Coronavirus

Officials announce additional details on senior, teacher vaccinations

CHARLESTON — Additional locations for COVID-19 vaccinations for West Virginians age 80 and older were announced Wednesday, with more details for vaccinating teachers and staff age 50 and older to be announced later today. Gov. Jim Justice along with state health and coronavirus response officials announced Operation: Save Our Wisdom during Wednesday’s COVID-19 briefing. Operation: S.O.W. began last Wednesday with vaccinations of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for state residents age 80 and older first, eventually moving to residents age 70 and older and 60 and older. It ...

Justice continues to address Greenbrier drama, school re-entry push-back

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice had more to say Wednesday after being questioned earlier in the week about a New Year’s Eve party at the Justice-owned Greenbrier Resort that was lax on COVID-19 protocols. Speaking Wednesday during his coronavirus briefing at the State Capitol Building, Justice also criticized teachers’ unions concerned about returning to school on Tuesday, Jan. 19, and parents upset that the start of Winter sports was pushed until Monday, March 1. “There are some that are going to become upset, and then there are some that are going to cast stones,” Justice ...

Vaccination event set at Senior Center

ELKINS — Doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to Randolph County residents age 80 and above by appointment only today through Saturday at the Randolph County Senior Center. The Wednesday and Thursday vaccinations were announced last week. The Randolph-Elkins Health Department has received an additional 150 doses of the vaccine this week which led to the vaccination event being extended to Friday and Saturday, officials said. “The Senior Center doesn’t get the shipments of vaccine doses,” Laura Ward, executive director of the Randolph County Senior Center, said ...

Justice addresses COVID-19 vaccine rollout issues

CHARLESTON — Despite still leading the nation in COVID-19 vaccinations, Gov. Jim Justice and officials in charge of vaccine distribution addressed concerns Monday over the state’s handling of vaccinations for seniors and teachers. Justice announced last Wednesday that residents aged ...

Teacher unions not happy with school plans

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s two unions representing educators are not happy with plans to bring staff and students back to school in-person and are skeptical about plans to have teachers vaccinated against COVID-19 in time. Gov. Jim Justice announced last week that Pre-K, elementary schools and middle schools will reopen for in-person learning Jan. 19 regardless of a county’s color on the County Alert System map. High schools also will reopen for in-person learning as long as the county is not listed as red due to high infection rates or percent of positivity. As result of ...

COVID-19 Testing Continues