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Uncertain Future For Low Barrier Shelter And School System Saves With Solar, This West Virginia Morning

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On this West Virginia Morning, Huntington’s low barrier homeless shelter stayed at full capacity during last month’s cold snap. The shelter director says the facility – with its limited restrictions – is unique in West Virginia but now facing an uncertain future.

And as electricity bills have increased in West Virginia, one school district hopes to generate savings with solar panels placed on school rooftops. Reporter Curtis Tate went to Wayne County to take a look.

Also in this episode, six Americans were released from jail in Venezuela over the weekend, including a former West Virginia resident whose father is celebrating the news.

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Support for our news bureaus comes from Shepherd University and Marshall University School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Maria Young produced this episode.

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