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The bus station will offer riders a safe indoor facility with restrooms along with heating and air conditioning while waiting to transfer to another bus. Riders, who are mostly elderly, currently use an old open-air shelter. -
On this West Virginia Morning, Bluefield native Dreama Denver is the wife of Bob Denver, better known as Gilligan from the television series Gilligan’s Island. Dreama spoke with West Virginia Public Broadcasting about her memoir which explores her life with Bob and their experience raising their autistic son Collin.
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Trains had to be stopped along a stretch in southern West Virginia as authorities tried to coax three cows off of railroad tracks.
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On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from residents of Bluefield, where one of the state’s only citizen review panels for local police exist. Also, in this show, we hear about the latest pushback to the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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On this West Virginia Morning, across the country many Black Lives Matter advocates are pushing for a tool that helps citizens police the police — a citizen review panel. One town is West Virginia has had one for decades. Also, in this show, we hear regional reports on the coronavirus pandemic and voter turnout.
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The city of Bluefield created one of the state's only groups for civilian oversight of local police in 2000. Today, officials say the group has been out of compliance with the federal order that created it.
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On July 6, 1950, the Starland Theatre opened along U.S. Route 52, four miles east of Welch. The drive-in—the first in McDowell County—was the brainchild…
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In 1998, two white police officers in Bluefield were accused of beating and dragging a young black man, paralyzing him from the neck down. He died in…
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On this West Virginia Morning, protests against police brutality and racism continue across West Virginia; we bring you reports from Charleston and…
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On February 21, 1895, the legislature established the Bluefield Colored Institute, which would become Bluefield State College.In the late 1800s and early…
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