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200 vaccinated in Elkins Wednesday, 300 set for today

ELKINS — Residents lined up for COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday at the Phil Gainer Community Center. A total of 200 vaccinations were done Wednesday, and another 300 are scheduled for today at the center. All appointments for today are now filled, but another vaccination event is expected in Randolph County next week, Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph-Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, said. Once the details are announced residents can begin calling for appointments, she added. “We got 500 doses from the state, but we didn’t have 500 appointments at ...

Randolph receives more vaccine

ELKINS — The Randolph-Elkins Health Department has received 150 more doses of COVID-19 vaccine and the Randolph County Senior Center is making appointments for senior citizens 80 years and older to be vaccinated on Thursday. The doses will be administered — by appointment only — by the Randolph-Elkins Health Department from 1-5 p.m. Thursday at the Phil Gainer Community Center in Elkins. “There are many doses/appointments still available,” Laura Ward, executive director of the Randolph County Senior Center, told The Inter-Mountain Tuesday afternoon. Anyone wishing to ...

Teachers’ union survey shows concern with reopening plans

CHARLESTON — More than 64 percent of teachers are concerned about new plans to reopen schools in less than one week as COVID-19 cases grow. The West Virginia Education Association released the results of a survey of nearly 3,500 members Tuesday showing a majority have concerns with ...

Elkins City Hall closed to public

ELKINS — Due to recent COVID-19 surges throughout the area, Elkins City Hall will close its doors to the public beginning today to ensure the safety of the public and city employees, who will continue their day-to-day operations. Mayor Van Broughton ordered the closing on Monday and said he had grave concerns about the current coronavirus surge and that City Hall will remain closed in effect until further notice. “The only real impact will be that people won’t be able to pay their utility bills and court fines in person,” said City of Elkins External Affairs Specialist ...

Reporting change raises Randolph’s COVID numbers

ELKINS — Local officials discussed a change that makes all inmates at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail part of the county’s weekly coronavirus numbers Monday during Randolph County’s Office of Emergency Management COVID-19 update conference call. Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph-Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, reported during the meeting that there were currently 255 active coronavirus cases in the county. When asked during the session why the state was reporting a higher number of close to 500 on their website, Woodrum explained, “That’s because they ...

Vaccinations in W.Va. continue as COVID-19 cases break 100,000

CHARLESTON —West Virginia’s efforts to vaccinate healthcare workers, teachers, essential workers and the elderly continue to lead the nation, but the state’s COVID-19 cases reached a grim milestone over the weekend. According to new data made available by the Department of Health ...