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ELKINS The Randolph County Courthouse will reopen today after closing for a week due to COVID-19 difficulties, an official said.
“The courthouse will reopen to the public Tuesday morning for its regular hours of operation,” Randolph County Commission President Mark Scott told The Inter-Mountain.
“The public is encouraged to call before coming to the courthouse as most offices are working with limited staff,” Scott added. “If it is possible citizens are encouraged to conduct business online or by telephone.”
Last week the commission decided to close the courthouse for a week due to “the rising number of COVID-19 cases within the community and also the amount of community spread throughout the county.”
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ELKINS Local officials discussed a change that makes all inmates at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail part of the county’s weekly coronavirus numbers Monday during Randolph County’s Office of Emergency Management COVID-19 update conference call.
Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph-Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, reported during the meeting that there were currently 255 active coronavirus cases in the county. When asked during the session why the state was reporting a higher number of close to 500 on their website, Woodrum explained, “That’s because they (state) are switching over positive cases from inmates at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail. In the past they’ve been reported from Barbour County, because the jail had an address for Belington for some reason. But now they’re listed in Randolph County and they currently have 360 active cases. All of those active cases are being switched one at a time from Barbour to Randolph, so that numb