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1 hr ago | Charleston Gazette

Readers voice: June 18, 2013

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5 hrs ago | Charleston Daily Mail

W.Va. House elects Miley as new speaker

West Virginia's House of Delegates elected Tim Miley as its new speaker Tuesday - but only after one of his fellow Democrats crossed party lines to vote for the GOP nominee.

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Related Topix: US News, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, US Governors, Earl Ray Tomblin, Wheeling, WV

9 hrs ago | Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Boy Scouts plan projects in Mercer, McDowell

Next month thousands of Boy Scouts visiting southern West Virginia will take the opportunity to do good deeds for many communities.

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Related Topix: Fayette County, WV, Mercer County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Athens, WV, Bluewell, WV

13 hrs ago | NewsandSentinel.com

W.Va. AG questions clinics, reviews abortion regs

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey asked the state's two legal abortion clinics on Monday to answer a series of questions about their practices and their policies for ensuring patient safety as he investigates whether any regulatory changes are needed.

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Related Topix: West Virginia Government, Charleston, WV, ACLU

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Martinsburg Journal

Charles Town resident offering t...

History holds as much mystery as it does answers. What happened in the places visited every day, and how can we find and remember those stories? One hundred and fifty years ago, the state of West Virginia was born and a new chapter in history began.

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Related Topix: Charles Town, WV, Harpers Ferry, WV, Shepherdstown, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Martinsburg, WV

The Intelligencer

Kennedy's Kin To Be on Hand

A member of the Kennedy family will come to Wheeling this week on West Virginia's 150th birthday to honor the state's place in Kennedy family history and discuss the need to eliminate child poverty in West Virginia, state Senate President Jeff Kessler announced.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, Wheeling, WV, Charleston, WV, US Governors, Joe Manchin

WHAG

W.Va. Residents, Authorities Demanding Action Along I-81

It seems like every day the news headlines read an I-81 accident claims another life.

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Related Topix: West Virginia Government

Charleston Daily Mail

Polymer zone officials touting WV plastics industry

Leaders from the state's plastics industry are promoting West Virginia as an ideal location for plastic and polymer companies at this week's PLASTEC East Trade Show in Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: Wood County, WV, Jefferson County, WV

Herald Star Online

Many - firsts' put W.Va. on the map

President Abraham Lincoln broke new ground in 1863 when he admitted West Virginia as the 35th state in the Union, so it seems fitting that those who have called the state's mountains and valleys home never have shied away from being first at anything.

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Related Topix: McDowell County, WV, Science Fiction TV, V, Entertainment, Drama, Television

SFGate

W.Va. sheriff killing suspect seeks bail

A West Virginia man accused of gunning down a county sheriff is asking for bail ahead of his murder trial.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, West Virginia Government

WFMY 2 Greensboro

The History Of Father's Day: How It All Started With Mothers

While fathers have existed throughout the entire existence of our society, we only recently began celebrating and honoring the men who helped raise us.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Father's Day, Mother's Day

Martinsburg Journal

Washington's Irving vaults to future caring for animals

There's a cat and a dog - pretty much like many households. She also has a pet mouse, two newts and a fish tank.

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Related Topix: Pets, Pet Mice

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Wheeling News

Much History Hangs Behind W.Va.'s Flags

A long journey brought the first battle flags of West Virginia from the seamstress through the storm of battle, and nearly 150 years later some of these flags have come to rest in a quiet exhibit in Wheeling in the ideal place - the building where the state was born.

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Related Topix: Wheeling, WV

WCHS-TV Charleston

Lottery Sales

Kallie Cart Web Producer: Heath Harrison Reported: Jun. 16, 2013 8:13 PM EDT Updated: Jun. 16, 2013 9:03 PM EDT Fewer people are buying lottery tickets in West Virginia.

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Related Topix: Lottery

Charleston Gazette

Howard Swint: Spliting from Virginia was logical, legal

Former Virginia governor and Confederate Gen. Henry A. Wise once said West Virginia was the "bastard child of political rape."

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government, Opinion

The Intelligencer

Study Legalized Gambling Future

Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack officials' decision not to fold 'em on table gambling was good news for the more than 100 people whose jobs depend on it.

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Related Topix: Lottery

The Intelligencer

Natural Gas Liquids To Gulf Coast

The possibility of an ethane cracker plant in West Virginia appears to be dwindling as more natural gas liquids soon will be piped to the Gulf Coast.

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Related Topix: Marshall County, WV, Moundsville, WV, US Governors, Earl Ray Tomblin

Charleston Gazette

State fish: Brook trout thrive in chilly habitat

A brook trout in spawning colors is a sight to behold. Its belly turns bright orange during the mid-autumn spawn, providing a colorful counterpoint to the fish's olive-hued back, its blue-haloed red spots and its white-edged red fins.

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Charleston Gazette

State flower: Rhododendron is our prettiest symbol

Rhododendron maximum, or great mountain laurel, was chosen West Virginia's state flower in 1903 by the votes of schoolchildren.

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Related Topix: Heaters, WV

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Charleston Gazette

Arts Notes: June 16, 2013

Awards will be announced at 3 p.m. June 16 for the winners of Tamarack's fifth annual Best of West Virginia Juried Exhibition in the Gov. Hulett Smith Theater at Tamarack.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government, Pop/Rock, The Best of, Theater, Arts, Photography

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