Students in Mingo County will be back in the classroom today for the first time since March. The county moved into the new “gold” category under the governor’s new colored-coded school map, allowing it to reopen.
Mingo and Fayette counties will have in-person instruction at schools today and Putnam and Boone counties have decided to wait for a new map Saturday to decide. Schools in counties listed in gold in Saturday’s update of the map and data will be allowed to have in-person classes and play in sports competitions if they … Read more
Schools have had to do many things in new ways over the past few months, and that includes keeping an eye out for cyber attacks. New reports show K through 12 schools are increasingly the target of ransomware attacks during the pandemic. The FBI continues warning that cyber actors see schools as an opportunistic target … Read more
Mason County voters will have the chance to weigh in on the fire and EMS levy this November. Money from the $4 million levy would generate $104,000 each year for five years for Mason County’s six fire departments and the county EMS service. The measure would cost the average voter in Mason County $37 a … Read more
With Kanawha County moving from orange to red on the state’s COVID-19 metric map, leaders in the county are urging residents to take extra precautions to avoid spreading the virus as cases continue to rise. The county made the color change on Wednesday, joining Monongalia County as the only counties in the state in red. … Read more
The Fayette County Health Department has temporarily closed after employees started showing signs of COVID-19. Calls are still being answered while the office is sanitized. The health department will remain closed at least until test results come back.
Kanawha County is reporting four more COVID-19 deaths, and twenty-four new cases of the virus, bringing the county’s total to over 21-hundred. The state’s positive test rate climbed to two-point-six-five-percent.
County Clerks across West Virginia will start sending out absentee ballots to voters on Friday. COVID-19 can be used as a reason to vote by mail. The final day to request an absentee ballot is October 28th.
West Virginia teachers unions aren’t happy about the changes. They say the continued tweaking of the re-entry guidelines does not instill confidence in the system. Putnam, Fayette, Boone, Logan and Mingo were updated to gold. Fayette County, which hasn’t been able to start classroom instruction, plans to start Thursday and Friday.
West Virginia’s COVID-19 map is getting more colorful. Governor Justice introduced a new color, gold. It will replace what was the lower end of the orange category, and schools will be allowed to hold in-person classes and after school activities, including sports.