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Mountaineer Journal Launches GoFundMe to Support Family of Fallen WV National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom

WEBSTER SPRINGS — Mountaineer Journal has launched a GoFundMe campaign to assist the family of Sarah Beckstrom, the 20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member…

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Capito Joins Senate Democrats in Considering to Defund ICE

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U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Wednesday she is open to defunding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Congress works to pass a…

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Buckhannon Councilman Jack Reger Enters Race for State Senate in District 11

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John Overington, West Virginia’s Longest-Serving Delegate and Conservative Leader, Dies at 79

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Joe Earley Launches GOP Primary Challenge to Senator Queen in District 12

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Walz to Address Political Future as Reports Say He Will Exit 2026 Minnesota Governor’s Race

Trump Says U.S. Forces Captured Venezuela’s Maduro After Strikes

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Capito Joins Senate Democrats in Considering to Defund ICE

Buckhannon Councilman Jack Reger Enters Race for State Senate in District 11

John Overington, West Virginia’s Longest-Serving Delegate and Conservative Leader, Dies at 79

Joe Earley Launches GOP Primary Challenge to Senator Queen in District 12

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Capito Opposes Congressional Push to Unseal Epstein Files

Capito Signals Changes to Trump-Backed ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ Risking House Passage

Trump Endorses Capito as She Wavers on His Signature ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Capito Helped Quietly Kill Bill to Keep Biological Males Out of Women’s Sports by Skipping Vote

Former WV State Senator Richard Ojeda is running for Congress in North Carolina

Sen. Mike Stuart Joins Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Make America Healthy Again Ball in D.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Request for Delay in Hush Money Case Sentencing

Governor Jim Justice Delivers Final Remarks to West Virginia Legislature

Mike Stuart Named Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee

Patrick Martin to become the Republican Senate Majority Leader

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Charleston Police Identify Suspect in United Bank Robbery

Former Buckhannon Mayor Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison in Child Pornography Case

Fairmont Police Officer Charged with Child Sexual Abuse of 9-year-old Girl, Held on $100,000 Bail

Former Buckhannon Mayor Faces Sentencing on Federal Child Pornography Charge

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Newspaper Consolidation is Killing Independent Journalism and the Free Press

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Lucille Virginia Brooks

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Judiciary Advances Bill to Increase Sentences for Second Degree Murder and Protect Victims’ Families

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would lengthen parole eligibility requirements and increase maximum sentences for second-degree murder convictions in West Virginia, a move supporters say is aimed at protecting…

Morrisey Calls for 10% Income Tax Cut, Public Employee Raises in State of the State

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House Bill Seeks to Eliminate Standardized Testing in All Schools

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West Virginia GOP Meeting Erupts in Controversy as Effort to Reopen Primaries Collapses

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West Virginia Senate Majority Whip Jay Taylor Announces Bid for Reelection

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The Subtle Charm of Pfaltzgraff’s Bella Dinnerware Set

The Subtle Charm of Pfaltzgraff’s Bella Dinnerware Set

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Meet the Vacuum That Maps, Cleans, and Empties Itself

Meet the Vacuum That Maps, Cleans, and Empties Itself

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Why Everyone’s Replacing Their Old Shovel with This One

Why Everyone’s Replacing Their Old Shovel with This One

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This is the Only Vacuum Sealer Your Kitchen Will Ever Need

This is the Only Vacuum Sealer Your Kitchen Will Ever Need

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Driver with Prior DUIs Crashes Truck off Embankment on Island Ave in Buckhannon

Authorities Investigate Drowning Death of 71-Year-Old in Upshur County

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Bryan Fischer

Longing for God’s House – Reflections on Psalm 84

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ObamaCare will Bankrupt the U.S.

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Mountaineer Journal Launches GoFundMe to Support Family of Fallen WV National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom

Sen. Eric Tarr’s Betrayal of Individual Rights in Favor of Big Banks

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John MacArthur Goes to Be with the Lord After a Lifetime of Faithful Ministry

SUN VALLEY, CA — John MacArthur, a renowned pastor, teacher, and author whose verse-by-verse Bible preaching helped inspire biblical evangelicalism for more than half…

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