This is a developing story first published by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and may be updated. While state officials are still not identifying the West Virginia corrections officer trainees during a pending investigation into a photo showing many in the class giving an apparent Nazi salute, public records shed some […]
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Three W.Va. Corrections Employees Fired, Others Suspended Following Nazi Salute Photo
This is a developing story originally published by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and will be updated. West Virginia officials have announced that three individuals have been fired and 34 others have been suspended without pay as a result of an investigation into a photo of corrections trainees giving the Nazi […]
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Lawsuit Alleges Abuse, Shortcomings In West Virginia’s Foster Care System
A lawsuit against West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and officials with the state Department of Health and Human Resources alleges the government has violated the rights of nearly 6,800 children currently in the state’s foster care system. The 100-page-plus complaint alleges the state’s foster care system is failing to protect […]
Read MoreFamilies of W.Va. VA Hospital Homicides Search for Answers as Federal Investigation Continues
Two deaths have been ruled homicides at a Veteran’s Affairs hospital in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and an ongoing investigation is leaving families of the victims desperate for answers. Federal prosecutors say they are in the “beginning of the end” of their work. But the VA and Office of Inspector General […]
Read MoreMobile Voting Increased Turnout for This State, But Is It Secure?
West Virginia made waves in 2018 when it became the first state in the country to allow some residents to vote using a mobile phone app. A new study released last month by the University of Chicago finds West Virginia’s mobile voting pilot program increased voter turnout by three to five percentage […]
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