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Following the Coronavirus

CDC director has feeling of ‘impending doom’ amid new COVID-19 spike

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans Monday not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, saying she has a recurring feeling "of impending doom." President Joe Biden ...

More Than 300,000 Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in West Virginia

The state of West Virginia reached another positive milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts. There are now more than 300,000 people in West Virginia who are fully vaccinated from the virus, according to the Department of Health and Human Resources. The DHHR website said Sunday morning ...

States Grappling With Late Census Data

Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections. The U.S. Census ...

Rev. Darrell Cummings Gets Assistance to ‘Stuff the Bus’

The Rev. Darrell Cummings, pastor of Bethlehem Apostolic Temple in North Wheeling, received help Saturday from local residents during the annual “Stuff the Bus” event in the church’s parking lot along North Main Street in Wheeling. The proceeds will assist those less fortunate this Easter ...

Now Vaccinated, Older Adults Getting Out and Back to Normal

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Bill Griffin waited more than a year for this moment: Newly vaccinated, he embraced his 3-year-old granddaughter for the first time since the pandemic began. “She came running right over. I picked her up and gave her a hug. It was amazing,” the 70-year-old said ...

Ohio County Marks One Year of COVID-19

WHEELING — Kathleen Dieffenbaugher will jokingly refer to herself, her husband and her three children as “The First Family of COVID” in Ohio County. She appreciates that she can have a sense of humor about it now. It wasn’t always all laughs last March when they literally lived up to ...