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Education Chris Schulz,

Morgantown Students Granted Prayer Space 

The school year is once again in full swing, and before most classes started across the state last week there were plenty of things for students to prepare and fret over. One group of students in Morgantown had a unique concern at the start of this year: a place in school to pray together.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff,

A Conversation On Documentary ‘King Coal’ And W.Va. Town Advocates For End To Gun Violence, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, each year, tens of thousands of Americans die from firearm injuries. In 2022, that figure included more than 300 West Virginians. Nationally, U.S. residents are split on a solution. But residents of a town in Brooke County are advocating for an end to gun violence through political organizing, public art and prayer.

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Arts & Culture Trey Kay,

Us & Them: The Church Lady

Are America’s schools hostile to religion? There’s been a tussle over this issue since the early 60s, when the Supreme Court ruled that prayer and school-sponsored Bible reading were unconstitutional.

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