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Government Eric Douglas,

Introducing The West Virginia Week Podcast

On this West Virginia Week, we look at four leading Republican candidates for governor, severe flooding from rains on Monday and Tuesday, and the ongoing battle at West Virginia University over which faculty members to keep — including university president Gordon Gee.

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Arts & Culture Caroline MacGregor,

W.Va. Italian Heritage Festival Prepares For Thousands Of Visitors

Since 1979, the colorful three day street festival has celebrated Italian culture and heritage in the Mountain State. In preparation for the event, blocks of streets are closed off to traffic to accommodate the thousands of visitors expected to pour into downtown Clarksburg over Labor Day weekend. 

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Keeping Teachers In The Classroom And An Italian Heritage Festival On This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, teaching is the career that all other careers are built on, but recently West Virginia has struggled to fill vacancies in classrooms. Chris Schulz continues our new radio series “Help Wanted: Understanding West Virginia’s Labor Force” by exploring the struggle to keep the state’s schools staffed.

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