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Edy's Flame takes 6-1 upset win in inaugural maiden special weight race
Spirit of Jefferson - West Virginia
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Last weekend offered a modest contrast of sorts for local racing fans as Charles Town was able to put the finishing touches on the June portion of the live racing calendar while presenting its inaugural maiden special weight event for West...
Mexican national pleads guilty to immigration crime in Charleston
Mountain State Times - West Virginia
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July 1, 2025
Lisa G. Johnston Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia | Department of JusticeLisa G. Johnston Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia | Department of Justice Federico Montalvo...
HHS says it will begin reforms of organ donation system after federal investigation finds ‘horrifying’ problems
KTVZ - Oregon
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July 22, 2025
(CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it’s undertaking an initiative to reform the country’s organ donation system, after a federal investigation found that one organization in the Kentucky region began the...
Purses Increase, Race Days Added to Charles Town Season
Blood-Horse - Kentucky
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July 1, 2025
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has announced a 10% purse increase starting in the upcoming condition book, made possible by the passage of West Virginia Senate Bill 75. Charles Town will also add three additional race days.
Washington has 2 of the 'most educated' cities in the US, report finds
Kitsap Sun - Washington State
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A new report finds that Seattle is one of the smartest cities in the United States. WalletHub ranked the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area as the ninth-most educated region in the nation, according to its "Most and Least Educated Cities in...
Arizona ranked 2nd in the U.S. for parent control over their kids' education opportunities
KJZZ - Arizona
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July 1, 2025
A new survey measuring how much control parents have over their children’s education finds Arizona near the top nationwide. The Parent Power Index from the Center for Education Reform looks at criteria including school choice, innovation and...
Hardy County Board of Education Reviews Plans for EHES and MMS Upgrades
Moorefield Examiner - West Virginia
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July 1, 2025
By Stephen Smoot East Hardy Elementary School and Moorefield Middle School are slated for upgrades to their entryways. Early last month in their June 9 meeting, the Superintendent, Board of Education, and other schools officials got to engage the...
The Cultural Foundation of Harrison County has Listed Impressive Lineup of Events for the Fall Season
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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July 1, 2025
We’re over halfway through 2025, and it’s been quite a busy year for The Cultural Foundation of Harrison County—from August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” in February, to The Bard’s Birthday Bash in April, and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s...
News Briefs: July 27, 2025
Today's Catholic - Indiana
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July 21, 2025
July 21, 2025 // National Accountability demanded for Israeli Strike GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (OSV News) – On Thursday, July 17, an Israeli strike hit the Holy Family Parish compound, killing three Christians and wounding 10 others, including its...
Report: LGBTQ+ Rural Teens Find More Support Online Than in Their Communities
Daily Yonder - Kentucky
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July 1, 2025
New research has found that rural LGBTQ+ teens experience significant challenges in their communities and turn to the internet for support. The research from Hopelab and the Born This Way Foundation looked at what more than 1,200 LGBTQ+ teens...
War on Women Report: MAGA Republicans Hope to Turn Miscarriage Into a Crime and Gut Planned Parenthood
Ms. Magazine
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June 30, 2025
MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide—the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives and mothers in the “ideal, natural family...
Legislation reintroduced to exclude illegal immigrants from electoral college calculations
North Idaho Times
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June 30, 2025
Senator Mike Crapo, US Senator for Idaho | Sen. Mike Crapo Official WebsiteSenator Mike Crapo, US Senator for Idaho | Sen. Mike Crapo Official Website U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both Republicans from Idaho, have joined forces with...
W.Va. Gender-Affirming Surgery Case Kicked Back To Lower Court
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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June 30, 2025
Home » W.Va. Gender-Affirming Surgery Case Kicked Back To Lower Court Curtis Tate Published June 30, 2025 - 2:50 pm Protesters took to the state Capitol on March 9, 2023 to oppose a bill to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender...
Cities Have Turned Their Roads Into an LGBTQ Statement. The Trump Admin Is Doing Something About It.
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 1, 2025
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter Tuesday to the 50 state governors, urging them to remove distractions from roads, including divisive and distracting political messaging like rainbow crosswalks. “Roads...
Al Batt: A race to tie while in traffic
Austin Daily Herald - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
Published 5:20 pm Tuesday, July 1, 2025 Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting We used to raise a couple of corn crops each year. How did you do that? We stood the farm on its end and planted on both sides. Driving by Bruce’s drive I have a...
Author Of New Book Profiling Trans Teens Visiting Charleston This Month
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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July 21, 2025
Released last October, “American Teenager” documents the lives of eight transgender teenagers living across the United States, from California to South Dakota to West Virginia. Author and journalist Nico Lang follows the teens as they navigate...
Euclid boys basketball: Panthers use Midwest Live to help reset culture
The News-Herald - Ohio
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July 1, 2025
The last time the Euclid boys basketball team had a winning record was 2018-19, when it went 16-9 and made it to a regional semifinal. That has been followed by six straight seasons of losing records. Euclid’s new era under coach Quentin Rogers...
Health educator talks substance abuse, how to get help on campus
The Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia
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June 30, 2025
A recent spike in opioid overdoses has been recorded in Monongalia County, according to Morgantown Mutual Aid. Health educator at WELLWVU, Wesley Thomas, said that substance abuse is common on college campuses, not just at West Virginia...
Supreme Court’s LGBT precedent already taking toll on OTHER rulings
WorldNetDaily
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June 30, 2025
It’s only days old, but the Supreme Court ruling that Tennessee is allowed to ban body-mutilating chemical treatments and surgeries on children already is having an impact. On at least four other states with similar prohibitions. Just last week,...
Meet the women who star-spangle Saratoga Village
East Bay Times - California
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July 1, 2025
Retired registered nurse Patricia Himel has lived in Saratoga for a long time, but would never stick around for the Fourth of July. In her words, the Fourth of July was bigger than Christmas. She is descended from a family that has lived in the...