Warren County School District is stepping down its COVID plans. On Monday, the school board approved a modified health and safety plan. In it, students who are COVID-positive, who are symptomatic, and those who are identified as close contacts and will not wear masks for the next five days ...

The pandemic has been tough on everyone. But health care workers, like those in nursing homes, have had it particularly rough. Evidence of that can be seen in the number of care givers who left their jobs. Nationwide, the turnover rate among nurses in nursing homes was about 50 percent in ...

A local vaccine promotion group is now offering the chance at three $1,000 cash prizes for those in the community who get vaccinated against COVID-19. It’s an effort of the WarrenVAX Team, a collaboration between the Warren County Development Association, Warren General Hospital and many ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state will end a COVID-19 mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, but will keep masking rules in place in schools. The mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, like ...

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation's death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000. The number of lives lost to the pandemic in the U.S. stood at over 897,000 as of midday ...

The unemployment rate in Warren County continues to drop — and it’s showing. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the county was 4.5 percent in December. That’s down from the 4.9 percent in November, and 5.4 percent ...