New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
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A fund to help provide mobile alert buttons for school teachers and staff received close to $400,000 in donations Monday.
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Following claims that Sen. Jim Justice told debtors he had influence over state court judges in West Virginia, the state Democratic Party is calling for an ethics investigation.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHow The War In Iran Is Affecting Shipping, Supply Chains In Appalachia, This West Virginia Morning
Prices at fuel pumps have surged since the United States went to war with Iran. But the Middle East conflict is also having major impacts on international shipping and supply chains. Those issues are taking a major toll on Appalachian corn farmers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCampaign Mailer Uses Race To Target GOP Candidate
A campaign flyer targeting Senate candidate Dr. Steven Eshenaur, who has four adopted children, two of them African American, raises race as an issue in the election.
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New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCatholic Priest Who Criticized Trump Immigration Crackdown Named West Virginia Bishop
West Virginia's next Catholic bishop was born in El Salvador and has been critical of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Pope Leo XIV announced the appointment of the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala to head the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. He will lead the Catholic population in one of the nation's least racially diverse states.
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