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On this West Virginia Morning, along with the millions who attended “No Kings” rallies across the country last weekend, thousands of people at roughly 20 different events in West Virginia joined in the protests against President Trump and the actions of his administration. Maria Young has the story.
Also, the Clay Center’s Planetarium and Science educator and astrophysicist Shannon Silverman guides us through the cosmos above the Mountain State in our occasional series Almost Heavens. In this latest installment, we learn about Cassiopeia and Andromeda.
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America’s rural hospitals are closing at an alarming pace. That’s become a concern in many parts of West Virginia. We look at nearby Tennessee, which has the highest hospital closure rate in the nation – but also some shining examples of hope. WPLN’s Health Reporter Catherine Sweeney takes us to Linden – a Tennessee town where the shuttered hospital there has recently reopened.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA longtime Charleston priest, activist and central figure in one of West Virginia’s most turbulent cultural conflicts has died. The Rev. Jim Lewis was 90.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe PSC scheduled four public comment hearings for June, and is still accepting written comments online and via mail.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSurrounded by lawmakers, local officials and a couple of horses at the Charles Town Races, Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a new law designed to make the industry far more competitive.
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