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CHARLESTON — As West Virginia University’s Board of Governors prepares to take action on recommended program and faculty cuts later this week, the university explained those cuts to lawmakers Monday morning. The West Virginia Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Finance received a briefing from Rob Alsop, vice president for strategic initiatives at WVU, on the […]

CLEARVIEW — Two workers were hospitalized after a gas well explosion late Sunday on Cherry Hill Road outside Wheeling. Residents in the area said they were awoken by a “loud boom” and “flames going 30 feet in the air” after a gas tank at the Franz Thoman well pad exploded. The explosion’s cause is not […]