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West Virginia is beginning to warm up a bit following an arctic blast that broke cold temperature records across the state.
Temperatures on Wednesday morning ranged from 4 degrees in Elkins and Lewisburg to 12 degrees in Bluefield.
Below-zero temperatures on Tuesday broke records in Wheeling, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Huntington and Charleston. Beckley’s minus 9 degrees on Tuesday morning broke a mark that had stood since 1912.
While temperatures are inching up, public schools remain closed in many areas and utilities continue to grapple with power outages.
The Department of Education’s website shows 39 of the state’s 55 county school systems have cancelled all classes today.
About 6,200 Appalachian Power customers in western and southern West Virginia were without power Wednesday morning. FirstEnergy reports about two dozen outages in northern counties.
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Comments from delegates Monday mirror public comments recently submitted to the Public Service Commission regarding one of the two transmission line projects in the state, with one lawmaker noting comments against the project outnumber those in favor 40 to 1.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, the nine-banded armadillo has become an indicator of rising temperatures in Kentucky and the surrounding region.
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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week’s Inside Appalachia features storytellers from around the region, including author, television host and five-time West Virginia Liars Contest winner Bil Lepp. Here he is back in 2019, telling a story during a Mountain Stage performance at the West Virginia Culture Center.
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