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Pet helpers: Ryley is a 5-year-old jack rusell mix who weighs just 14 lbs.

Officials today said to address the county’s higher rate of positive covid-19 cases, Is to isolate and quarantine those students who are positive until health officials know they can’t spread the virus any further. To count them all as a single positive.

Just moments before Police Chief Panico announced his resignation, he mentioned his concern for what he considers a drug problem in the Westover area.

A Mount Olive Correctional Complex inmate died back in July from an underlying health condition. Autopsy results are now showing that the death involved COVID-19 complications.

17 people were charged with drug distribution in early September.

WVU Student Government Association requested the university to remove Robert C. Byrd’s name from the health sciences center and cancer research laboratory and rename it.

Steven Estep, 50, was arrested and charged with 47 counts of sexual abuse of a minor.

Two employees within the Randolph County School System have tested positive for COVID-19.

The football season for Pulaski County High School is underway.Many parents will be able to root their kids on from the stands, but for one family, that has a special meaning this year.

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources officials reported 10 additional COVID-19 related deaths in the state Wednesday.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an auto-pedestrian accident in Fairmont.

A local schools will close Wednesday, officials say.

According to attorney John Bryan, the lawsuit alleges that Bridge Cafe & Bistro was deprived of business from government officials allegedly overstepping their constitutional boundaries regarding the restaurant’s policy of wearing masks.

The Greenlawn Cemetery in Clarksburg, W.Va. was vandalized and the cost to repair the damages are estimated in the thousands.

The color ‘gold’ will be added to the COVID-19 school alert map in W.Va. in between yellow and orange.

$457,627 for Opioid Response Program in W.Va.

W.Va. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined an alliance of 48 attorneys general in reaching a $330 million, multi-state agreement with a student loan company accused of pressuring students into accepting loans they could not pay back.

Westover Police Chief Richard Panico announced his resignation at a council meeting on Sept. 14.

Preston Street in Buckhannon, W.Va. will be temporarily closed

The USDA is investing more than $22.1 million in loan guarantees to help improve the economic health in seven rural W.Va. counties by increasing access to business capital.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has been exposed to an individual who had tested positive for coronavirus.

A new ‘gold’ color will be added to the W.Va county alert map.

A West Preston School employee has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sept. 14.

Melvin Borden of Fairmont allegedly attempted to murder a male victim over what he claimed to be a, “drug deal gone bad.”

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources officials reported 156 new COVID-19 cases in the Mountain State Tuesday.

Morgantown, W.Va received a donation of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) from its Sister City, Xuzhou, China yesterday.

Antonio Dejesus, 32, is from Wilmington Delaware and authorities say he’s had run ins with police before.

The school began on Monday, September 14.

Governor Jim Justice announced that he will hold a meeting today at 5 p.m. to discuss changes to the COVID-19 measures.

Kanye West’s motion to be on the W.Va. ballot running for President in the 2020 General Election has been denied.