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editorial@newsandsentinel.com CHARLESTON — A county in West Virginia for the first time in several weeks has been listed at the highest level of virus transmission in the state’s County Alert System on Sunday. Webster County was in the red zone, representing the highest rate of infection and percent positivity, the Department of Health and Human Resources said in its Sunday pandemic update. The state Sunday afternoon revised the map, placing Webster in the orange, after further review found eight cases were identified in which the specimen collection date was greater than 14 days. These c...

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For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education approved unanimous decisions Tuesday saying PreK-8 students will return to in-person instruction five days a week and grades 9-12 to attend five days a week in person for counties that are not red. During a press conference Friday, Gov. Jim Justice said he wanted a return to in-person learning and asking the WV BOE to mandate that all counties send students in grades K-8 back to school full time, stating that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have been dropping to the lowest point since November in the ...

Hall CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education decided, Tuesday, that students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade will return to in-person instruction five days a week and those in ninth through 12th grades will attend five days a week in person for counties that are not red. During a press conference Friday, Gov. Jim Justice said he wanted a return to in-person learning and asked the state school board to mandate that all counties send students in grades K-8 back to school full time, stating that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have been dropping to the lowe...