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Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar, representing what a developer and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's office touted on Wednesday as the biggest-ever single demonstration of sun-powered renewable electricity in Appalachian public schools....
FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items from senators' desks during Capitol riot
A Virginia man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators' desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, court records show. Ryan Joseph Orlando took a pen from the desk of Sen....
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. November 17, 2023. Editorial: What ‘middle’ is Manchin looking for? Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said this week he’d consider a third-party presidential run on a centrist ticket representing “the radical middle” of U.S. politics, if it...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. November 14, 2023. Editorial: What now for Manchin? For a good while, West Virginians have been asking WWJMD (what will Joe Manchin do?) regarding the 2024 election. It’s getting a little clearer, although there are still plenty of...
Sen. Joe Manchin says Donald Trump would destroy US democracy if he wins second term as president
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, days removed from announcing he won't seek reelection, said Wednesday that if the nation's voters give former President Donald Trump another term in the White House, “he will destroy democracy in America.” Manchin, whose...
Joe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he's reelected
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a simple reelection pitch to voters — let him “finish the job.” So what does that mean? What's left for him to get done? Unlike Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination who has been...
Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Joe Manchin’s impending departure from the U.S. Senate marks the end of an era for West Virginia's conservative Democrats, who for decades held outsize influence in Washington. It's the latest sign of the party's steady decline in the state that often has paralleled the...
Manchin decision hurts Democrats' Senate hopes and sparks new speculation about a presidential bid
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Manchin's decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures that the Democratic Party will lose his Senate seat next year in deep-red West Virginia, making the party's steep path to retaining its razor-thin Senate majority even more difficult. Some Democratic...
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin won't seek reelection, giving GOP a key pickup opportunity
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state. Manchin, 76, said he made the decision “after months of...
West Virginia University vice president stepping down after academic and faculty reductions
Rob Alsop, a key figure in West Virginia University's wide-ranging reductions to academic programs and faculty positions, is stepping down, university President E. Gordon Gee said Tuesday. Alsop, the university's vice president for strategic initiatives, will become a special adviser...
