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By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, June 28, the 179th day of 2021. There are 186 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP, File)
Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia's hopes

By Cuneyt Dil Mar. 06, 2021 02:00 AM EST

WVa prep title games called off by virus; winners declared

Nov. 28, 2020 10:21 AM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The governing body for high school sports in West Virginia has canceled the state football championship games due to the coronavirus...

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, a Democrat, is using her stances on progressive issues, her popularity from a role in a Netflix movie and the hard realities of a life spent in the southern West Virginia coalfields to try to snap Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's two-decade streak in political office. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
Tuesday's election is packed with choices for WVa voters

By John Raby Nov. 02, 2020 12:31 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, a Democrat, is using her stances on progressive issues, her popularity from a role in a Netflix movie and the hard realities of a life spent in the southern West Virginia coalfields to try to snap Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's two-decade streak in political office. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices Tuesday

By John Raby Oct. 31, 2020 09:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, who is the daughter and granddaughter of coal miners, is running in the U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices on Nov. 3

By John Raby Oct. 20, 2020 02:04 PM EDT