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Health sleuths are watching for disease threats during the World Cup

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WASHINGTON (AP) — While millions of soccer fans cheer or groan over World Cup matches spanning North America, health officials will be on high alert for germs. A heat wave may be the most obvious health threat. But infectious diseases can spread in a crowd, and experts are set to scrutinize wastewater, hospital visits, even social media for any signs that an outbreak might be brewing. Measles, one of the most contagious diseases, is among the top concerns, sparking a warning this week from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO. With a nearly six-week stretch of packed ...

Celtic Festival and Highland Games set for this weekend

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BEVERLY - The fourth annual West Virginia Wild and Wonderful Celtic Festival and Highland Games will get underway on Friday and run through Saturday at 4-H Camp Pioneer.      The event, which features competitions, food, music and more, made its debut at the Scotts Lake Road venue in 2023 ...

Johnson receives DAISY Award for nursing excellence

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PHILIPPI — Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital proudly recognizes Cieara Johnson, RN, as the latest recipient of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an international recognition program that honors nurses for the compassionate and skillful care they provide to patients and families ...

EPD moves back into City Hall

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ELKINS — The Elkins Police Department has returned to Elkins City Hall after working out of trailers for almost two years. During the Elkins City Council's June 11 meeting, Elkins City Operations Manager Michael Kesecker announced that the Elkins Police Department was once again operating ...

Virginia man sentenced one to three years

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ELKINS — A Virginia man was sentenced to one to three years in prison after he entered into a guilty plea for possession with intent to deliver last week. Michael Robert Boley, 44, of Winchester, Virginia, entered into a plea agreement in Randolph County Circuit Court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (diazepam), a felony. After Boley entered into the plea, Randolph County Circuit Court Judge Jaymie Wilfong sentenced him to no less than one, no more than three years in the state penitentiary. In February, Boley was ...

Students taking part in Leadership Ready program

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ELKINS — The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber and Randolph County CLIMB have joined forces to host the Leadership Ready program to high school students from Randolph County. Leadership Ready is a week-long leadership development initiative that helps students explore career pathways, strengthen leadership skills, connect with community leaders, and gain a deeper understanding of opportunities available in the county. "This is our high school program that we designed to help high school students explore our county and understand that there are things for them to do in the county both ...