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Man Held At Sharpe Hospital Sues State Officials - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
West Virginia Public Broadcasting· 20 hours agoDisability Rights West Virginia (DRWV) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of an adult male, referred to...
Fentanyl users get free smoking gear in some cities. Now there’s pushback.
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoMORGANTOWN, W.Va. - For years at this downtown public health clinic, staffers have given drug users...
Preserving Black Churches' Cultural, Architectural History In W.Va. - West Virginia Public...
West Virginia Public Broadcasting· 21 hours agoPechuekonis said the group wants to preserve a fixture of 20th century Black history, when Harpers...
West Virginia author’s Pulitzer Prize winner took 8 years of research, writing
The Charleston Gazette· 6 days agoWest Virginia’s own Jayne Anne Phillips, won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this month for her novel,...
Civil rights violations, forced labor: Charges expanded in Sissonville barn abuse case
The Charleston Gazette· 5 days agoCharges have been expanded against two parents whose adopted children were found in a Sissonville barn in October. Initially, Donald Ray Lantz, 65, and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, were charged ...
Senate rankings: 10 seats most likely to flip
The Hill· 2 days agoTop Republican party figures are quick to note they only need a single victory — on top of an all-but-certain win in West Virginia — with a pair of...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices ...
West Virginia's and North Carolina's transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 6 days agoConnor Thonen-Fleck addresses reporters while his parents stand by his side, March 11, 2019, in Durham, N.C. West Virginia and North Carolina's refusal ...
Robert Beanblossom: The last great governor (Opinion)
The Charleston Gazette· 5 days agoThis month marks the 70th anniversary of one on the most significant Supreme Court cases of the 20th...
Gerald Ensley: Two dimes on a city bus brought cultural upheaval
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe modern U.S. civil-rights movement was under way. Tallahassee's bus boycott was started by FAMU...