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On this West Virginia Morning, two people have died, and a third is listed in critical condition following a sudden chemical release Wednesday at a catalyst refinery plant near Nitro and Institute.

Also, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives at a moment when Americans are arguing not just about politics — but about our nation’s origins.  In the next episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay holds a community conversation on the campus of Marshall University. In the wake of a new documentary by Ken Burns about the nation’s origin story, Kay hears what students, scholars and others think that history means today.

And, a new first of its kind in West Virginia power generation plant is coming to Harrison County after a groundbreaking Wednesday.  

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.

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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