Randolph Courthouse closed for week
ELKINS — The Randolph County Commission has once again decided to temporarily close the Randolph County Courthouse because of difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases within the courthouse and also the amount of community spread throughout the county, the county commission has decided to close the courthouse to the public for the next week,” Commission President Mark Scott told The Inter-Mountain Saturday. “People will still be able to get ahold of staff, we will have staff working within the courthouse to answer phones and ...
Davis Medical Center at full capacity
ELKINS — Davis Medical Center officials announced Friday that the hospital is at full capacity and now has “no ability to transfer patients to other facilities because there are no available beds” due to COVID-19 cases. “This situation will fluctuate daily but we are anticipating the situation to remain constant for approximately six weeks,” Dr. Mindy Chua, chief medical officer and Davis Health System incident commander, said in a press release Friday. “The DHS Incident Command team has deployed procedures for surge capacity including repurposing other areas of the campus ...
Justice unphased by parents, students asking to move up winter sports
CHARLESTON — Despite being greeted at the state Capitol on Friday by more than 25 parents and students with signs asking to “let us play,” Gov. Jim Justice was adamant that winter sports will start no earlier than March 1. “They can yell and bark at the moon all they want, but I ...
BOE to focus on plans for school re-entry
TENNERTON — The Upshur County Board of Education has called a special meeting for Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. at Buckhannon-Upshur High School for discussion and possible action on school re-entry for Jan. 19. The agenda was announced Thursday afternoon, following up on discussion ...
Vaccinations set for today in Upshur
BUCKHANNON — The Upshur-Buckhannon Health Department has received a shipment of between 150 and 180 vaccines for the 80 and over population in Upshur County as the number of active cases in the county hit a record-high. Vaccines are to begin being distributed today at 9 a.m., according to a press release from the department. The vaccines will be given to those who had already called and were on a list first. Health department staff called those individuals and gave them an appointment time. Any new people wanting vaccines should call the health department at 304-472-2810 for an ...