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MORGANTOWN, WV - More than 300 runners participated in Sunday morning’s Run Santa Run 5K despite the dreary weather and cold temperatures.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Santa was at WVU Medicine Children’s on Friday to bring holiday cheer to the young patients.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - When many in Bridgeport and throughout the area recall the name Elijah “Eli” Drummond, a person that helped the Indians football and baseball to multiple championships often comes to mind.

BUCKHANNON, WV - A legislative briefing was held Monday by area hospitals for state senators and delegates from Central West Virginia.

CHARLESTON, WV - The finance board for West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency approved another round of significant premium increases, with union leaders warning that the costs are likely to affect morale.

ELKINS, WV - Officials and employees alike celebrated “Vandalia Day” Monday as the agreement has been finalized for Davis Health System to join CAMC Health System and Mon Health System as part of Vandalia Health.

WHEELING, WV - Some newfound money at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital will go toward the build out of the new pediatrics clinic being constructed there.

ELKINS, WV - Mountain Valley Bank donated $5,000 to the Davis Health System Foundation for the Caring for Kids campaign.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The season of giving has translated into a season full of community service and volunteerism at our United Way as of late.

FAIRMONT, WV - Fourth graders Taylynn Boggess, Nova Jenkins and Elizabeth Dailey gathered beneath a tent on the corner of Adams and Monroe streets downtown.

PRINCETON, WV - Princeton Community Hospital will host a blood drive for the American Red Cross on December 18.

GREENBRIER COUNTY, WV - Greenbrier County employee Mary Ingles doesn’t have many complaints about her insurance coverage; it’s helped her through a pregnancy and allowed her family to take care of most of their medical needs.

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. News & World Report for the first time has recognized 73 hospitals as Maternity Care Access Hospitals.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation is now accepting applications for its Health Career Scholarship Program for the 2024-2025 school term.

CHARLESTON, WV - A new round of premium increases could strain the wallets of county employees and the budgets of the local agencies that employ them.

HUNTINGTON, WV - As president of UniCare West Virginia, a leading healthcare provider in the state, I take it as our responsibility to help drive healthcare innovation in our state.

HUNTINGTON, WV - A representative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited the Cabell-Huntington Health Department on Tuesday to talk with public health leaders and community members about the challenges of rural public health.

MORGANTOWN, WV - I remember my mother — who just celebrated her 91st birthday earlier this month — recalling her three children all having the measles at the same time.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine Hospice held a Gift of Light service at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport Tuesday night.

PARKERSBURG, WV - If a medical emergency occurs at the Parkersburg YMCA they will be able to better handle it thanks to a donation by the local hospital.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine sent a few of its patients to Pittsburgh for a show on Tuesday thanks to the donation of one company.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital has been recognized nationally for its maternity department.

WESTON, WV - Sixty racers participated in the annual Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Gobble Gallop on Thanksgiving morning at WVU Jackson’s Mill.

ELKINS, WV - Davis Health System (DHS) is officially joining CAMC Health System and Mon Health System as part of Vandalia Health.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia has selected a network of pregnancy centers that encourage alternatives to abortion to manage a $1 million grant program aimed at assisting pregnant women and families with infants.

WASHINGTON D.C. - As a pulmonary critical care specialist, Dr. Cassondra Cramer-Bour knows intimately what RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, can do to a person’s lungs.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Just in time for the holiday season, the Mountain Loggers Group delivered its annual monetary donation to the WVU Children’s Hospital.

WHEELING, WV - With the holiday season in full swing the Christmas cookies, pumpkin pies, and delicious foods are making appearances on kitchen tables across the country.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital and Mon Health’s Fairmont Medical Office Building (MOB) are collecting non-perishable food donations to support The Soup Opera in Marion County.

CHARLESTON, WV - The 2024 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature will begin in early January, marking the start of the annual 60-day sprint for the governor, lawmakers, lobbyists and citizens who all hope to have their ideas become law.