From the Office of the Governor: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice Wednesday announced that after consulting with the state’s medical experts, along with Secretary of State Mac Warner and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia’s 2020 Primary Election is being moved to June 9 instead of the originally scheduled date[Read More…]
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Coronavirus Update: WVU develops ‘extender’ to make surgical mask more comfortable for daily wear
Release from WVU Today: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Innovation Hub, a prototyping center in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University, has successfully created surgical mask extenders to be used by health care professionals. To protect themselves from exposure to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, medical professionals are[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Food issues can be greater for poor, more rural West Virginia residents
WV Press Report with WVU Today updates MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — While West Virginia residents are allowed out to buy food during West Virginia’s Stay-at-Home” order, issued March 24, that doesn’t mean they have access to healthy food choices or enough food within a close trip or their county. As intended, Gov.[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Statewide Addiction Hotline HELP4WV says calls remain steady
Release from HELP4WV addiction hotline: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for addiction treatment in West Virginia has not slowed down. Brittany Shawver, Director of the HELP4WV addiction hotline says that she has seen little difference in the need for help, as measured by call volume. The line[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Gov. Justice announces new restrictions for W.Va. in attempt to keep WV COVID-19 infection rates low
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the first coronavirus briefing since West Virginia recorded its first COVID-19 fatality, Gov. Jim Justice announced additional steps intended to limit the spread of the virus, including issuing an executive order requiring visitors to the state from COVID-19 hot spots to self-quarantine[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Mercer County, W.Va., Health Department decision to post a ‘Closed’ sign reviewed
By CHARLES BOOTHE, Bluefield Daily Telegraph GREEN VALLEY — Fallout from the posting of a sign last week on the doors of the Mercer County Health Department stating the facility was closed continues as the department’s administrator has been given extra directives to follow related to policy. Members of the[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Another effect of the pandemic – more people buying guns, ammo
By Jackie Whetzel, For The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. Toilet paper isn’t the only thing people are running out to purchase as West Virginians brace for COVID-19 to spread locally. Southern West Virginia’s gun and ammunition dealers say they’ve also seen a surge in purchases in the past few weeks. “In[Read More…]
Coronavirus Update: Online Learning Instructional Design Center helping Marshall professors
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Just as the weather turns the perfect temperature to bring students out of the library and onto the fountain plaza or blankets on Buskirk Field in small groups hunkering down for the final push of the year, students are instead figuring out[Read More…]
Robert Allen Byrne, former editor of The Barbour Democrat, dead at 83
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — West Virginia Press is saddened to learn of the death of Robert Allen Byrne, retired editor of The Barbour Democrat and president of The Barbour Publishing Company in Barbour County. Robert Allen “Bob” Byrne, 83, a resident of Philippi passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020, in the Louis A.[Read More…]
Ogden Newspapers establishes $1 million fund to help local businesses recover from coronavirus
WHEELING, W.Va. — “A community newspaper is only as strong as the community it serves.” That message — from Robert Nutting, CEO of Ogden Newspapers — came as Ogden Newspapers announced it has established a $1 million fund to help local businesses get back to full strength by subsidizing local marketing efforts[Read More…]
