WHEELING — Mask mandates are becoming more prevalent everywhere as coronavirus cases continue to rise, but harsher crackdowns pushing for face coverings in public places seem to be dependent not only on increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in a community but also on its citizens’ tendency ...
WHEELING — Despite navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic and the daily social distancing challenges, Oglebay Institute continues to deliver a variety of quality summer camps for area children. Whether it’s in visual arts, dance, theater or a nature camp — now just three weeks into ...
WHEELING — The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce is continuing with plans to welcome Santa and the Christmas season this year to downtown, even though the coronavirus pandemic poses a Grinchly threat on the holiday season. The biggest challenge to this year’s Main Street Bank Fantasy in ...
CHARLESTON — After being halted, allowed to resume, and halted again, Gov. Jim Justice announced plans Monday to help state fairs and festivals shuttered due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. “It is essential that we preserve our arts and expand our arts, because that is who we are,” ...
WHEELING — Ohio County Schools will move forward with a plan for students to be in school two days a week to begin the school year. Superintendent Kim Miller presented the school district’s re-entry plan to board of education members Monday night, telling them the “Level 2” plan likely will be in place for at least the first two weeks of the school term. Level 2 calls for half the students to be in school two days a week, and their remaining classmates to report on two other days. The schools would be cleaned on Wednesdays when no students are scheduled to be there, and ...
CHARLESTON - Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order Friday paving the way for colleges and universities to institute reopening plans and officially setting Sept. 8 as the start of K-12 education, even as teenagers and college students lead the spike in coronavirus cases. Public and ...
