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13-year-old girl drowns trying to save cousin who was swept away by sudden current in West Virginia river
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Three high school sports takeaways, including commitments to Duke, West Virginia, and Providence
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Team Massachusetts is helmed by Braintree coach Bill O’Connell and assisted by BC High’s Steve Healy, Walpole’s Chris Costello, and Blackstone Valley Tech’s Mike Denise. The roster: Mac Bianchi (Nobles), Matt Blanusa (Dexter Southfield), Max Boehm...
Survey finds West Virginians eager to declare independence from higher electric rates
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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A live reading of the West Virginia Ratepayers Bill of Rights was held by a town crier Wednesday afternoon on the front steps of the State Capitol Building. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) CHARLESTON — Results from a new survey show that West...
WVBE pursuing litigation following rejected policy
WSAZ - West Virginia
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July 14, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) said in a press release it will be pursuing litigation against West Virginia Secretary of State (WVSOS) Kris Warner following his rejecting of a policy the Board approved...
The Supreme Court Can Save Women's Sports | Opinion
Newsweek
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases related to the protection—and the preservation—of women's sports. This news should gladden the hearts of female athletes across the country. The Court's decision promises a legal reckoning that...
The Quiet Renewable Race: Private Equity’s Bid For Prime Energy Land
Forbes
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WHITEWATER, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05 : Wind turbines produce energy at Whitewater Energy's Wind ... More Turbine Farm, December 5, 1997 in Whitewater, California near Palm Springs. (Photo by Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.)Getty Images Private equity...
Charles Wesley Godwin Shares Favorites In New ‘Hometown Sessions’ Video Series
MusicRow - Tennessee
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July 15, 2025
Charles Wesley Godwin. Photo: David McClister Charles Wesley Godwin is offering fans a taste of some of his favorite songs in a new weekly performance YouTube series, “The Hometown Sessions.” The series includes fan-favorites as well as reworked...
State BOE discusses religious vaccine exemption lawsuit
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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July 9, 2025
Photo by Steven Allen Adams West Virginia Board of Education Vice President Victor Gabriel, center, chairs a special meeting of the state board Wednesday, as board member Gregory Wooten, left, and State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt,...
Area Woman who Spent Nearly Two Decades Serving as an Educator, Erin Lynn Bunner, Passes at 48
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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July 10, 2025
Erin Lynn Bunner, 48, of Fairmont, West Virginia, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Born on August 9, 1976, she was the cherished daughter of Danny and Mary Weikle, also of Fairmont. Erin’s mother-in-law, Beverly Bunner;...
Two Mexican citizens in West Virginia sentenced for illegal reentry into the United States
Lootpress - West Virginia
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July 2, 2025
HUNTINGTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Two Mexican nationals living illegally in Huntington pleaded guilty and were sentenced on Monday, June 30, 2025, for immigration-related offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of...
Man pleads guilty to fentanyl distribution in West Virginia
Lootpress - West Virginia
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July 2, 2025
CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A Detroit man pleaded guilty Monday, June 30, 2025, to three counts of fentanyl distribution in West Virginia, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Rafael Cee-Erwin...
Physicians call for health care for all West Virginians
The Register-Herald - West Virginia
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We are members of the WV chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. We treat West Virginians of all income levels: low, middle, and upper income. Low and middle income people are struggling to find a stable and financially secure home...
West Virginia mudslide strands thousands on highway for over 8 hours
CBS News
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Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding and...
Federal freeze threatens lifeline programmes for low-income families as after-school funding dries up
The Times of India
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Children raise their hands while participating in activities during the East Providence Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp at Emma G. Whiteknact Elementary School on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Providence R.I. (AP Photo/Sophie Park) For millions of...
Four-Star PG Amir Jenkins reclassifies to 2025, details his commitment to West Virginia
247Sports - Tennessee
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West Virginia continues to build momentum under new head coach Ross Hodge. On Tuesday, the Mountaineers secured a big commitment from Amir Jenkins, a four-star point guard out of Worcester, Mass. Jenkins, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound four-star, committed...
Trump submits U.S. attorney nominees in West Virginia
WCHS - West Virginia
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WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — President Donald Trump has nominated candidates for West Virginia’s two U.S. attorney offices. Moore Capito has been selected to serve in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia and Matt Harvey...
13-year-old Washington County girl drowns in West Virginia
CBS 2 Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
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KDKA-TV Afternoon Forecast (7/1) KDKA-TV Afternoon Forecast (7/1) 02:56 A 13-year-old girl from Washington County, Pennsylvania, drowned while swimming in the Ohio River in West Virginia on Monday. CBS affiliate WTRF reported that the 13-year-old...
The Trilogy Redefining Women’s Boxing
Saturday Evening Post - Texas
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July 8, 2025
Weekly Newsletter The best of The Saturday Evening Post in your inbox! No sport celebrates a trilogy quite the way boxing does. Ali–Frazier. Gatti–Ward. Fury–Wilder. What makes these matches special are the combatants; their rivalry and their...
President Trump nominates Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey as U.S. Attorney for Northern West Virginia
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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WHEELING — Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Matt Harvey has been nominated by President Trump to serve as the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia. Meanwhile, Moore Capito, son of Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore...
Gassaway Days announces Rubber Duck Race winners
The Braxton Citizen - West Virginia
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July 8, 2025
In 2024, the Gassaway Days Committee started selling tickets for a Rubber Duck Race as a fundraiser. Approximately 500 toy rubber ducks were numbered and then launched from the Dairy Queen Bridge into the Elk River to float to the finish line. The...