CHARLESTON — A Beckley-based physician is the new West Virginia health officer and commissioner of the Bureau of Public Health, the governor announced on Friday. Dr. Ayne Amjad replaces Dr. Cathy Slemp. “We have picked up an incredible West Virginian,” Justice said as he announced ...
WHEELING — A dozen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Ohio County on Thursday, marking the largest single-day jump since the pandemic began and raising alarm bells about the spread of the coronavirus in the county. Wheeling-Ohio County Health Administrator Howard Gamble said the surge in ...
WHEELING — Chad Thalman, Wheeling’s vice mayor and Ward 1 councilman, late Thursday evening confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Thalman was contacted after Tuesday afternoon’s in-person city council meeting this week and was informed that he very likely had been in ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE – A “large gathering” of people at an undisclosed event in Wetzel County in late June has led to a spike in coronavirus cases there, Wetzel-Tyler Health Department Administrator Karen Cain said. Cain declined to say what the gathering involved or where it was located, but she said at least 16 Wetzel County residents were infected with COVID-19 at the event, and another five from Tyler County. She said more tests are pending from people who attended the event during the last week in June. “The information we need to get out there is people need to wear their ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education continues to develop reopening guidelines for schools this fall, but officials on Wednesday cautioned each school system would be responsible for its own reopening plans. The discussion came even as Gov. Jim Justice announced he would ...
WHEELING — A worker at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling has tested positive for the coronavirus, the facility’s officials announced Wednesday. The unidentified staff member is believed to have contracted COVID-19 “as a result of community contact,” according to Donald Kirsch, ...
