jackson County. Testing was ongoing Friday in ...

Ohio County Schools Set to Go to Four-Day In-Person Classes Next Week

WHEELING — Students in Ohio County Schools should plan to be in their classrooms for in-person instruction four days next week. Students and parents learned Wednesday the school district will be operating on a “Level 1” designation starting Sept. 21. This means all students will go to ...