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Ahead of Elections, Gen Z West Virginians Focus On the Issues
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, West Virginia enacted a ban on abortion with very limited ...
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A Church Channels Rush of Volunteers and Donations in Roan Mountain Flooding Aftermath
When the First Baptist Church in Roan Mountain, Tennessee had its first flood, it was devastating. That was in 1998, when the former church building took on at least six feet of water, according to ...
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Kentucky’s Amendment 2 is a radical redistribution of wealth from the poorest schools to the richest schools.
Of the many culture shocks I experienced moving from Ohio to the remote eastern Kentucky county of around 10,000 people my grandmother’s family calls home, none was greater than the stark contrast in ...