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Maine and West Virginia game wardens face off in charity softball game
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 28, 2025
Maine and West Virginia game wardens face off in North Woods Throwdown charity softball game The game raises funds to help prevent poaching and to support young hunters and fishers. IN LEWISTON. I’M JACOB MURPHY FOR MAINE’S TOTAL COVERAGE TODAY....
WVU student discovers microplastic pollution in…
Times West Virginian
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MORGANTOWN — When West Virginia University biology undergraduate student Isabella Tuzzio tested fish from central Appalachian streams, her research revealed microplastics in every fish she sampled. Tuzzio said her results from the study, which was...
Hundreds attend DEP meeting in Tucker
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia
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July 2, 2025
CANAAN VALLEY — About 350 residents packed a public meeting Monday night regarding an Air Quality Permit for a proposed power plant near the towns of Davis and Thomas. The state Department of Environmental Protection public meeting had been...
Florida weather in Gas Valley
The Review - Ohio
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I don’t like Florida. I don’t like the sand, nasty vegetation, heat, flat landscape, tasteless sweet corn, and sun-brown wrinkled old men going shirtless. I don’t go to Florida if I can help it. Florida weather, however, seems to have come to me,...
West Virginia region hit by deadly flash flooding again faces torrential rain
CBS News
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June 26, 2025 / 11:10 PM EDT / CBS/AP West Virginia still recovering from floods West Virginia's "coal country" still recovering from February floods 02:56 A northern West Virginia region still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks...
Guest column: Improving health outcomes for West Virginia’s veterans
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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Mesothelioma is a rare malignancy affecting people exposed to asbestos. Each year, across all cancer diagnoses, mesothelioma accounts for fewer than 3,000 cases. As a result, research interest in this condition is limited, with dire consequences...
A tale of two tornadoes in Pendleton County, West Virginia
WHSV-TV - Virginia
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June 27, 2025
FRANKLIN, WVa. (WHSV) - West Virginia is not exactly known for tornadoes but they do happen. There are only a few known tornadoes between Grant and Pendleton County, West Virginia. Hardy County does not have an official tornado in the National...
Research on Larry Gibson dedicated to the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Appalachian Voice
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June 27, 2025
Larry Gibson at a prayer breakfast in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., featuring honored guest Wendell Berry, in April 2012. Photo by Mark Schmerling. By Joe Severino As a child in the 1950s, Larry Gibson fell in love with his...
Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements
Environmental Health News
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June 27, 2025
Once-lifeless streams across West Virginia are being revived by community-led efforts to treat coal mine pollution, which is now also yielding valuable rare earth metals. Mira Rojanasakul reports for The New York Times. In short: Decades of coal...
Flash Flooding Again Hits West Virginia Areas Trying to Clean Up from Deluge
Insurance Journal
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June 27, 2025
A northern West Virginia region still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago was hit with torrential rains that sent creeks over their banks again Thursday night. A flash flood warning was issued for the Wheeling area, about an...
Realtors Providing $100,000 Housing Grant for Those Displaced by Flooding
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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WHEELING — There is $100,000 for housing on its way to assist Ohio County residents displaced by flooding courtesy of the nation’s Realtors. The West Virginia Association of Realtors with the Wheeling Board of Realtors have announced the receipt...
Underground coal seam fire continues to burn in West Virginia town
Lootpress - West Virginia
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June 27, 2025
WHITEHALL, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Volunteers from the Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to a smoke investigation behind Winston Wheels and Tires in Whitehall on June 23, where they discovered an active underground coal seam fire. Engine-122 and...
Widespread flooding issues reported across West Virginia
Lootpress - West Virginia
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June 27, 2025
WEST VIRGINIA (LOOTPRESS) – Heavy rain from widespread thunderstorms has created multiple flooding issues across the state Thursday evening. As of 11:15 PM, reports of flooding have started to spread over social media. There have been numerous...
Flash flooding again hits West Virginia communities still trying to clean up from deadly deluge
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A northern West Virginia region still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago was hit with torrential rains that sent creeks over their banks again Thursday night. A flash flood warning was issued for the...
West Virginia DNR Releases its Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary for the 2025-2026 Seasons
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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June 25, 2025
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) announced that new hunting regulations for the 2025-2026 seasons will go into effect July 1 with the release of the annual Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary. “These changes reflect our...
How the US is tackling the threat of PFAS
Innovation News Network
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July 2, 2025
From firefighting foam on military bases to stain-resistant carpeting in homes, these substances have become embedded in modern life. Now, decades after their introduction, the US is confronting the PFAS chemicals crisis that won’t fade without a...
Senator Vince Deeds announces re-election bid for West Virginia’s 10th District
Lootpress - West Virginia
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June 26, 2025
RENICK, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Senator Vince Deeds has announced his intention to seek re-election to the West Virginia State Senate representing the 10th District in the 2026 election. According to the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website, Deeds...
West Virginia faces renewed calls for resiliency fund after two deadly floods this year
WCHS - West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — When West Virginia House Minority Leader Del. Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, proposed adding $50 million to the state's flood resiliency fund, Southern West Virginia had just experienced deadly February flooding. The House...
Weirton residents voice concerns over proposed timbering project
WTOV9 - Ohio
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WEIRTON, W.Va. — Trumco Forest Productions, on behalf of Barone Realty Company, is seeking conditional use approval from the Weirton Zoning Board to initiate a selective timbering project on approximately 37 acres between Marland Heights and...
Senate poised to cut benefits, increase SNAP costs for West Virginia
Public News Service
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As the budget reconciliation bill moves through the Senate, West Virginia still faces cuts to a key food support program. The House budget reconciliation proposal cut $300 billion , about 30% from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or...