CHARLESTON — With nearly three months left in the school year, Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday the color-coded map used to determine whether to close schools for in-person learning is going away. “We’re going to stop using our color-code system for high schools in West ...
ELKINS — With COVID-19 numbers back on the rise in West Virginia, local health officials are urging residents to take precautions and to get vaccinated if they are eligible to do so. West Virginia had a reported total of 5,214 active coronavirus cases on March 15. After several weeks of steady decline, the state announced a total of 5,600 active coronavirus cases on Monday. “Numbers are going up both in the state and in our area,” Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, told The Inter-Mountain Wednesday. “Everybody needs to ...
CHARLESTON — Democratic leaders of the West Virginia Legislature expressed their frustrations Monday after the revelation that a Republican committee chairman and member of the House of Delegates has COVID-19. Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbrier, and House Minority ...
CHARLESTON — As active cases begin to increase again in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that all residents age 16 and older can now get in line for a COVID-19 vaccine, though focus remains on older residents. “Let’s go, West Virginia, and let’s get everybody in ...
ELKINS — The City of Elkins will be seeking input from both the community and government officials on what to do with the estimated $2.91 million the city is expected to receive from the American Rescue Act. The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, signed by President Joe Biden last week, is expected to provide $4 billion for the state of West Virginia, including $5.57 million for Randolph County. The city has not yet received any official guidance concerning allowed uses or other restrictions involving the funding, a City of Elkins press release stated late Monday afternoon. “This ...
ELKINS — After seeing the active coronavirus case numbers in Randolph County drop to 11 last week, several clusters within the community pushed that number back up to 22 as of Monday. “We had some clusters and we have some school kids in quarantine, but it does not seem to be being passed in the school itself,” Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, said during Monday’s Randolph County Office of Emergency Management COVID-19 update conference call. “So we are not closing schools or calling it an outbreak. It’s community ...
