Putnam County Schools will work with first responders to conduct a safety exercise Wednesday, education officials said.

Full Game: Winfield vs. Poca

Putnam County school officials are investigating after a video posted online shows a school bus driver driving through water Thursday when students were release

In high school basketball action, Poca knocked off Putnam County rival Winfield, and Capital sent Riverside home with a loss.

Putnam County Schools' latest decisions to not implement an immediate mask mandate, and to leave contact tracing and quarantining up to the health department, are drawing criticism from West Virginia’s education unions. "It's putting our educators, students and everyone's families...

After the Putnam County Board of Education came out with a new school-by-school mask mandate policy, parents remain divided over the issue of whether to mask or not to mask. Masks continue to remain optional for students and faculty unless...

The Putnam County Board of Education has updated its face mask policy after another heated meeting with parents. Board members had voted unanimously to leave masks optional, unless they hit certain thresholds of students testing positive for COVID-19. The new...

An increase in COVID-19 cases has proven difficult for county health departments trying to perform contact tracing. In Putnam County, this has resulted in families being notified days after their child was exposed to the virus while at school. One...