West Virginia University issues further coronavirus guidance with fall semester looming By
August 3, 2021 - 10:12 pm
CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia University continues to encourage students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated for the coronavirus with the first day of classes two weeks away.
According to the institution, 58.8% of faculty and staff and 59.8% of students of the Morgantown campus have verified online that they are fully vaccinated, which is below the 70% threshold necessary to hold large concerts. The university added 27.9% faculty and staff and 26% of students at the Keyser campus have verified their vaccination status, and 59.3% of faculty and staff and 34.5% of students at the Beckley campus have verified their vaccination status.
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WINFIELD, W.Va. â The first of 12 statewide public hearings on redrawing West Virginiaâs legislative and congressional boundaries for the coming decade took place Tuesday in Putnam County.
Residents were united in their comments made to the redistricting committee, asking members to shrink the number of House of Delegates districts in Putnam County that enter into neighboring counties. Ten people addressed the committee, but members of the public were outnumbered by the senators, delegates, political candidates and legislative staff that filled the Old Putnam County Courthouse courtroom.
Since the U.S. Census Bureau has not released results of the 2020 census, redistricting efforts will be complicated by the lack of specific population information. Those results are expected to come this fall, but committee members said they wanted to be out in front of the results with a general plan already in place. The West Virginia Constitution requires boundary lines be redrawn ever
Arch Resources plans to open its new metallurgical coal mine near Philippi, West Virginia, before the end of August, company officials announced Tuesday.
The new mine will open as international markets for met coal improves and as the commodity has become more profitable for the company to produce.
âWe appreciate the tremendous focus and dedication of the Leer South team,â said John T. Drexler, Archâs chief operating officer. âIn a span of just two-and-a-half years, including through the global pandemic, the Leer South team has brought this large and multifaceted project to the cusp of completion, on time and effectively on budget.â