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On this day in 2010, an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 coal miners. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2849
Ah! Those whacky Libertarians! 3 634-5789 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 14 2316
WOMEN COAL MINERS, Interviewed: WV Mine Wars Museum Forum, Women's History Month 2 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 3945
West Virginia Advances Bill Punishing Banks for Cutting Oil Ties 3 In It to Win It Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 2162
WVa Icon: Ken Hechler- Statesman, War Hero, Prof, Author, Only Congressman To March w MLK, Selma 4 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 3963
West Virginia Legislature passes bill to redesignate Glenville State College as university 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 1848
'It's scary': While hundreds of workers face layoff in Brooke County, WV lawmakers move to slash th 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 3777
West Virginia bill blocking 'critical race theory' teaching misses deadline 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1429
WV Senate President says his signature bill will 'protect' coal companies. But the industry itself i 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 3009
Legislative takeover of state ed policy would be called 'clarification' on ballot; Senate postpones 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 2169
WV House bill gutting state mine inspectors' enforcement powers prompts public hearing, draws UMWA 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 2032
'Major questions' loom over climate change as Supreme Court hears WV-led case against EPA 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1322
WV Gov. Jim Justice went after WSAZ for this story, singling out one reporter in particular. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 2833
This Black WV town is a toxic air 'sacrifice zone' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 1338
Families are suing a West Virginia school district for holding a Christian assembly 4 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 13 2685
Company to build $40 million plant at Exit 1 in Bluefield, creating 150 to 300 new jobs 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 2907
UPDATE: WV Public High School Allowed Notorious Anti-LGBT Sports Organization To Host Xtian Assembly 3 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1925
WV HS Students Hold Walkout After Forced To Attend Church Revival At School W 'Doors Locked': ACLU 13 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 19 4528
W.Va. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Enhance Voter Fraud Penalty 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1654
A judge's ruling is a major step for LGBTQ West Virginians' rights, but some lawmakers are still 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 2411
Dunbar, WVa.: Journalist Hit By Car Continues Live TV Report 0 appalachiablue Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1513
'Rushed' WVU report could have overstated economic benefits of Nucor deal 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1904
WV Sports Stars Urge Manchin To Support Voting Rights Legislation; Jerry West, Nick Saban... 1 appalachiablue Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 3101
WV Ethics Commission tightens legislative rules on nepotism in government jobs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 1463
Despite years of devastating floods, state still hasn't implemented plan to protect West Virginians 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 2183
As leaders eye changes to the state's unemployment system, there's lots of potential to hurt West 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 2295
West Virginia COVID Cases Rise 72 Percent, Hospitalizations up 29 Percent Since Christmas 0 left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1315
Winter storm warning issued for several inches of wet snow in Roanoke/NRV area early Monday 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1903
State regulators, utilities cling to coal 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 1609
Joe Manchin: Rich and Shameless & Senator For Sale, Don Winslow Films 0 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1466

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Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 2315
West Virginians Say Joe Manchin Betrayed Them and Still Have Hope Build Back Better Will Pass 2 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 10 2055
WV: Black Communities Become 'Sacrifice Zones' For Industrial Pollution, Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica 0 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1538
Bette Midler Apologizes To 'Poor, Illiterate & Strung Out' People Of WV After Joe Manchin Outburst 16 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 32 4954
Big Pharma's Greed Is Fueling Inflation: Troy N. Miller 0 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1370
WV: Billboard Campaign Calls On Manchin to Lower Drug Prices by Voting for Build Back Better Act 4 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 13 2968
"Nevermind Antifa. Have You Heard About Antigov? Its Members Occupy Statehouses Across The Country" 1 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 12 1779
Debate over teaching books by Black authors has roots in violent 1974 clash in West Virginia 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1307
Area fitness centers supporting youth in foster care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1147
Morgantown, West Virginia, businessman accused in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rioting might go on trial in 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1633
US Attorneys seek prison sentence for Hurricane woman convicted in Jan. 6 riot 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 10 1870
WV temporarily reduces bus driver applicant requirements; another Fayette school will close 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1326
Florida man sentenced in $5M fraud scheme involving W.Va. churches, pastors 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1329
Glenville State College (West Virginia) gets green light for university status, approval to offer 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1133
Gov. Justice, Hoyer warn cold weather, variants, flu threaten W.Va. hospitals 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1133
Judge rules Gov. Justice's coal companies owe feds, Ala. and Tenn. $2.54 million in environmental 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1081
Gazette-Mail editorial: WV must aim higher in abuse, neglect cases 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1190
Cabell-Huntington Hospital Strike Continues: Union Members' Healthcare Benefits Cut, RX's Declined 0 appalachiablue Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1186
Huntington Steelworkers Dig In for Multi-Month Strike at Warren Buffett's Special Metals 0 appalachiablue Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1332
Gov. Justice gave COVID-19 help to WV hospitals and nursing homes. But emergency services agencies 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1868
51 Years Ago Today; Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in WV. "We Are Marshall" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 2006
3 Maryland Counties Have Asked To Join West Virginia. Here's How They Could Do It. 2 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1725
Mountainous West Virginia Leads the Nation In Crippling Flash Floods Risk From Climate Change 3 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1601
Exploring West Virginia's Native American History 4 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1963
LGBTQ Keyser High student talks about bullying; superintendent releases statement 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1898
WV redistricting update: Senate delays vote again, as controversy swirls over map that came out of 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1606
Gov. Justice, family company agree to Monroe County stream restoration stipulations after feds say 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1180
COVID-19 canceled many fall fairs and festivals. Here's what that means for WV communities. 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1180
COVID-19 vaccine exemption passes West Virginia House 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1334
Manchin slams Sanders after OpEd in W.Va. newspaper urging him to support major spending package 11 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 2616

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Meet The People Getting Paid $10,000 For Moving To West Virginia 5 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 2657
Cancelled fairs and festivals hit communities hard 2 Tanuki Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1403
Drug distributors persuaded a judge to exclude a key report from WV trial 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1507
Justice family companies offer $300 million, half of Bluestone value to repay Swiss loans 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1495
More monoclonal antibodies needed immediately, say West Virginia hospital & health department 7 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1510
Lawsuit filed to challenge charter schools in West Virginia unless county voters are given chance to 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1194
How Gov. Justice's massive transfer of pandemic aid to a jobless trust fund didn't do much for some 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1140
Kentucky seeks action against WVa gov's coal companies 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1155
In Deep Red West Virginia, Biden's $3.5tn Spending Proposal Is Immensely Popular 7 appalachiablue Sep 2021 Sep 2021 9 2280
West Virginia: 85% of people hospitalized for the coronavirus are unvaccinated 1 left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1630
Justice family companies offer $300 million, half of Bluestone value to repay Swiss loans 1 Lasher Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1325
West Virginia's reliance on out-of-state group homes leaves some foster kids in unsafe, abusive 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1347
A woman accepted $50 from a West Virginia police chief so he could rape her 17-year-old relative ... 17 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 17 3211
As hospitals run out of space, health administrator asks for Bridge Day re-consideration 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1528
Deadly 1921 coal miner revolt in West Virginia remembered 3 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1660
Centennial: Battle of Blair Mountain, WV, Largest US Labor Uprising, Aug -Sept 3, 1921, Anniv Events 7 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Sep 2021 5 2087
West Virginia Creates Jobs Farming Lavender at Former Coal Mines 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 1673
A copper-infused COVID-19 mask is making its way out of a WVU lab 9 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2911
How Mylan's closure of its West Virginia plant was years in the making 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1260
West Virginia is Where Republicans' Congressional-Redistricting Edge Ends 1 question everything Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1402
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