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Coronavirus

COVID testing site set up at WSH grounds

Testing is available and officials are hoping residents will take advantage of it... properly. COVID-19 testing and positivity rates are up in Warren County. There have been 808 tests administered in the past seven days and about 20 percent of them have been positive, according to data from ...

District willing to be flexible to address staffing

The Warren County School District knew there was a teacher shortage coming. But, no one was predicting a multi-year pandemic that would result in worker shortages across just about every industry. On Monday, the personnel committee of the school board looked into some problems and some ...

Mask opt-out legislation clears Senate committee

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bill that would allow parents in Pennsylvania to exempt their children from wearing a mask at school cleared a state Senate committee on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers started making good on their pledge to counter the governor's statewide mask mandate. The ...

Measure on masking in youth sports clears House committee

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation that cleared a House committee on Monday would give Pennsylvania school districts the authority to decide whether student athletes must wear masks while playing. The Republican-controlled House State Government Committee approved the measure 15-10 along ...

Nearly 270 COVID cases this month

There have been about 270 new cases of COVID-19 in Warren County since the start of September. With another 23 cases announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday, the county is on pace to reach 476 new cases this month. September is already the month with the third most new ...

PA students request mask exemptions

Thousands of students have requested to go mask-free in Pennsylvania schools, claiming a medical exemption amid fierce local opposition to the state’s new face-covering mandate. The order, which went into effect Sept. 7 and applies to all K-12 schools and child care facilities in ...