Category: COVID-19 info
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Hburg’s Halloween will feature a lot fewer treats this year
Halloween in Harrisonburg — normally a bustle of costumed kids and Skeleton Fest — is starting to feel more like one of those abandoned houses that might be haunted.
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High school closes temporarily after two confirmed cases
HHS will be closed on Friday to allow the health department to conduct contact tracing after two employees tested positive for COVID-19.
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Lessons learned from getting tested for COVID: be prepared for the swab and bring a book
When I came back to JMU this fall for my final semester, I knew that it would eventually happen. I would have to get tested for COVID-19. Sure enough, I found out I had come into contact with someone who developed symptoms the next day. So I went for my COVID-19 test.
JMU moving forward with plans to resume in-person instruction Oct. 5
In a Board of Visitors meeting and press release Friday, JMU announced that is is proceeding with plans to resume in-person classes on Oct. 5, following a temporary suspension of classes for most of September.
After first COVID case at Spotswood, school leaders to meet with health officials about ‘next step’
The first case of COVID-19 among Spotswood Elementary School staff has been confirmed by the Central Shenandoah Health District, and two other employees are awaiting test results, Superintendent Michael Richards told The Citizen on Tuesday.
EMU hopes two-week delay and ‘COVID Commitments’ will keep classes on campus
Even after a false start of trying to open last month and James Madison University’s shift to at least a month of mostly online classes, Eastern Mennonite University has brought students back to classes, and campus leaders hope they can remain in person.
JMU students try to adjust and keep anxiety in check amid an ever-changing semester
For both new JMU students and returning students who went through the abrupt shift to online classes in the spring, the university’s move this week to online classes amid a spike in COVID-19 cases has stoked anxiety and confusion.
Council pushes for low-income housing improvements, gets briefing on JMU’s COVID-19 numbers
Harrisonburg City Council members pushed for improvements to low-income housing properties operated by the Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority in their meeting on Tuesday night, even as the authority’s board chair, John Hall, sought to address tenant complaints made in July.
