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![The West Virginia state capitol building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/West-Virginia-Statehouse-e1518097711392-900x422.jpg)
Indicted For Fraud, A West Virginia Judge Pleads Not Guilty
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia Supreme Court justice has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of fraud and lying to federal agents. Media outlets report Allen Loughry entered… Read More
![The Parkersburg flood wall](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Parkersburg_West_Virginia_floodwall-e1510841096353-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia City Considers Banning Motorized Bicycles
By: Associated Press
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia city is considering banning motorized bicycles. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports city Police Chief Joe Martin says there are about 300 pocket bikes or… Read More
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UPDATE: New Evidence In Fatal Athens Hit-And-Run
By: WOUB News Team
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UPDATE: (6/29 12:00 p.m.) Authorities are analyzing a vehicle they suspect was used in a fatal hit-and-run for evidence. A truck was towed from the parking lot of the Ohio University… Read More
![In 2016, Donald Trump captured 68 percent of the vote in West Virginia, a state hit hard by opioid overdoses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gettyimages-528521004_wva-0024eb167ed7245755420f5d8e14717c0e280c00-e1529767678637-900x422.jpg)
Analysis Finds Geographic Overlap In Opioid Use And Trump Support In 2016
By: Paul Chisholm | NPR
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Counties with higher rates of opioid use skewed heavily Republican in the 2016 election. What role did the opioid epidemic play in President Trump’s victory?
![A gas flare is seen at a natural gas processing facility near Williston, N.D. in 2015. A new study says the amount of methane leaking is more than government estimates.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ap_17277638709785-3ad1200adba75102f91482c5f23eff71503f1a61-e1529768191156-900x422.jpg)
Large Methane Leaks Threaten Perception Of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas
By: Leigh Paterson | NPR
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A new study finds that oil and gas operations are leaking 60 percent more methane than previously reported by the federal government.
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Ohio Declares Statewide Outbreak of Hepatitis A
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s health department says it’s declaring a statewide outbreak of hepatitis A. State officials say Ohio has 79 hepatitis A cases so far this year and… Read More
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Far From Southwest, Children Of Workplace Raids Await Fate
By: Associated Press
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NORWALK, Ohio (AP) — Two of the largest workplace immigration raids yet under the Trump administration, carried out just weeks apart in Ohio, have upended the lives of hundreds of… Read More