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This time last year, the mothers of the world were just getting the hang of quarantine, online schooling, juggling two or three new roles and trying to keep a grip on their own sanity. For some, it has been more than a year now, and the work didn’t get any easier, but the mothers (for some, teaming with their partners) got better at navigating it all.
It’s what moms do, right? At least, that’s what makes the rest of us feel better about watching them bear such a burden.
I can’t take credit for this one, I saw it on social media, but it resonated. We spend a lot of time telling moms (or those who are filling that role for a child) that they are superheroes. We give them cute Wonder Woman-themed gifts and praise their abilities to handle everything, keep everyone held together. It’s phenomenal what they pull off, we say.
May 7, 2021
CHARLESTON West Virginia will lift its mask mandate on June 20 as target levels for vaccinations are reached, Gov. Jim Justice said.
Sixty-five percent of the state’s population age 12 and older should have received or one or both shots by June 20, enabling the mask mandate to be lifted, he said during his coronavirus briefing. The governor said he is basing the decision on the advice from health and medical experts.
Target levels could be reached before the 158th anniversary of West Virginia’s statehood or it could come several days later, but June 20 is when the mask mandate will be removed, Justice said.
May 3, 2021
RIPLEY – A Kanawha County man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Jackson County woman missing since last week.
Michael Wayne Smith, 41, of Sissonville, admitted to killing Cheyenne Johnson of Jackson County and putting her body inside a water well on property in Sissonville, according to law enforcement officials.
The Jackson and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Departments announced Smith’s arrest Monday.
Read more in Tuesday’s edition of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
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PARKERSBURG The Wood County Commission approved over $200,000 to be made out to local attractions/nonprofits who were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During its Thursday meeting, the commission unanimously approved $235,383.38 for 17 local entities to help with expenses and other things incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since many of these venues had to close down due to health regulations, they did not see the income they usually do in a given year and because of a lack of tourism dollars overall, their portion of the county’s hotel/motel tax was also reduced.
“For some of these agencies, (the hotel/motel tax) is their lifeline,” Commission President Blair Couch said. “That is basically the funds they use to operate.
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By the time my appointment for the second COVID-19 vaccine shot rolled around, I’ll admit I was a little nervous. There had been enough time to hear the stories of those who experienced unpleasant side effects for a day or two after the injection. It has become a bit of a scheduling fixture to write down the dates on which employees are getting their second shots, so we can plan for the possibility they won’t be working the following day.
But, on the day of the appointment, I drove out to the spot at which I received my first shot and saw a few familiar faces. Instantly, I was breathing a little easier.