A long-term care facility in Wayne County where dozens of patients and employees tested positive for COVID-19 is celebrating being virus-free this week. The Wayne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center held a parade Thursday to allow patients to see loved ones drive by and to celebrate. The facility had 38 residents and 39 employees test positive … Read more
This summer’s Appalachian String Band Music Festival has been canceled. The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History announced the annual five-day camping event had been set for July 29 to Aug. 2 at Camp Washington-Carver in Clifftop in Fayette County. The festival usually draws thousands of string band musicians and fans for concerts, … Read more
Governor Jim Justice announced the state is on track to finish the widespread COVID-19 testing at correctional facilities by today. The goal was set for June 12 and the governor said testing is wrapping up. There are five remaining active cases at Huttonsville and 116 have recovered. Justice said there are 10 active cases at … Read more
The West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously this week to give interim state schools superintendent Clayton Burch the job on a permanent basis. Burch was among three finalists interviewed last week. The others were Department of Education Associate Superintendent Kathy D’Antoni and Jackson County Schools Superintendent Blaine Hess. Superintendent Steve Paine stepped down in … Read more
Secretary of State Mac Warner said the voter turnout for the primary election Tuesday was around 35%. Warner expects a 60-70% turnout for the general election in November. Across West Virginia, there are about 44,000 absentee ballots that were requested but haven’t been returned yet. Warner said those had to post marked by June 9, … Read more
It is unlikely that students will be in the classroom five days a week when school resumes in the fall and lunch will be in classrooms, rather than the cafeteria. School officials say it’s important to get kids back into the classroom, but it will be significantly different than it was before the virus.
Beginning next Wednesday, if nursing homes haven’t had a positive case of COVID-19 in two weeks, limited family visits will be allowed. You will have to make an appointment, and face masks and social distancing will be madatory.
State health officials say there are more than twenty positive COVID-19 cases associated with churches in West Virginia since in-person services resumed. Governor Justice is encouraging social distancing by sitting in every other pew and wearing a mask.
There are fourteen new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, for a total of almost 22-hundred positive cases statewide. The death toll remains at 85, and the positive test rate is below two-percent.
The Kanawha-Charlesotn Health Department has tested close to 35-hundred people for COVID-19. Another free testing event will be held Friday and Saturday at Univesity of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field.