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Huntington High School senior Max Nibert holds signs he planned to use during a walkout students were to stage at Huntington High School in Huntington, W. Va., on Wednesday. The protest followed an evangelistic Christian revival assembly last week that s

Students walk out at West Virginia school after Christian revival

Feb 09, 2022
A religious service held in a public school ignites a debate about the separation of church and state.
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National
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice gives his State of the State speech in the House Chambers in January.

Coal-dependent West Virginia eliminates ban on nuclear power

Feb 08, 2022
The state's ban on nuclear plants was enacted in 1996, but nuclear power has gained support as a tool to keep climate change under control and other states are transitioning away from fossil fuels.
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Coronavirus Updates

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice 'extremely unwell' after testing positive for COVID-19

Jan 12, 2022
Results from the governor's rapid test Tuesday morning came back negative. However, results from his PCR test came back positive, according to a statement.
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Politics
A bipartisanship group of senators — (from left) Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., Republican leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, Democratic leader Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, and Birch Bayh, D-Ind. — hold a news conference in 1980.

You're Going To Hear A Lot About The 'Byrd Rule' Soon — Who Is This Byrd Man?

Aug 08, 2021
As Democrats try to pass their massive multi-trillion-dollar spending bill with a simple majority vote, lots of things might be included but other things might not. And it all goes back to one man.
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National
A pedestrian walks past a mural in Huntington, W.Va., on March 18. Huntington was once ground zero for the U.S. opioid epidemic.

Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?

Jul 30, 2021
As a landmark federal opioid trial nears completion, West Virginia communities are demanding $2.5 billion in compensation. Drug firms say they acted responsibly in shipping millions of pills.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
West Virginians who get vaccinated from the coronavirus could get more than stickers. On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice announced a lottery incentive program to get more residents immunized from the coronavirus.

Guns, Trucks And Trips: West Virginia Expands Prizes For Vaccinated Residents

Jun 01, 2021
Several states, including Ohio, California, Colorado and Maryland, have created vaccination incentive programs to get more teens and adults fully immunized from the coronavirus.
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National
The federal opioid trial involving drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson is taking place in the Robert C. Byrd Courthouse in Charleston, W.Va. The trial is expected to establish whether the drug distributors, accused of failin

Opioid Trial In West Virginia Comes Amid A National Reckoning For Big Pharma

May 26, 2021
Drug distributors have faced embarrassing revelations about their internal practices. One email shared by corporate executives described rural Americans addicted to opioids as "pillbillies."
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A photo released in 2020 by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority shows Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.V. Mays was sentenced to multiple life terms after plea

Woman Who Murdered 7 Veterans In VA Hospital Gets Multiple Life Sentences

May 11, 2021
The former nursing assistant pleaded guilty to intentionally using lethal doses of insulin to kill the elderly veterans who ranged in age from 81 to 96.
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Coronavirus Updates
A young man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Charleston earlier this month while overlooking the West Virginia Capitol building.

West Virginia Will Pay Young People $100 To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Apr 27, 2021
The Republican-led state will offer savings bonds to residents between the ages of 16 and 35 in an effort to tackle vaccine hesitancy among its younger population.
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Coronavirus Updates
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced in late December that residents over the age of 80 would be able to receive doses of the vaccine from their county health departments.

West Virginia's Vaccination Rate Ranks Among Highest In World

Feb 22, 2021
How did West Virginia become one of the world's leaders in delivering COVID-19 vaccines? One piece of the story starts with a striking photograph in the local paper.
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Retired Army Sgt. Felix McDermott is buried in Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. His death is one of seven that Reta Mays has been charged with.

Former VA Medical Worker Pleads Guilty To Murdering 7 Patients In West Virginia

Jul 14, 2020
Reta Mays was charged with killing seven patients by injecting them with insulin. She worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Clarksburg.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (pictured in January) has said he wants all nursing home residents and staff for coronavirus.

West Virginia Aims To Test All Nursing Home Residents, Workers for COVID-19

Apr 17, 2020
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said there have been discrepancies in data from the homes, and wants even those already checked to be retested.
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Coronavirus Live Updates

Citing Concerns About Access For 'Seniors,' West Virginia's Governor Delays Primary

Apr 01, 2020
More than a dozen states have delayed primaries because of the coronavirus.
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National
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, pictured in July, said all 31 graduating correctional cadets would be fired. An investigation found the salute started in the second or third week of training "as a sign of respect" for an instructor.

