MetroNews This Morning 3-28-24 ');
document.write('Today on MetroNews This Morning: –Governor Jim Justice vetoes the anti-vaccination legislation –A shift in focus for future plans at West Virginia International Airport in Charleston –Concern in Pocah...');
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PSC approves settlements involving Mon Power, net-metering cases ');
document.write('Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has approved a pair of settlements in Mon Power’s and Potomac Edison’s base rate case, which included a...');
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Speakers at Focus Forward symposium discuss AI capabilities in West Virginia ');
document.write('MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginians walk around with powerful computers in the palms of their hands every day. Students use ChatGPT to help them write papers. People of all ages tell Alexa to play som...');
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Justice vetoes vaccination exemption bill, draws praise from healthcare groups ');
document.write('Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill loosening vaccination requirements in some schools, drawing praise from healthcare organizations. Gov. Jim Justice “Since this legislation was passed, I have heard const...');
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Body pulled from Monongahela River in Monongalia County ');
document.write('GRANVVILLE, W.Va. — Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department recovered a body from the Monongahela River near Granville Wednesday afternoon. Granville police were called to Lazzelle Un...');
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FBI agents raid Morgantown home ');
document.write('MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — FBI agents raided a house just outside of Morgantown Wednesday morning. An FBI spokesman confirmed federal agents were at the residence in the Brettwald subdivision as part of an ...');
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Yeager Airport pauses runway extension project in favor of terminal modernization ');
document.write('CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The project to extend the runway at West Virginia’s busiest airport is being paused for now to focus on another major undertaking. Charleston-based Yeager Airport announced Wednesd...');
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Weirton Medical Center announces plans to fully join WVU Medicine ');
document.write('WEIRTON, W.Va. – The Weirton Medical Center has signed a letter of intent to become a full affiliate of the West Virginia University Health System. John Frankovitch WMC has been a clinical affiliate o...');
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W.Va. National Guard included in federal budget appropriations ');
document.write('CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia National Guard will reap big benefits from the recently approved federal budget. U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito were able to secure $34 Millio...');
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Rental truck takes out corner of Charleston animal shelter building ');
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Oak Hill students hold mental health outreach workshop ');
document.write('OAK HILL, W.Va. — Students at Oak Hill High School in Fayette County are working to bring mental health to the forefront. Lily Zukowski A mental health outreach workshop was held Wednesday to provide ...');
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Contract ratified by tech workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital ');
document.write('HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Cabell Huntington Hospital and the union representing 140 technical workers at the hospital have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract. The hospital said the agreement ...');
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MetroNews This Morning 3-27-24 ');
document.write('Today on MetroNews This Morning: –The Justice Administration has ordered all state workers back to the office and off “remote status” –U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito reacts to the collapse of the m...');
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Fayette County man found guilty of murder ');
document.write('FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. — A Fayette County man has been found guilty of murder. Kayce R. Simms, 21, of Mount Hope, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder and use or presentment of a firearm during...');
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Justice rejects solar plants bill, says it would hurt coal industry ');
document.write('Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday vetoed a bill aimed at drawing new business and industry to the state, claiming the bill could harm the state’s ...');
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Kanawha County leaders react to bridge collapse in Baltimore ');
document.write('CHARELSTON, W.Va. — Joe Stevens is a spokesman for the city of Nitro in Kanawha County. However, he’s also a native of Baltimore, Maryland and still has family there. Like most, he was horrified when ...');
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Charleston man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2021 death of fiancé ');
document.write('CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man admitted to charges Tuesday in connection to the three-year-old murder case of his fiancé. Michael Fleming Jr., 37, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaugh...');
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Charges filed against 2 Greenbrier West wrestling team members ');
document.write('BECKLEY, W.Va. — Two members of the Greenbrier West High School wrestling team are charged with felony sex-related crimes in connection with an incident that investigators say happened at a Beckley ar...');
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Five dead in Fayette County, Pennsylvania crash ');
document.write('FARMINGTON, Pa. — Five people were killed in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Police public information officer Kalee Barnhart said they were...');
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Michigan man faces multiple charges in Harrison County double murder ');
document.write('CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Michigan man has been indicted in connection with a 2022 double murder in Harrison County. Allen Leon Schaffer (WVRJA) Allen Leon Schaffer, 42, of Carson City, Mich., is charged ...');
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Justice goes up to deadline with decision over vaccination exemption bill ');
document.write('Gov. Jim Justice, who has been swamped with calls and letters about a vaccination exemption bill, says he’ll need up to the last day to decide. Gov. Jim Justice “I’m very, very close to reaching a dec...');
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Criminal charges dismissed against former Monroe County sheriff ');
document.write('UNION, W.Va. — Three misdemeanor criminal charges against former Monroe County Sheriff Jeff Jones have been dismissed. Jeff Jones Jones, who resigned last week, signed an agreement with a special pros...');
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Development, logistic concerns factor into Pride Practice Field relocation ');
document.write('MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A WVU spokesperson says a decision to identify Med Fields on the Health Sciences Campus at WVU as the best on-campus option for the new practice home for the Mountaineer Marching B...');
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Capito, West Virginia 911 officials react to Baltimore bridge collapse ');
document.write('CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The collapse of a Baltimore bridge is on the minds of emergency first responders in West Virginia as work continues to expand 911 services across the state. Shelley Moore Capito Th...');
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MetroNews This Morning 3-26-24 ');
document.write('Today on MetroNews This Morning: –A major bridge in Baltimore has collapsed this morning –There is a coordinated effort to get Governor Justice to veto anti-vaccine legislation –Marshall men’s basketb...');
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