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Martinsburg Repeals Skateboarding Ban 3 Decades Later
For decades, skateboarding in Martinsburg meant risking financial penalties. But times appear to have changed. During its regular Thursday meeting, the Martinsburg City Council voted unanimously to repe...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsKanawha County Hosts 51st Annual Charleston Distance Run This Weekend
Now in its fifty-first year, the Charleston Distance Run brings estimates of more than 750 racers from across the country to Kanawha County for a route alongside the state capitol and downtown Charleston along with a diversion across the river on what is commonly known as Capital Punishment Hill.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Olympian Recalls Gold Medal Experience At ‘84 Games
d Etzel was a West Virginia University rifle coach when he registered a near-perfect shooting score to win a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsShepherd University Football Team Sees Four Student-Athletes Sign Pro Contracts
Four football players from NCAA Division II Shepherd University were drafted as priority free agents following this year’s NFL Draft. It’s a record for the comparatively small football program.
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Morrisey Takes Trans Sports Ban To The Supreme Court
In 2021, the West Virginia Legislature enacted a law “to defend the integrity of women's sports” that prohibits transgender girls and women in the state from competing on sports teams at “any public secondary school or state institution of higher education.”
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHouse Bill Enables Athletic Participation For Hope Scholarship Students
Hope Scholarship recipients and other non-traditional students would be able to participate in athletics and other extracurricular activities at their local public schools under a House bill.
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