Following the Coronavirus

State Health Officials Monitoring for Delays in Coronavirus Test Results

CHARLESTON — With more West Virginians being tested for the novel coronavirus, the state’s team of medical professionals and public health experts is concerned about possible lag times between COVID-19 tests and the test results. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, diagnostic testing labs are starting to see wait times increase between when COVID-19 tests are administered and when the patient receives the results. While hospital patients and those with symptoms are considered priorities for fast results, asymptomatic people getting tested at drive-thru labs, health centers, ...

Marshall County Schools Releases Re-Entry Plan

MOUNDSVILLE — Marshall County Schools has adopted a similar system to many other counties across the Mountain State on how to start classes in the fall, but the final call on how students will return in the fall hasn’t been made yet. At a special meeting Wednesday morning, administrators ...

City of Wheeling to Receive Millions In CARES Act Reimbursements

WHEELING — The city of Wheeling received notification this week that its initial applications for relief funds through the CARES Act for municipalities have been approved to the tune of more than $3 million. The applications for reimbursement for pandemic-related expenses are submitted on a ...

Manchin Accuses Justice of Using COVID Funds as ‘Slush Fund’

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says he hopes to see some improvements to the new coronavirus relief bill drafted by Republican members of the U.S. Senate, while he also accused Gov. Jim Justice of using money from the most recent relief package as a “slush fund.” Manchin held a ...

WVU Announces Reopening Protocols for Students, Staff

MORGANTOWN — Campus life for students, professors and staff at West Virginia University will be different in the age of COVID-19, but WVU President Gordon Gee is encouraging the campus community to hang in there. “As we near the end of July, we are over halfway through the year, I am ...

W.Va. Secretary of State Announces Absentee Ballot Plans for General Election

CHARLESTON — Those wishing to vote absentee in the November general election due to the novel coronavirus can still do so according to West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner with a new online portal launching next month to make applying easier. But don’t expect to automatically be mailed an application. Warner released plans this week for the Nov. 3 general election, including how it plans to handle absentee ballots. State election officials clarified that the emergency rule filed by the Secretary of State’s Office March 20 still allows voters to cite the “other medical ...