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Government Caelan Bailey,

Morrisey’s Support For ICE, Grassroots Organizers Help Homeless And A Foster Care Investigation, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s new administration is falling in line with President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. We also learn about grassroots organizers keeping homeless people safe in the cold, and we have an interview with a Mountain State Spotlight reporter who broke an investigation this week about mismanaged foster care placement and inadequate mental health support for children in the state.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +,

Encore: Chair Caning And A Housing Fight, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. Also, corporate greed has been gobbling up newspapers for years. Now, some of those same companies are taking a bite out of mobile home parks. They’re raising rents and letting repairs slide. And, as the Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, people who live near it say government officials are ignoring their concerns about pollution.

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Education Chris Schulz,

Schools Received New Federal Guidance On Title IX Enforcement 

The U.S. Department of Education has formally rescinded a 2024 Title IX policy that encouraged schools to respect the rights of transgender students.

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Education Chris Schulz,

WVU Will Close Diversity Office To Comply With State, Federal Orders 

The West Virginia University Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will be replaced by the Division of Campus Engagement and Compliance. The new division’s goals include compliance with Title IX and the Americans with Disabilities Act. ...

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Health & Science Emily Rice,

Poultry Events Suspended Across W.Va. As Cases Of Bird Flu Rise Nationally

As the bird flu outbreak continues to spread nationally, West Virginia’s Department of Agriculture has suspended all poultry exhibition and sale events as a precaution.

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Energy & Environment Briana Heaney,

Rising Rivers, Possible Rockslides From Snow Melt And Rain

Rivers across the state are expected to rise over Friday night and into Saturday, due to snow melt and heavy rainfall. 

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