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W.Va. Public Schools See Second-Largest Enrollment Drop Since COVID

CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...

Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department warns of potential measles exposure

The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department (WOCHD) says it has been informed that an individual who was at the WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Emergency Department on Saturday, Oct. 17 has tested positive for measles. The individual is not from Ohio County or West Virginia. For privacy ...

Get Rid Of Unwanted Prescriptions During Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

MOUNDSVILLE — People who have old unwanted prescriptions clogging up their medicine cabinets can dispose of them safely during the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at locations across the Ohio Valley. The West Virginia First Foundation, which is the ...

Public Service Commission Releases Proposed Rules For Power Plant Capacity

CHARLESTON – Reaction to new proposed rules by utility regulators in West Virginia required by the state’s data center law determining how coal-fired power plants operate received both praise and criticism. The West Virginia Public Service Commission issued an order Thursday and approved ...