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WVSOM professor named one of 50 ‘West Virginia Wonder Women’
Before she became an osteopathic physician, Deborah Schmidt, D.O., wore many hats. She worked at various times as a heavy-equipment operator, a shrimp factory employee, an asparagus sorter, a waitress and an exercise instructor, among other jobs. Now, Schmidt, who...
Read moreCommission votes to lift Greenbrier County mask mandate
By Adam Pack The Greenbrier County Commission met on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 12 to discuss, among other things, the Greenbrier County Health Department’s mask mandate. The mandate was issued by the Health Department on Sept. 17, but in...
Read moreLewisburg, WSS blood donation opportunities upcoming
Donations needed now to help those battling cancer and other serious conditions The American Red Cross continues to experience an emergency blood shortage that has caused the blood supply to drop to the lowest post-summer level in at least six years. ...
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CVB provides update on state and local tourism
Kara Dense, Executive Director of the Greenbrier Valley Convention and Visitor’s Bureau By Adam Pack Kara Dense, executive director of the Greenbrier Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), has been making the rounds in the county to let local leaders...
Read moreWSS City Council holds October meeting
By Sarah Richardson White Sulphur Springs City Council convened on Tuesday, Oct. 12, for their regularly scheduled meeting. Agenda items included considering an ordinance for the construction of a cable system, stormwater and sewer projects on Schoolhouse Way and Nell’s...
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Aging equipment, spills test ties between oil, California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hoping to recover a lost anchor chain, a work boat dragged a grappling hook along the seabed near an oil platform off the Southern California coast. But it hooked something else -- a pipeline carrying crude...
Read moreCourt again lets Texas continue banning most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop a novel law that has become the nation’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years. The...
Read moreJill Biden out to flex political muscle in governors’ races
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is set to campaign Friday for Democrats in governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey, her most overt foray into politics since arriving at the White House nine months ago. Her involvement is...
Read moreAttorney: Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school massacre
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school will plead guilty to their murders, his attorneys said Friday, bringing some closure to a South Florida community more...
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