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Mobile sports betting is now legal in most of the country, including West Virginia. There has also been an increase in people from West Virginia seeking help with an addiction to sports betting. Maricel Bernardo, director of West Virginia’s Problem Gambling Help Network, says the demographic of help-seekers has changed, and anyone can develop a gambling addiction.
Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people, speakers at a public hearing said Thursday. Dozens of speakers condemned the “Women’s Bill of Rights” while a handful spoke in favor of it during the 45-minute hearing in the House chambers at the state Capitol. Marshall University student Max Varney said the bill uses women's rights as a cover for transphobia.
Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are seeking to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor's posh resort to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans. A complaint seeking an injunction was filed Wednesday on behalf of the Greenbrier Sporting Club in White Sulphur Springs. The filing in Greenbrier County Circuit Court said the auction would jeopardize thousands of jobs and “severely damage” both the club and the Greenbrier Resort, which has hosted U.S. presidents and royalty and is the county's larges...
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is reviewing bids for construction of a viewing tower and a 2,000 square feet visitor center with displays dedicated to the history of the state's elk program and the reclaimed surface mine areas in which the elk have been introduced. By the end of February 2024, 150 elk are expected to reside at the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area.
A healthy Fousseyni Traore is giving No. 22 BYU a big lift heading into the final month of the regular season. Traore had a season-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Cougars to an 86-73 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Traore, the team’s top returning scorer from last season, missed seven games in December with a hamstring injury.