Aluminum Plates For Deep Space Win W.Va. 'Coolest' Contest
Aluminum plates that helped keep astronauts on the Artemis II rocket safe won the first ever Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition.
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Screening For Black Lung And The State Fair Kicks Off, This West Virginia Week
Top news stories in West Virginia this week include the return of a mobile clinic to screen miners for a fatal disease, the cost of energy in the Mountain State and the 100th anniversary of the West Virginia State Fair.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPostal Insiders Say Rural Delivery Has Storied Past, Checkered Future In W.Va.
More than a century ago, USPS established a rural free delivery service in West Virginia that still exists today. But historians and industry insiders worry there may be risks in its future.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDigging Clay For More Natural Art And Happy Birthday To The Postal Service, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, you’ll meet a couple of Appalachian potters who prefer to dig their own clay. That way, they can decide how much of the tiny pieces of natural debris to leave in for authentic texture.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPostal Unions Warn Privatizing Mail Industry Could Hurt Rural Communities
Picket signs and posters in hand, dozens gathered outside Charleston’s main post office last week to sound the alarm over looming postal job cuts and a move toward privatizing domestic mail services.
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Charleston Postal Employees Rally Against Federal Workforce Cuts
Dozens of union workers and community members gathered outside Charleston’s main post office to voice opposition to federal job cuts Thursday afternoon.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsExpecting Downgrade, Postal Workers Relieved Jobs Will Stay
The U.S. Postal Service late last year announced a plan to convert the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center into a local processing hub. The change would have sent other functions, and workers, to southwest Pennsylvania.
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