With spread of COVID-19 high in the Tri-State, Mountain Health Network hospitals in Huntington are revising their visitor policies once again.

HUNTINGTON — The number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus continues to increase in the Tri-State.

Wayne County moves to ‘orange’ on school map

Editor’s Note: This is the final story in a series looking at the shortage of N95 masks across the country.

HUNTINGTON — Both Huntington East Middle School and Milton Middle School in Cabell County shifted to virtual learning Friday for at least two weeks after students tested positive for COVID-19.

CHARLESTON — A judge on Friday dismissed a petition brought by a Kanawha County parent who tried to stop the West Virginia government from enforcing its color-coded school reopening map.

HUNTINGTON — More opportunities to be tested for the novel coronavirus have been announced as the number of positive cases of COVID-19 and deaths related to the virus continue to increase in the Tri-State.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Education will begin identifying any public school in the state with a reported COVID-19 outbreak on its website, Gov. Jim Justice announced at his tri-weekly COVID-19 news briefing Friday.

Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a series looking at the shortage of N95 masks across the country. Additional stories will be featured in upcoming editions of The Herald-Dispatch.

CHARLESTON — Trading their scrubs for signs, dozens of nurses with Charleston Area Medical Center’s health system stood outside their respective facilities Thursday morning to protest working conditions within the health centers and comments made by CAMC CEO David Ramsey blaming them for COV…

Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a series looking at the shortage of N95 masks across the country. Additional stories will be featured in upcoming editions of The Herald-Dispatch.

CHARLESTON — What is best for West Virginia’s 55 counties when it comes to determining their COVID-19 color code, and whether schools reopen and sports resume, is using whichever testing metric is lowest, Gov. Jim Justice reiterated Wednesday during his tri-weekly coronavirus update.

Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a series looking at the shortage of N95 masks across the country. Additional stories will be featured in upcoming editions of The Herald-Dispatch.

CHARLESTON — What is best for West Virginia’s 55 counties when it comes to determining their COVID-19 color code, and whether schools reopen and sports resume, is using whichever testing metric is lowest, Gov. Jim Justice reiterated Wednesday during his tri-weekly coronavirus update.

Since March, the health professionals at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department have been working full-steam to respond to the pandemic, and the Board of Health Wednesday voted to reward their hard work with a bonus.

A Wayne County Schools employee has tested positive for coronavirus and another probable case was reported, but later confirmed negative, at a second location, school officials said.

Progress in slowing the march of the novel coronavirus has stalled in much of the United States, and the pathogen is spreading at dangerous rates in many states as autumn arrives and colder weather — traditionally congenial to viruses — begins to settle across the nation, public health data show.

The state, in partnership with county health departments, is providing more free testing this week.

CHARLESTON — A George Washington High School football player filed Friday to intervene in a petition arguing that the state’s color-coded school reopening map and associated protocols violate the Equal Protection Clause of the West Virginia Constitution.

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice is pushing for doubling the number of COVID-19 tests conducted each day statewide, both as a way to push down percentages of positive cases, and to identify asymptomatic “super spreaders.”

CHARLESTON — Sydney Collier and Michael Nusbaum were right on time back in March, when they sent out save-the-date cards for their Aug. 8 wedding to roughly 220 guests.

HUNTINGTON — Huntington High School performing arts students held a COVID-19-approved talent show Saturday evening on campus.

It requires all pre-hospital medical service providers to maintain 6 feet of distance between the public other than the patient, wear a surgical or N95 mask, as well as wear a eye protection and a face shield, when available. 

HUNTINGTON — Three deaths related to the novel coronavirus were reported in the Tri-State on Saturday.

HUNTINGTON — Area hospitals are sounding the alarm as beds fill up with COVID-19 patients at the start of flu season.

LOGAN, W.Va. — Officials with Logan County Schools want residents to know that their remote and virtual learning platforms are not spying on families.

WINFIELD, W.Va. — A lawsuit filed in Putnam County Circuit Court on Wednesday asks a judge to order Putnam County Schools to reopen their doors and allow athletic programs to continue.

CHARLESTON — As Kanawha County crossed into red on West Virginia’s COVID-19 color-coded risk map Wednesday, officials urged caution to residents who could help mitigate the spread of the virus.

CHARLESTON — In the latest of a series of tweaks to West Virginia’s COVID-19 risk map, government officials Wednesday announced plans to count outbreaks among students on college campuses as a single case, under certain circumstances.

HUNTINGTON — About 3,400 families in West Virginia utilizing state-subsidized child care for essential workers will be able to continue to do so through the end of 2020.

HUNTINGTON — A Hurricane, West Virginia, restaurant has filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to find the state’s mask mandate and “stay at home” order unconstitutional and unenforceable.

HUNTINGTON — Spring paving in the city of Huntington began Monday morning after facing months of delays due to COVID-19 and weather issues.

Many industries, including travel and tourism, have taken substantial hits financially during the COVID-19 pandemic; in fact, the Huntington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau lost nearly half of its annual budget due to vacancies in local hotels.

State officials on Tuesday admitted the color-coding system developed for West Virginia school systems led to decreased testing for COVID-19, prompting the state to “tweak” the system.

As West Virginia enters week two of school, Gov. Jim Justice on Monday met with his team of advisors to discuss even more changes to the map that guides what school looks like.

Hotel revenues in Charleston plunged by $17 million from March to July amid the coronavirus pandemic compared to the same period last year. The ripple effect spread further.

West Virginia’s hunters and anglers will have to find something different to do in late January.

HUNTINGTON — Nearly 180 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported across the Mountain State on Saturday.

WAYNE — Whether they were showing symptoms or not, residents of Wayne County had the chance to get tested for the novel coronavirus in recent days.

HUNTINGTON — Nearly 350 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported across the Mountain State on Saturday.

When a police officer pulled up to a house near the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio, last weekend, he found seven young men hanging around on the front porch, unmasked, drinking beer and listening to Southern rock music.

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced changes to the color-coded school reopening map Friday as West Virginia entered the weekend as the state with the fastest rate of COVID-19 spread in the nation.

CHARLESTON — More than 58,000 West Virginians have requested an absentee ballot for the 2020 general election within the first month of being able to do so.

HUNTINGTON — Cabell County’s count of more than 600 COVID-19 cases includes all those of affected Marshall University students residing in the county, local health officials said.

Thirty-four positive cases of COVID-19 have been found in students on Marshall University's campus since classes began.

HUNTINGTON — About 20% of students in Cabell County are participating in full-time virtual learning this semester, and although kids abruptly shifted to a remote curriculum in the spring, this year poses new challenges and successes for families.

CHARLESTON — There are plenty of parking spots and seats available, and the popcorn is popping at area movie theaters. Now, if only there were something to show on the big screens.

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice asked West Virginians to share their prayers and stopped short of ordering new restrictions for residents Wednesday, the fourth consecutive day the Mountain State had the highest reproductive rate of COVID-19 in the United States.

HUNTINGTON — The city of Huntington’s 67th annual Fire Prevention Parade has been canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns in the area.