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Guzman, Lumsden ‘personify’ what’s helped make 2025 a special season for Mountaineers

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Throughout much of the regular season, West Virginia received regular contributions all across its roster to win 39 of its first 46 games.
While securing a Big 12 Conference regular season championship down the stretch, the Mountaineers sputtered, dropping seven of nine contests before beginning play in the Clemson Regional last week.
On the same day first-year WVU head coach Steve Sabins found out his team’s postseason drawing, he admitted the Mountaineer lineup had gone a

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DMV warn residents of text message scam

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles is urging residents to be aware of a recent text message payment scam that’s going around the state.
According to a news release from the DMV, scammers send out a “final notice” saying that someone has unpaid accounts. They include a link to where residents can pay the fake bill.
They did note that they would never send out a text message to license holders in the state.
In the release they included some of the threats, all of which

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Marshall employee to give key remarks at West Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education Wednesday evening

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Vice President for Economic and Workforce Development at Marshall University Brandon Dennison, will be delivering the welcoming remarks at the 2025 West Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education with an unlikely companion Wednesday evening.
Brandon Dennison
Dennison will be co-delivering the remarks with a robot that was designed specifically for this event.
He said that organizers with the West Virginia Department of Education made the conference possible along

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Randolph County school board could soon be in a state of emergency

ELKINS, W.Va. — The Randolph County Board of Education has learned they will be the target of a State of Emergency declaration when the West Virginia Board of Education meets next week in Charleston. Correspondence from the state department was read at the local board’s meeting in Elkins Tuesday night. Superintendent Shawn Dilly said so far, it’s unclear exactly what the letter means, but it was largely to give the board a “heads up.”
“Today was really just notifying us so that we would be aware

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W.Va. delegate uses personal contact trying to lure business from neighboring states

KEYSER, W.Va. — Mineral County Delegate Gary Howell says businesses in neighboring states are ripe for the picking. Howell and other lawmakers have been personally reaching out to the CEO’s of various companies and courting them to relocate to West Virginia.
Gary Howell
Howell’s actions were specifically targeted toward neighboring Maryland where the legislature recently enacted a three-percent sales tax on information technology. Such a surcharge hits directly in the bread basket of those

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Feds ask questions about SNAP waiver: What about sweet tea? Why these hot foods? Effects on retailers?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked several questions about how West Virginia would manage proposed changes to purchases allowable under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
For example: what about bottles of sweet tea?
West Virginia has applied for a federal waiver to remove soda from eligible purchases under SNAP while also adding some hot foods considered healthy under allowable purchases for recipients.
West Virginia is among several states seeking changes to its

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Despite favorable political winds, other factors work against the coal industry

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The top man with West Virginia’s coal industry said recently announced layoffs are no surprise amid a weakening global market for coal. Chris Hamilton, President of the West Virginia Coal Association indicated the price worldwide for both steam coal and met coal has been impacted by recent events.
“Prices internationally are falling like a rock right now and there’s a real weak market on top of that,” said Hamilton.
This week CORE Natural Resources announced plans to lay off

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Spring gobbler harvest down just over eight percent

****DNR Press Release***
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — According to preliminary data released by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today, hunters harvested 10,694 bearded turkeys during the spring gobbler season.
“Spring turkey season continues to be a valued tradition in West Virginia, where hunters have a strong commitment to wildlife conservation and responsible hunting practices,” said WVDNR Director Brett McMillion. “We’re encouraged by the strong participation this spring,

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MetroNews This Morning 6-4-25

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–More layoffs in the coal industry
–An attorney for coal miners pushes to have NIOSH restore full black lung services
–WV American Water seeks a rate hike
–In Sports: WVU baseball is battered, but not broken as they prepare to face LSU in the Super Regional
Listen to “MetroNews This Morning 6-4-25” on Spreaker.

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Not Flying Pride Flag is Correct Decision

The decision by Huntington city officials not to raise the Pride flag on the City Hall flagpole is correct. In matters of personal belief, expression, or identity, government’s only defensible position is one of neutrality – manifested through silence and absence. Just as a constitutional monarch must rise above politics, a democratic government best serves its people when it refrains from endorsing any specific ideology, identity, or belief – unless compelled by a constitutional guarantee or a

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WV MetroNews

Guzman, Lumsden ‘personify’ what’s helped make 2025 a special season for Mountaineers

DMV warn residents of text message scam

Marshall employee to give key remarks at West Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education Wednesday evening

Randolph County school board could soon be in a state of emergency

W.Va. delegate uses personal contact trying to lure business from neighboring states

Feds ask questions about SNAP waiver: What about sweet tea? Why these hot foods? Effects on retailers?

Despite favorable political winds, other factors work against the coal industry

Spring gobbler harvest down just over eight percent

MetroNews This Morning 6-4-25

Not Flying Pride Flag is Correct Decision

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