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Saturday, May 15, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Nearly 700,000 people in West Virginia have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Friday, May 14, 2021
CHARLESTON — West Virginia followed new federal guidance in excluding fully vaccinated people Friday from the statewide mask mandate.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s coronavirus-related capacity restrictions, as well as the state’s mask mandate, will largely end June 11, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The weekly $300 federal unemployment payment for Ohioans to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic will end next month, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday.
WASHINGTON — In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s mask mandate and most other coronavirus-related state orders will end on June 2, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday, in a declaration allowing three weeks for more people to get vaccinated before then.
CHARLESTON — With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention giving final approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for 12- to 15-year-olds Wednesday afternoon, officials with West Virginia’s virus task force said earlier Wednesday they are ready to immediately reach out to the new age group.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
HUNTINGTON — More than 250 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in West Virginia on Tuesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Kentuckians aged 18 and up who get their first or second dose at a participating Kroger or Walmart can now receive a coupon for a Kentucky lottery ticket.
Monday, May 10, 2021
CHARLESTON — West Virginia state officials said Monday they were prepared to immediately begin administering shots to children as young as 12 years old once the federal government authorizes the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for that age group.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — State government in Kentucky will receive more than $2.1 billion from the latest round of federal coronavirus aid — a smaller-than-projected amount due to the state's improving economic performance, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.
COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.
Sunday, May 09, 2021
HUNTINGTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported 7,061 active cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Saturday, May 08, 2021
HUNTINGTON — More than 300 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in West Virginia on Saturday.
Monday, May 10, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.
Sunday, May 09, 2021
HUNTINGTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported 7,061 active cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Saturday, May 08, 2021
HUNTINGTON — More than 300 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in West Virginia on Saturday.
Friday, May 07, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has gotten criticism from within his own party for his aggressive anti-coronavirus measures, but the state’s Democratic senator had praise for him Friday.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday he intends to lift an executive order requiring face masks to be worn indoors on West Virginia Day if the state’s lagging vaccination rates improve.
CHARLESTON — In 1973, a group of union coal miners in eastern Kanawha County formed Cabin Creek Health to care for and serve families living in the region’s mining communities.
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia institutions of higher learning are not requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for students as some universities are across the country.
Thursday, May 06, 2021
HUNTINGTON — More than 36% of eligible West Virginians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
HUNTINGTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has extended the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program to children under the age of 6 who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and are not enrolled in school.
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
HUNTINGTON — A Cabell County man was among the 12 new COVID-19 deaths reported in West Virginia on Wednesday.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia officials said Wednesday they are preparing for an anticipated federal approval of expanding use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the 12-to-15 age group, while continuing to address the state’s “hitting a wall” on vaccination rates.
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Getting a COVID-19 shot can be as easy as walking into some vaccination sites without an appointment, Kentucky’s governor said Tuesday in his latest plea to boost inoculation rates.
Monday, May 03, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.
Tolsia High School in Wayne County has closed to in-person learning until May 11, following what appears to be a COVID-19 outbreak at the school in the last week.
CHARLESTON — With state vaccination rates continuing to tumble, Gov. Jim Justice unveiled a series of initiatives intended to encourage 16- to 35-year-olds to get vaccinated.
HARTFORD, Conn. — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren, but efforts to give families more leeway are brewing in statehouses around the country in debates that go back more than a century.
Sunday, May 02, 2021
CHARLESTON — Seven new COVID-19 deaths were reported by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources on Sunday, raising the statewide total to 2,686.
Saturday, May 01, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Nearly 400 new cases of COVID-19 were reported across West Virginia on Saturday.
Open applications will begin at noon Monday for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a federal program to help food establishments that have experienced economic distress and significant operational losses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, April 30, 2021
HUNTINGTON — A Cabell County woman was among the five new COVID-19 deaths reported in West Virginia on Friday.
