West Virginia
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President Obama addresses regional severe weather damage
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President Obama on Saturday mobilized an effort to address severe weather that hit several states in our region.
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Sheriff Bobby Shirley no longer able to carry gun
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A Jefferson County Sheriff is no longer allowed to carry a firearm after being charged with violating the civil rights of a bank robbery suspect.
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James Roy Belknap named as suspect in West Virginia deaths
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Police said in a news release that the bodies of a missing man, his girlfriend and two young children were found about a mile from where the man's 2003 Chevy Venture van was discovered Friday night near Carl, West Virginia.
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Bill Stewart dies: Former West Virginia football coach dies at 59
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Bill Stewart, the former West Virginia Mountaineers coach who led the team from 2008-2010, died Monday, College Football Talk reports.
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Zachary Whitacre dies in tanker West Virginia crash
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A 21-year-old volunteer firefighter from Gore, Va., is dead after the tanker truck his father was driving crashed on a mutual aid call in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.
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David Cole Hutzler, son Jason, shot before Glengary house fire
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The father and son who died in a January house fire in Glengary, W.Va., including a 9-year-old boy, were both shot before the fire was intentionally set, the Martinsburg, W.Va. Journal reports.
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Four kids missing in woods in West Virginia found
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Four children--ages 5 to 10--went missing in a wooded area near Berkeley Springs earlier this afternoon, but have been found.
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Costa Concordia: Martha Manuel, of West Virginia, tells about surviving Italian cruise disaster
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Charles Town, W.Va resident Martha Manuel doesn't know how to swim. That made her experience on the Costa Concordia that much more harrowing.
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Robert A. Norr killed in West Virginia kayaking accident
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A 20-year-old Gaithersburg man was killed in a kayaking accident in at Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia on Sunday.
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ABC7 Exclusive: W.Va. fire victims' family, friends speak out
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ABC7's Richard Reeve talks with the heartbroken family and friends of a father and son who were killed when their mobile home caught fire in West Virginia.
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Man, boy killed in West Virginia fire
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A man and young boy were found dead Friday in Glengary, West Virginia, in what appears to be a fatal fire at a mobile home.
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James Mauldin, Jasmine Dawkins arrested in child death
Police say a West Virginia man and his girlfriend are in custody after the death of their 3-year-old son, who police say had a fractured skull, burns and scars.
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Upper Big Branch Mine settlement totals $210 million
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The owner of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men will pay nearly $210 million in a historic settlement arising from the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in decades.
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Ranson, W.Va. post office explosion declared safe
A post office near Charles Town, W.Va. that was evacuated has been given the all clear.
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Miner's union accuses W.Va. mine operator Massey of industrial homicide
Comment29 men were killed in 2010 at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine, and the nation's largest mine workers union blames the company for lax safety procedures and operations that caused the explosion.
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West Virginia governor's race won by Democrat
CommentDemocrat Earl Ray Tomblin has won a special election for governor in West Virginia, the Associated Press reports.
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WATCH: Snow falling at Snowshoe Mountain
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The recent cold weather brought four inches of snow at a ski resort in West Virginia Saturday.
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Travel into the dark heart of a West Virginia coal mine (PHOTOS)
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Tired of this heat? Then go where it's 58 degrees all the time, the Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, W.Va. Just watch out for widowmakers, exploding methane and black lung.
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