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Photos by Joanie Newman NASA Scientist James Hansen was among those arrested during the June 23 protest of mountaintop mining practices. Hansen was released from the Whitesville State Police Detachment facility. Community organizer and activist Judy Bonds, left, waits outside the Whitesville Police Detachment building for the release of fellow protesters. Bonds was assaulted during the protest by the wife of a Massey employee.
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Protest brings hundreds to coalfields
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Thirty-one protesters and one coal miner were placed under arrest June 23 during an anti-mountaintop mining protest at a Massey Energy site on the border of Boone and Raleigh counties. This is just one in a series of civil disobedience rallies in protest to the practice of mountaintop removal mining practices in southern West Virginia. As ...
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NEWS
Football season dropped at Van
Number of eligible students interested in playing in low double digits, Bradley says
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Mountaintop destruction is discussed in Congress
Maria Gunnoe testifies during Senate Subcommittee Hearing
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Howell qualifies for West Virginia Open
This past Wednesday was a day of excitement for Harry Howell, a Scott High school junior, who qualified to play in the 2009 West Virginia Open. Howell, 16, who says he has been playing for four ye...
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SPORTS
Sherman junior catcher Madison Bowman Workman, Bowman share honors
The results are in. And the 2009 Boone County Softball Player of the Year is … too close to call. That is why Sherman teammates Mandi Workman and Madison Bowman, who set various school records for...
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Sherman junior pitcher Brittany May fires a pitch to the plate in the Lady Tide s 9-1 road loss last Monday night. Season ends for Scott, Sherman and Van
The 2009 baseball and softball seasons came to an early end for the six Boone County teams last week, when each one was eliminated from their sectional tournaments. Here are the scores and details...
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Bulldogs look to bounce back from rough season in sectional tournament
WHARTON — The Van Bulldogs have played 17 games this season. Unfortunately, due to weather, 13 games have been cancelled. Even more unfortunate for the Bulldogs, eight of the 13 games that have b...
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OPINION
Is America facing revival or judgment?
Can America be saved and become strong and prosperous again? One thing is for sure, the problems of our nation and the rest of the world will not be solved by Republicans, Democrats, Independent...
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Van-Wharton Area News
I can’t believe that it’s July already! It seems like we just blinked and June was gone. The Fourth of July weekend is coming up. I hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday weekend. My kids are ex...
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News from the B.A.R.N.
It was nice to “get away from it all” for a few days recently at Virginia Beach with my daughter Gina and two of my granddaughters, Kassie and Bethany. A special thanks to Boone County maintenance...
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