Delta variant still concerning in West Virginia surge risks
West Virginia health officials warn a Delta driven surge may be underway as active COVID-19 cases rise past 9,000 and the seven day average increases to 945. Gov. Jim Justice cautions that cold weather could worsen the trend amid rising RT values and deaths in Mercer and McDowell counties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
DHHR
Department of Health and Human Resources
Mercer County
Maryland church delivers gifts to West Virginia families
An eight hour drive from a Maryland church ended at a West Virginia church where volunteers unloaded hundreds of Christmas gifts for local children and families. Maple Hill Church of Christ received a Bay Area Church cargo, with Concord University basketball players helping unload. Evelyn Linkous noted it is its 18th year, and the initial year served 63 kids.
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Bluefield
Maryland
West Virginia
Maple Hill
Virginia reports first Omicron case in northwest region
Virginia confirms its first Omicron case in an adult resident of the Northwest Region with no international travel history but recent domestic travel. State Health Commissioner urges vaccination and boosters as scientists assess this highly transmissible variant.
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Richmond
Virginia
Northwest
Virginia Department of Health
VDH
Commonwealth
M. Norman Oliver
U.S
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign Launch Dec 15
Law enforcement will crack down on drunk driving from December 15 to January 1, 2022, as NHTSA and WV Coalfields Highway Safety Program urge Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Sgt. Adam Ballard notes regional cooperation to remove drunk drivers, citing 2019 drunk driving deaths totaling 10,142 nationally.
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Princeton
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
WV Coalfields Highway Safety Program
Regional Highway Safety Program
Adam Ballard
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Ballard
WV Coalfields Highway Safety
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