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WVU rifle team wins 17th national championship

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia rifle team went into the NCAA Championship ranked No.1, and that’s exactly where they finished. The Mountaineers won their third-straight NCAA title with a total score of 4702, which is the second-best aggregate score in NCAA Rifle Championship history. The Mountaineers began progressing toward[Read More…]

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Remembering the life of Shaggy the dog

A column and obituary by Beth Sergent of The Point Pleasant Register POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A dog’s life, like that of a human’s, can take many twists and turns in our search for what, and who, we truly call home. A friend recently told me dogs should live as long[Read More…]

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Americans’ right to receive information vital

An editorial from The Times-West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — “Open government is good government” is again the theme for Sunshine Week, which runs through Saturday. It was launched in 2005, and the focus is on the importance of access to public information and what it means to the providers of this[Read More…]

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W.Va. lawmakers urged to stem pain pill profits

BECKLEY, W.Va. — A local physician is urging lawmakers to tackle the opioid addiction problem in southern West Virginia by legislating the way doctors can charge patients for prescription painkillers and opioids like Suboxone. Dr. M.K. Hasan, founding psychiatrist of Raleigh Psychiatric Services in Beckley, said current laws that allow doctors[Read More…]

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Courthouse squirrels get houses fit for a judge

BECKLEY, W.Va. — “It’s kind of a funny story…,” Curtis Bias begins. Bias, county mapping supervisor at the Raleigh County Assessor’s Office, said he and his co-workers always enjoyed watching three squirrels play in front of their office. One squirrel in particular caught their attention, probably because he was missing[Read More…]

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At the Capitol: End of session kills several bills

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — No matter which party is in charge, one rule of the Legislature is ironclad: the session ends at midnight on the 60th day. On Saturday, midnight brought the demise of several key bills for the 2015 legislative session, as time ran out on initiatives to repeal Common Core educational standards, permit[Read More…]

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