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WV Protest Targets Sen. Joe Manchin Coal Baron: 'More Like A Russian Oligarch Than A West Virginian' 0 appalachiablue Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 4163
West Virginians To Blockade Sen. Manchin's Coal Plant: Coal Baron's Entanglements From Soup To Nuts 2 appalachiablue Apr 2022 Apr 2022 19 4043
Mass Action Planned at Heart of Joe Manchin's Coal Empire: April 9, Saturday (WV) 0 appalachiablue Apr 2022 Apr 2022 6 3110
A possible new industry for West Virginia raises some old questions 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 3055
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 2956
Ah! Those whacky Libertarians! 3 634-5789 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 14 2455
WOMEN COAL MINERS, Interviewed: WV Mine Wars Museum Forum, Women's History Month 2 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 4151
West Virginia Advances Bill Punishing Banks for Cutting Oil Ties 3 In It to Win It Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 2309
WVa Icon: Ken Hechler- Statesman, War Hero, Prof, Author, Only Congressman To March w MLK, Selma 4 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 4168
West Virginia Legislature passes bill to redesignate Glenville State College as university 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 1938
'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 3920
West Virginia bill blocking 'critical race theory' teaching misses deadline 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1524
WV Senate President says his signature bill will 'protect' coal companies. But the industry itself i 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 3104
Legislative takeover of state ed policy would be called 'clarification' on ballot; Senate postpones 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 2261
WV House bill gutting state mine inspectors' enforcement powers prompts public hearing, draws UMWA 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 2132
'Major questions' loom over climate change as Supreme Court hears WV-led case against EPA 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1435
WV Gov. Jim Justice went after WSAZ for this story, singling out one reporter in particular. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 2930
This Black WV town is a toxic air 'sacrifice zone' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 1470
Families are suing a West Virginia school district for holding a Christian assembly 4 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 13 2879
Company to build $40 million plant at Exit 1 in Bluefield, creating 150 to 300 new jobs 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 3018
UPDATE: WV Public High School Allowed Notorious Anti-LGBT Sports Organization To Host Xtian Assembly 3 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 2068
WV HS Students Hold Walkout After Forced To Attend Church Revival At School W 'Doors Locked': ACLU 13 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 19 4886
W.Va. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Enhance Voter Fraud Penalty 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1867
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 2524
Dunbar, WVa.: Journalist Hit By Car Continues Live TV Report 0 appalachiablue Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1614
'Rushed' WVU report could have overstated economic benefits of Nucor deal 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 2022
WV Sports Stars Urge Manchin To Support Voting Rights Legislation; Jerry West, Nick Saban... 1 appalachiablue Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 3230
WV Ethics Commission tightens legislative rules on nepotism in government jobs 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 1608

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Despite years of devastating floods, state still hasn't implemented plan to protect West Virginians 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 2334
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 2401
West Virginia COVID Cases Rise 72 Percent, Hospitalizations up 29 Percent Since Christmas 0 left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1419
Winter storm warning issued for several inches of wet snow in Roanoke/NRV area early Monday 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1997
State regulators, utilities cling to coal 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 1740
Joe Manchin: Rich and Shameless & Senator For Sale, Don Winslow Films 0 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1566
Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 2428
West Virginians Say Joe Manchin Betrayed Them and Still Have Hope Build Back Better Will Pass 2 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 10 2196
WV: Black Communities Become 'Sacrifice Zones' For Industrial Pollution, Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica 0 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1656
Bette Midler Apologizes To 'Poor, Illiterate & Strung Out' People Of WV After Joe Manchin Outburst 16 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 32 5333
Big Pharma's Greed Is Fueling Inflation: Troy N. Miller 0 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1487
WV: Billboard Campaign Calls On Manchin to Lower Drug Prices by Voting for Build Back Better Act 4 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 13 3128
"Nevermind Antifa. Have You Heard About Antigov? Its Members Occupy Statehouses Across The Country" 1 appalachiablue Dec 2021 Dec 2021 12 1891
Debate over teaching books by Black authors has roots in violent 1974 clash in West Virginia 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1410
Area fitness centers supporting youth in foster care 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1243
Morgantown, West Virginia, businessman accused in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rioting might go on trial in 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1769
US Attorneys seek prison sentence for Hurricane woman convicted in Jan. 6 riot 6 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 10 2027
WV temporarily reduces bus driver applicant requirements; another Fayette school will close 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1464
Florida man sentenced in $5M fraud scheme involving W.Va. churches, pastors 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1462
Glenville State College (West Virginia) gets green light for university status, approval to offer 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1226
Gov. Justice, Hoyer warn cold weather, variants, flu threaten W.Va. hospitals 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1241
Judge rules Gov. Justice's coal companies owe feds, Ala. and Tenn. $2.54 million in environmental 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1184
Gazette-Mail editorial: WV must aim higher in abuse, neglect cases 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1295
Cabell-Huntington Hospital Strike Continues: Union Members' Healthcare Benefits Cut, RX's Declined 0 appalachiablue Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1278
Huntington Steelworkers Dig In for Multi-Month Strike at Warren Buffett's Special Metals 0 appalachiablue Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1427
Gov. Justice gave COVID-19 help to WV hospitals and nursing homes. But emergency services agencies 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1982
51 Years Ago Today; Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in WV. "We Are Marshall" 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 2278
3 Maryland Counties Have Asked To Join West Virginia. Here's How They Could Do It. 2 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1861
Mountainous West Virginia Leads the Nation In Crippling Flash Floods Risk From Climate Change 3 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1741
Exploring West Virginia's Native American History 4 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 2197

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LGBTQ Keyser High student talks about bullying; superintendent releases statement 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1991
WV redistricting update: Senate delays vote again, as controversy swirls over map that came out of 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1731
Gov. Justice, family company agree to Monroe County stream restoration stipulations after feds say 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 1281
COVID-19 canceled many fall fairs and festivals. Here's what that means for WV communities. 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1262
COVID-19 vaccine exemption passes West Virginia House 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1446
Manchin slams Sanders after OpEd in W.Va. newspaper urging him to support major spending package 11 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 2845
Meet The People Getting Paid $10,000 For Moving To West Virginia 5 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 2854
Cancelled fairs and festivals hit communities hard 2 Tanuki Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1519
Drug distributors persuaded a judge to exclude a key report from WV trial 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1602
Justice family companies offer $300 million, half of Bluestone value to repay Swiss loans 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1601
More monoclonal antibodies needed immediately, say West Virginia hospital & health department 7 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1695
Lawsuit filed to challenge charter schools in West Virginia unless county voters are given chance to 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 7 1285
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 1232
Kentucky seeks action against WVa gov's coal companies 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1267
In Deep Red West Virginia, Biden's $3.5tn Spending Proposal Is Immensely Popular 7 appalachiablue Sep 2021 Sep 2021 9 2514
West Virginia: 85% of people hospitalized for the coronavirus are unvaccinated 1 left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1727
Justice family companies offer $300 million, half of Bluestone value to repay Swiss loans 1 Lasher Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1433
West Virginia's reliance on out-of-state group homes leaves some foster kids in unsafe, abusive 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1462
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 3560
As hospitals run out of space, health administrator asks for Bridge Day re-consideration 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1624
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