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W.Va. girl who refused vaccines marches with class
A Randolph County girl who was banned from attending school after refusing to get state-mandated vaccinations will take part in her graduation ceremony. Olivia Hudok is valedictorian in a class of three at the Pickens School, and she tells The Inter-Mountain (http://bit.ly/13QMq4l) she will be there on Saturday. Interim Superintendent ...
Protesters arrested at coal firm Alpha's HQ in Va
Several environmental activists were arrested Friday after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for Alpha Natural Resources to protest the coal producer's mining practices. The members of Radical Action for Mountain Peoples' Survival chained themselves and large industrial equipment to a bridge railing, which prevented Alpha employees from getting ...
W.Va. hospital water leak was act of vandalism
Officials at Thomas Memorial Hospital say a water leak that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage was an act of vandalism. Hospital official Bob Gray tells the Charleston Daily Mail (http://bit.ly/123uDZI ) a person is seen on surveillance video removing caps from a firestack in a stairwell ...
Charleston police seek help in Elk River body case
Charleston police are still looking for clues a year after a man's body was found in the Elk River. Police Lt. Steve Cooper says 55-year-old Robert Snow of Charleston never showed up for a scheduled job interview on May 23, 2012. His body, partially bound with duct tape, was found ...
2 W.Va. men get prison on heroin-related charges
Two men who tried to flee police during a traffic stop in Charleston have been sentenced to federal prison on heroin-related charges. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says 36-year-old Stephen Michael Hopkins of Huntington was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Charleston to 12 years and seven months in prison. A ...
Calif. horse owners want multi-state doping rules
California's thoroughbred owners announced Thursday that they are committed to joining eight other states in adopting a common medication program that could lead to national standards for horse doping. The Thoroughbred Owners of California said in a statement that the organization is throwing its support behind the Mid Atlantic Uniform ...
W.Va. man charged with threatening high school
Boone County police have arrested a Raleigh County man who allegedly invoked the mass shooting in Connecticut in a threatening message against a high school. Chief Deputy Chad Barker says 26-year-old David Linville of Shady Spring was charged Wednesday with making terrorist threats. Barker says Linville allegedly threatened on a ...
NY gov: Fracking decision to come before election
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he'll make a decision on whether to allow shale gas fracking in New York before the 2014 election. Cuomo says he's waiting for his state health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, to report on his own health review. The Democratic governor told the editorial board at the ...
Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, ...
Vandals caused water damage to W.Va. hospital
Officials for Thomas Hospital's parent company say vandals caused a water leak at the South Charleston hospital earlier this month. Thomas Health System senior vice president of business development Bob Gray says someone stole caps off a valve on a water pipe in a second-floor stairwell May 8. The Charleston ...
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