CHARLESTON — With the median age for West Virginians testing positive for COVID-19 dipping down to 34, and with larger numbers of younger adults contracting and being hospitalized with the virus across the country and in places like India, state officials said Friday they will redouble effor…
DALLAS — Disneyland reopened Friday and cruise lines welcomed the news that they could be sailing again in the U.S. by midsummer, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached another milestone: 100 million.
WAYNE — Wayne County Schools will offer COVID-19 vaccines to students and their families May 13-14.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
HUNTINGTON — People attending Marshall University’s spring commencement ceremony Saturday will have the opportunity to also receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places across the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice conceded Wednesday that his plan to offer $100 U.S. savings bonds as incentives for 16- to 35-year-olds to get COVID-19 vaccinations hasn’t been fully vetted, and said West Virginia might end up having to offer $100 checks instead.
CHARLESTON — Within an hour of Gov. Jim Justice’s announcement in December that older West Virginians could receive COVID-19 vaccines, lines formed outside health departments across the state as seniors awaited a dose.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fully vaccinated Ohioans are no longer required to quarantine if they’re exposed to someone with COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday, citing increased vaccination figures.
NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
HUNTINGTON — The Southwestern Community Action Council Inc. in Huntington has been awarded a more than $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its Head Start program.
Monday, April 26, 2021
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentuckians will no longer be required to wear masks at outdoor events with fewer than 1,000 people, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday in easing his rule to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday the first of several initiatives to encourage the estimated 588,000 eligible West Virginians who are hesitant to get vaccines to get their COVID-19 shots: $100 U.S. savings bonds to all residents ages 16 to 35 who get vaccinated.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Four COVID-19 deaths were reported in West Virginia on Sunday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).
Saturday, April 24, 2021
HUNTINGTON — A Cabell County woman was among the four virus-related deaths reported in West Virginia on Saturday.
Friday, April 23, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Now months into the effort to vaccinate West Virginians against COVID-19, state leaders said Friday the state has “hit a wall” in the process and the time has come for more creative thinking to overcome the challenge.
U.S. health advisers on Friday urged resuming COVID-19 vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson's single-dose shot, saying its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clots — in line with Europe's rollout.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
CHARLESTON — A vaccine clinic at a West Virginia casino is welcoming people from outside of the state to get their COVID-19 shots as demand declines among in-state residents.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice set a new mantra for himself at his COVID-19 briefing Wednesday: “Beat 588 Bad.”
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, paying for masks, contact tracers and education campaigns to persuade people to get vaccinated.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia will receive $1.88 million from the federal stimulus to track the spread of new COVID-19 variants in the state.
Monday, April 19, 2021
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky has surpassed another vaccination milestone, but the pace needs to pick up among younger adults to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.
CHARLESTON — With state COVID-19 vaccination rates plummeting, Gov. Jim Justice on Monday again implored the roughly 650,000 eligible West Virginians who have not yet been vaccinated to step up.
HUNTINGTON — Five COVID-19 deaths were reported in West Virginia on Sunday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).
Saturday, April 17, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Nearly 500,000 people in West Virginia have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Friday, April 16, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Kentucky reported more than 700 new coronavirus cases and 15 additional virus-related deaths Friday, along with a slightly higher rate of positive cases.
CHARLESTON — With state COVID-19 vaccination rates dropping precipitously in recent weeks, Gov. Jim Justice called on the 650,000 eligible West Virginians who have not been vaccinated to step up and do their part.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than $2 billion in federal aid to Ohio schools, businesses and renters is nearing final approval at the Ohio Statehouse, where both legislative chambers have now cleared the spending in some form.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
HUNTINGTON — Kentucky has enough COVID-19 vaccine on hand to make big inroads toward achieving an inoculation benchmark tied to lifting capacity limits at most of its businesses and venues, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.
CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia will see a slight increase in Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses as it continues its pause of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
SAVANNAH, Ga. — With coronavirus shots now in the arms of nearly half of American adults, the parts of the U.S. that are excelling and those that are struggling with vaccinations are starting to look like the nation’s political map: deeply divided between red and blue states.
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