Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
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West Virginia Breaks Early Voting Records in 2016
Early voting in West Virginia has broken records in the 2016 election cycle with numbers surpassing historical data for both the primary and general…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhy Pipeline Safety is One of Pennsylvania's Next Big Challenges
On the morning of April 29, a natural gas transmission line exploded in a field in Salem Township in western Pennsylvania. The blast was so powerful it…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTour W.Va. Communities Hit Hardest By Floods
Heavy flooding in West Virginia has claimed tens of lives in the state, and Governor Tomblin has declared a state of emergency in 44 of the 55 counties.…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhich Presidential Candidate is Raising the Most Money in West Virginia and Where?
As West Virginia moves toward the May 10 primary, thousands of West Virginians are opening up their wallets and shelling out some major cash for the…
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W.Va. Education Officials Dispute Spending Totals
A report released Monday by NPR tracks the amount of money spent on each student across the country by county. But representatives of the West Virginia…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLyme Disease on the Rise in West Virginia
In June of 2007, Victoria Snyder, then age-nine, attended a week-long church camp. During the week she began to feel sick – muscle aches, lethargy,…
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