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Guest column: Tax credit program will be good for all West Virginians
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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I am proud to be the Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 53, representing construction workers in the finishing trades in parts of Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky,...
Miss West Virginia History Makers
The Journal - West Virginia
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June 13, 2025
nTo date, the highest finisher at the Miss America pageant was second runner-up and a Preliminary Swimsuit winner, Ella Dee Kessel, Miss West Virginia 1964, who later served the state as first lady when married to Gov. Gaston Caperton. Elizabeth...
Crowning Achievement: The history of Miss West Virginia
The Journal - West Virginia
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June 13, 2025
Editor’s Note: This is the first story in weeklong coverage of the 80th Miss West Virginia pageant that will take place Saturday evening. We express our appreciation to Candy Reid for sharing so much beneficial information. The Miss America...
Penn State baseball earns commit from West Virginia's Spencer Barnett
The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania
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It's been three weeks since the end of Penn State baseball's season, and coach Mike Gambino is in business. The Nittany Lions earned a commitment from former West Virginia infielder Spencer Barnett on Wednesday, marking their first transfer of the...
Guest column: West Virginia is taking a stand against China
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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The Communist Party of China (CCP) wants to unseat the United States as the number one global power. For decades, the CCP has stolen American trade secrets, used our data against our own citizens, and artificially unbalanced trade in their favor....
Mobile Food Pantry Will Stop Tuesday at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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WHEELING — Wheeling’s next mobile food distribution event will take place Tuesday, June 17, from 10-11:30 a.m. at Wheeling Island Hotel ’Casino ’Racetrack, Parking Lot C. Organized by the Ohio County Family Resource Network in partnership with...
Greenbrier River named best tubing destination in the nation by USA Today
Mountain Messenger - West Virginia
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June 13, 2025
The Greenbrier River was named the number one river for tubing by USA TODAY 10 BEST. By Sarah Richardson Greenbrier Valley natives have long known the joys of a slow float down the Greenbrier River, but now the rest of the country is catching on....
A First Step in Addressing County’s Future Growth
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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Both Wheeling and Ohio County have the same problem: a declining and aging population. The 41,000 people here today (Ohio County at its peak nearly a century ago had 72,077 residents) are being forced to shoulder more of the burden when it comes...
“I felt bad for the seniors”: Indiana HC Darian DeVries gets real about leaving West Virginia for his “dream job”
Sportskeeda
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June 13, 2025
Darian DeVries opened up about leaving West Virginia. The Indiana coach discussed accepting his new position with CBS analyst Jon Rothstein. DeVries talked about his career move in a video posted on YouTube by CBS Sports College Basketball on...
Winfield's Mattie Carroll Named by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association as Softball Player of Year
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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June 13, 2025
By RICK ELMORE Gazette-Mail Winfield softball pitcher Mattie Carroll is a winner – again. After capping her junior season by leading the Generals to their third consecutive state championship, Carroll was named by the West Virginia Sports Writers...
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This Nostalgic Summer Tradition Is The Best Family Trip That Costs Next To Nothing
Southern Living
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There was a time when summer in the South meant something simpler than hectic planning and packed schedules. Families would load into their station wagon, cooler brimming with homemade snacks and sandwiches, and head to their nearest state park....
West Virginia Officials Support Rollback of Power Plant Rules
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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The repeal of certain emissions rules aimed at coal-fired power plants was praised by officials in West Virginia, while environmental groups raised concerns about possible increases of pollutants. (File Photo) CHARLESTON — West Virginia officials...
Wolves freshman ace pitcher transfers to West Virginia
The Newberry Observer - South Carolina
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June 13, 2025
NEWBERRY — Newberry College baseball program have become victim to what many other mid-major Division 1 and Division II programs are experiencing, and that is the transfer portal. Freshman starting pitcher Chansen Cole announced on social media...
A W.Va. Immigration Story Told On Stage And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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June 13, 2025
Home » A W.Va. Immigration Story Told On Stage And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning WVPB Staff Published June 13, 2025 - 9:55 am On this West Virginia Morning, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) returns to the campus...
West Virginia native to be first to have play featured in Contemporary American Theater Festival
The Shepherdstown Chronicle - West Virginia
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Wilson SHEPHERDSTOWN — The first play by a West Virginia native will be premiered at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) this summer. That play, “Did My Grandfather Kill My Grandfather?,” was written by Cody LeRoy Wilson. “Being a...
Cleveland Fed: Tariffs are raising some prices in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky
Ohio Capital Journal
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June 13, 2025
Tariffs — and uncertainty over them — are forcing up costs for businesses in Ohio and parts of three other states, according to market surveillance published last week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. At least some of those costs are...
West Virginia’s 2025-26 Big 12 Basketball Opponents Revealed
Huntington News - West Virginia
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June 13, 2025
The Big 12 Conference has officially announced the opponent matrix for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season, and West Virginia fans now know who the Mountaineers will face on their journey through the always-competitive conference slate. Each Big...
Dead Wrong: What West Virginia’s OD Deaths Tell Us About U.S. Opioid Policy
ACSH
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June 11, 2025
West Virginia is the hardest-hit of all states when it comes to overdose drug deaths. Must be those damn pills, right? No. Wrong. Drug overdose deaths from prescription opioids are very low. It can be reasonably argued that it’s effectively zero —...
LSU sizzles in heat, humidity to end West Virginia University’s season
The Shepherdstown Chronicle - West Virginia
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Rinehart Kelly West Rinehart Lumsden SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Super Regional games in Baton Rouge were long and arduous for West Virginia University. Oppressive heat and humidity were expected. Walks, hit batsmen. too many strikeouts and ineffective...
West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council receives report on updated federal broadband grant requirements
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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(Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) CHARLESTON — West Virginia was on the cusp of being one of the first states to begin work on broadband expansion, but updated federal requirements from the Trump administration could make the state...