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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

WV: Arts & Culture

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Juneteenth Declared National Holiday, Amidst Progress, Upheaval

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Juneteenth National Independence Day is now an official holiday, after President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday, approved by …

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Shazam! Folks Can Transform Into a Hero for Foster Kids

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A popular movie about an unlikely superhero is opening the curtain on the plight of children in need of foster care…

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Supporters say a Birthplace of Rivers National Monument - including the Cranberry Glades - would mean more jobs at a time when West Virginia needs them. (Mike Costello)
Birthplace of Rivers Potentially Part of WV Transformation

CHARLESTON, W. Va. - A Birthplace of Rivers National Monument could boost tourism and help the state replace losses in the coal and gas industries…

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PHOTO: Poet Kane Smego is coming to Charleston this week to address a conference of Social Workers. He says says he'll talk about a central part of his work - teaching young people how to use spoken word performances to better understand themselves and others. Photo courtesy of Smego.
Keynote: Poetry Can Teach Young People “We’re Not Alone”

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Poetry is a tool that can help young people break out of isolation, according to the keynote speaker at a conference of …

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PHOTO: Jonathan Solari, director of a new production of
‘Take the Play to the People’: About Water and Community

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – An unusual production of a play - on the river in downtown Charleston - is stirring the water and wants people to see…

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PHOTO: An estimated 1.2 million World War II veterans remain of the 16 million who served, and some are making a long overdue trip. Courtesy: Honor Flight Network.
"The Trip of a Lifetime" for West Virginia Vets

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - It's just a one-day journey, but for many West Virginia World War II veterans, it's the trip of a lifetime. Honor Flight began …

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PHOTO: Many say West Virginia's history has been in part defined by African-American history, starting with the role of slavery in the civil war, but later including early integration in the coalfields. Photo from the Library of Congress.
“No Black Folks, No WV” – The African-American Key To State History

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – As West Virginia celebrates its 150th birthday, a series of events will highlight how African-American history is central …

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Blair Mountain with adjacent mountaintop removal mine. Photo by Kenneth King courtesy of Friends of Blair Mountain.
Preservationists: Second Battle of Blair Mountain Not Over

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The fight over preserving the Blair Mountain battlefield is not over, according to the environmental and labor history groups …

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Peace On Earth?

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A powerful art exhibit opening in West Virginia this week is intended to bring home the cost of the Afghan war to the civilians …

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9-11 Sparks Interfaith Dialog In WV

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The last 10 years in West Virginia have seen a rise in interfaith dialogue, often in direct response to the backlash against …

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Preserving West Virginia Labor History

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Events this weekend will commemorate the mine wars and West Virginia's labor history. In Fayette County, the Whipple Company …

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Facebook and Google Under Fire

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Facebook is making its latest in a string of efforts to regain the trust of members concerned about the security of personal …

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