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West Virginia launches online guide to operating restaurants

West Virginia has launched an interactive dining guide to help customers find restaurants.
The West Virginia Tourism Office has launched an online guide to dining to promote restaurants in the Mountain State that are operating during the...

Glade Springs resort suspends operations until April 20

Inn at Glade Springs Resort
With the exception of one of its golf courses, The Resort at Glade Springs, at Daniels, West Virginia, will suspend operations through April 20...

Historic Antietam maps donated to Shepherd Civil War center

Dr. James Broomall and Monica Lingenfelter flank a map with Bill and Bonnie Stubblefield.
Maps donated to the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War will give researchers in the Battle of Antietam a...

10 ways to avoid emotional isolation during the virus outbreak

Social isolation is harmful to health and contributes to poor health outcomes, especially for older adults.
Social distancing doesn’t have to mean social isolation, says a WVU nurse-practitioner, who's offering 10 tips to avoid the blues while the nation attempts...

NPS to close Canyon Rim Visitor Center in face of virus

The sun sets beyond the New River Gorge Bridge in southern West Virginia. (Photo courtesy Wendy Parks Scott)
Officials at the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia will temporarily close the Canyon Rim Visitor Center, its primary visitor...

Two wolves euthanized after escape from W.Va. Wildlife Center

As far as is known, the last eastern wolf roamed West Virginia until it was taken in Webster County in 1897.
Two gray wolves escaped their enclosure at the West Virginia Wildlife Center, near French Creek, West Virginia, according to a spokesperson for the West...

Structure, communications key to covid-19 homeschooling

Set expectations and hold you kid accountable. Make sure your child knows that their job during this crisis is to do their schoolwork.
Schools across West Virginia will remain closed for at least the next two weeks, forcing students to continue learning and completing coursework from home....

WVU: Compassion may ease anxieties related to coronavirus

Switching to compassion mode may be one way to manage COVID-19 anxiety.
Practicing social distancing is one way to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but practicing emotional closeness may help alleviate the anxiety that...

COVID-19: W.Va. Governor declares State of Emergency

The governor and staff attended a video conference with the President early Monday.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice joined state health, education, and emergency response leaders in Charleston today to update residents on precautionary measures being taken...

WVU: Question biases, use local news for COVID-19 info

Professors are advising social media users to question their biases and turn to local media for COVID-19 information.
As more people turn to social media and other online sources for updates on the COVID-19 outbreak, determining which sources are reliable becomes increasingly...

West Virginia mountains kept 1830 cholera pandemic at bay

A steamboat docks at Wheeling, then Virginia, in the 1830s.
Residents of the mountain counties of West Virginia have traditionally weathered the ravages of communicable diseases with some success. Isolation here flattened the peak...

WVU Dean advising travel precaution in face of COVID-19

WVU Dean of Health Sciences Clay Marsh, MD, is advising to take travel precautions.
Though there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, Dr. Clay Marsh of West Virginia University is advising Mountaineers to employ precautions...

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