WASHINGTON — More than a million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, indicating that companies are cutting more jobs as the resurgent coronavirus scythes through the Sunbelt and some of the nation’s most populous states. Layoffs in Florida, Georgia and California rose by ...
WELLSBURG — Brooke County school officials have announced all of the school district’s athletic programs have been halted after it was discovered an athlete tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes as Brooke and Hancock county health officials report more patients of various ages ...
GLEN JEAN, W.Va. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America have postponed next year’s National Jamboree in West Virginia, citing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The increasing number of cases and the pandemic’s persistence and unpredictability made it impossible for the Boy Scouts to ...
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 Saturday has been canceled. ¯ The planned in-person graduation ceremony ...
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice praised the state’s June unemployment rate Wednesday, even as he weighed extending the closure of bars in Monongalia County due to the explosion of the COVID-19 virus in young adults. According to a release from WorkForce West Virginia, Wednesday, the ...
WEIRTON — Beginning Monday, Weirton Medical Center will be reopening its off-campus COVID-19 testing site, a decision hospital officials say is in response to an increase in demand for testing. The outpatient testing site on Pennsylvania Avenue in Weirton will be available 10 a.m. to 6 ...