West Virginia Governor Approves Firing All Cadets Who Posed In Nazi-Like Salute Photo

Dec 30, 2019
"As I said from the beginning, I condemn the photo of Basic Training Class 18 in the strongest possible terms," Gov. Jim Justice said, "This act needed to result in real consequences."
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Main Street, St. Clairsville, Ohio (population about 5,000), the county seat of Belmont County.

Drug Overdoses Contribute To Rise In Midlife Mortality In Ohio River Valley

Dec 23, 2019
Life expectancy in the U.S. has taken a significant downward turn. This is especially true in Ohio and West Virginia, which have the highest rates of overdose deaths among people ages 25 to 64.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., became the focus of a heated argument at the West Virginia statehouse on Friday, after an anti-Muslim display in the rotunda juxtaposed her photo with the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Sign Falsely Linking Muslim Congresswoman To 9/11 Sparks Outrage In West Virginia

Mar 02, 2019
The poster was on display at West Virginia's "GOP Day" on Friday. It provoked an argument, an injury, the resignation of a staff member and potential disciplinary action against a lawmaker.
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Education
In a 2018 photo, teacher Jennifer Hanner holds a sign outside the state Senate chambers at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

W.Va. Teachers Go On Strike Over State Education Bill

Feb 19, 2019
Educators oppose charter schools and a new voucher system. The strike comes a year after the last walkout sparked similar strikes across the U.S.
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The Salt
Members of the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective inspect one of their apiaries. The collective teaches displaced coal miners in West Virginia how to keep bees as a way to supplement their income.

Out-Of-Work Appalachian Coal Miners Train As Beekeepers To Earn Extra Cash

Jan 28, 2019
In West Virginia, mining jobs have been declining for years, and there have been few other options to make a living. The Appalachian Beekeeping Collective is hoping to help turn that around.
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Shots - Health News
Anthony Dooley, 32, successfully graduated from an addiction recovery program recently. He credits Cox's team with visiting him in the hospital and walking him through his options.

Knocking On Doors To Get Opioid Overdose Survivors Into Treatment

Oct 24, 2018
Within days of an OD from opioids or other drugs, users in Huntington, W.Va., are visited by a quick-response team at home, the hospital or in jail. Reversing an OD is just recovery's first step.
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Law
West Virginia House Speaker Pro Tempore John Overington presides over a hearing on articles of impeachment on Monday at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

West Virginia House Votes To Impeach All 4 State Supreme Court Justices

Aug 13, 2018
The votes come one week after the state House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against the entire bench of the state Supreme Court of Appeals.
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The Salt
More than 2,100 drug felons were denied SNAP benefits in West Virginia in 2016. The number has more than tripled during the past decade.

In Some States, Drug Felons Still Face Lifetime Ban On SNAP Benefits

Jun 20, 2018
The 1996 federal ban aimed to punish drug offenders, but research shows denying aid disproportionately affects the poor and increases recidivism. Many states have opted out or modified the policy.
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Politics
Rick Colyer votes at the Durham County Library North Regional in Durham, N.C., Tuesday.

4 Takeaways From The Big Primary Kickoff Night

May 09, 2018
Republicans dodged a big bullet with a convicted coal executive's loss of the GOP Senate primary. But they continue to be the party facing more division.
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Elections
Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate Don Blankenship, greets supporters Doug Smith, left, and Wanda Smith, right, prior to a town hall in Logan, W.Va., on Jan. 18.

Former Coal CEO Turned Senate Hopeful Don Blankenship Says He's 'Trumpier Than Trump'

May 08, 2018
Blankenship could win West Virginia's GOP Senate primary, despite spending a year in prison after 29 miners died in an explosion at a mine owned by the company he led. Trump isn't backing him.
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Politics
Don Blankenship, left, talks to Patrick Morrisey, right, after a heated exchange at a campaign stop in Parkersburg, W.Va.

Republicans Might Want To Run Away From Trump This Year, But Not In West Virginia

Apr 15, 2018
A wild GOP primary fight has emerged here with everyone tying themselves to the president. It features a congressman, an attorney general and an ex-con businessman, who's turned the race upside down.
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Politics
A member of the West Virginia National Guard works in the basement of the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on secondment to the Secretary of State's office to work on cybersecurity around state elections.

States Turn To National Guard To Help Protect Future Elections From Hackers

Apr 11, 2018
Election officials have traditionally focused on a smooth voting experience, but after the 2016 elections, they've also had to focus on cybersecurity.
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