CHARLESTON — Wanted: Poll workers willing to brave a global pandemic in November. Governments across the country are scrambling to find people to staff polling places for the presidential election this fall as the coronavirus sows doubt about how safe it will be to cast a ballot in person ...
PHOENIX (AP) — With the coronavirus spreading out of control and Arizona cities beginning just last month to require residents wear masks in public, a few hundred people gathered in Scottsdale to make clear they didn’t approve of the heavy hand of government telling them to cover their faces. A city councilman, Guy Phillips, came to the podium and ripped off his black face mask, declaring, “I can’t breathe!” He later insisted his comment was meant to highlight the oppressive nature of masks, not to mock the dying words of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police ...
Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The planned in-person graduation ceremony for Brooke High School’s Class of 2020 set for Thursday has been canceled. ¯ The 2020 Ohio River Sweep has been postponed to 2021, and the date will be determined. ¯ The annual Teddy Bear Tea held in July at Mary H. Weir Public Library has been canceled. It will resume in July 2021. ¯ Mingo Community Days, normally held each July, has been canceled. ¯ The 203rd annual on-site ...
West Virginia has reached 100 dead from the COVID virus, according to the latest statistics from the state Department of Health and Human Resources. Gov. Jim Justice cited the news at a coronavirus briefing Friday morning at the Capitol where he also reiterated he remained unwilling to call a special session of the Legislature to address coronavirus finances because it would politicize the situation. "...and turn this thing into a circus," Justice said. The briefing included the governor; Dr. Clay Marsh, coronavirus chief for the state; public health officer Dr. Anie Amjad and Maj. ...
MONACA — Lew Villotti recalled meetings years ago about the petrochemical cracker plant that Royal Dutch Shell was planning to construct in the Beaver Valley. Shell intended to build the facility along the Ohio River in Potter Township, on the site of a former zinc smelter. Years of operation at the Horsehead plant had created a toxic property that Shell had to remediate before following through on the project. Villotti is the current president of the Beaver County Corp. for Economic Development, but he was working outside the county at the time. So when environmental concerns about ...
Due to the precautions being taken surrounding the coronavirus, the following changes have been made regarding events and meetings in the local area: ¯ The 74th-annual Weirton Steel Corp. 25-Year Club picnic set for July 18 has been canceled. ¯ The planned in-person graduation ceremony for Brooke High School’s Class of 2020 set for Thursday has been canceled. ¯ The 2020 Ohio River Sweep has been postponed to 2021, and the date will be determined. ¯ The annual Teddy Bear Tea held in July at Mary H. Weir Public Library has been canceled. It will resume in July 2021. ¯ ...
