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  1. Church Activities: May 25, 2013Read the original story

    15 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

    A huge yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 31 and June 1 at Crossroads Community Church, 328 Martins Branch Road.

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  2. State attractions to let military in for freeRead the original story

    Thursday | Charleston Gazette

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Several West Virginia attractions are participating in the National Endowment for the Arts initiative to offer free admission to active-duty military members and their families.

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  3. Raese calls WVUs account of media contract a whopperRead the original story

    Tuesday Apr 30 | Charleston Gazette

    Morgantown businessman John Raese's latest letter to West Virginia University came with a title Tuesday -- "The Biggest Fish Tale Ever Told" -- along with new accusations that WVU officials have tried to cover up mishandling a lucrative media rights contract.

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  4. Judge approves Sago lawsuit settlementsRead the original story

    Nov 16, 2011 | Charleston Gazette

    A Kanawha County judge on Wednesday approved wrongful death lawsuit settlements between mine owners and the families of six of the coal miners who died in the Sago Mine Disaster.

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  5. WVU tightlipped on new Clements contract offerRead the original story

    Feb 9, 2011 | Charleston Gazette

    The Board of Governors wants to keep West Virginia University President James Clements on the job, but it's not ready to say how long or how much it's willing to pay.

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  6. Power lines critics remain skepticalRead the original story

    Apr 22, 2008 | Charleston Gazette

    Opponents of Allegheny Energy's proposed $1.3 billion power line still aren't sold on the project, despite new support for it from the state Public Service Commission's staff and consumer advocate.

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  7. Book Notes: May 5, 2013Read the original story

    Saturday May 4 | Charleston Gazette

    Robert Thompson, author of "A Woman of Courage on the West Virginia Frontier: Phebe Tucker Cunningham," will be making several appearances in north-central West Virginia on May 11 and 12.

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  8. Protesters rally at FirstEnergy meeting in MorgantownRead the original story

    Tuesday May 21 | Charleston Gazette

    At least 200 union workers picketed FirstEnergy's annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a year.

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  9. U.S. seeks shutdown of Barbour slurry damRead the original story

    Feb 15, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to order the immediate shutdown of a potentially dangerous West Virginia coal slurry impoundment it says hasn't been certified by a professional engineer for two years.

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  10. Koh spells two words correctly during national bee, but fails to reach semifinalsRead the original story w/Photo

    May 30, 2012 | Charleston Gazette

    Gazette-Mail Regional Spelling Bee winner Elizabeth Koh takes her turn on Wednesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

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  11. 5 Questions about Finding FaithRead the original story w/Photo

    Feb 27, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    "Finding Faith," a film about Internet safety, will screen throughout the state this week.

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  12. Lawsuit illustrates gas industrys dangersRead the original story w/Photo

    May 17, 2012 | Charleston Gazette

    The widow of a 26-year-old Nutter Fort man says two Colorado companies are responsible for the truck crash that killed her husband because they forced an exhausted work crew to drive from Ohio to West Virginia, creating a 22-hour work day.

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  13. Glenville gas firm dismissed from drilling suitRead the original story

    Apr 9, 2012 | Charleston Gazette

    A federal judge has dismissed Glenville-based Waco Oil and Gas from a lawsuit a Marion County man filed over plans to use his property for deep, horizontal wells that would drain natural gas from his neighbors' reserves.

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  14. Judge steps out of degree lawsuitRead the original story

    Wednesday | Charleston Gazette

    U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has disqualified herself from hearing a lawsuit filed over a 6-year-old degree scandal at West Virginia University, citing a federal statute that requires judges to step aside if their impartiality could be questioned.

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  15. States local-food movement a model for AppalachiaRead the original story

    Wednesday May 22 | Charleston Gazette

    With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food.

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  16. Ex-Buckwild cast member dishes on his experienceRead the original story w/Photo

    Jan 23, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    In a recent "Buckwild" episode, "Jesse B" got in a fight with another cast member.

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  17. Ex-mine boss now in Morgantown prisonRead the original story

    Mar 12, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    A former superintendent at the West Virginia coal mine where 29 men died in 2010 is now behind bars at a minimum-security federal prison in Morgantown, U.S. Bureau of Prison records showed Tuesday.

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  18. Mine safety talks should wrap up by midweekRead the original story

    Feb 23, 2013 | Charleston Gazette

    Safety talks that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin urged for more than 500 West Virginia coal operations after a string of deaths should be completed within days, the state's top mine safety official says.

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  19. Food Notes: July 13, 2011Read the original story

    Jul 12, 2011 | Charleston Gazette

    Inspired by a photograph in a recent Sunday Gazette-Mail article featuring watermelon, Jon Jett of Morgantown carved a melon into the shape of a turtle for his mother's birthday party.

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  20. Class teaches others to survive terrorismRead the original story

    Sep 11, 2002 | Charleston Gazette

    T. Ford-Ahmed was in her car, driving to teach her morning public relations class at West Virginia State College, when she heard a caller on a radio show saying an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center.

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