West Virginia Gov orders stay at home for three counties
Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order for Berkeley Jefferson and Morgan counties to stay home to curb COVID-19. The order limits gatherings to five people locally and ten elsewhere, requires businesses to have employees work from home, empowers health departments to enforce social distancing, and uses National Guard support for logistics.
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Charleston
Jim Justice
Panhandle
Justice
West
Morgan
Berkeley
Jefferson
West Virginia National Guard
Motorcyclist dies after College Ave collision
A man riding a motorcycle died after a collision on College Avenue in Bluefield Saturday afternoon. Police say the westbound bike struck the side of a turning vehicle in a t bone crash. The rider died at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. no charges filed as investigators review the case.
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Eric DiNovo
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
College Avenue
Farmer Avenue
R.V. Johnson
Bluefield Police Department
Bluefield Fire Department
Bluefield Rescue Squad
Bluefield
R.V. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Lawsuit Against Bible in the Schools Dismissed Again
U S District Court in West Virginia rules that Elizabeth Deal and the Freedom From Religion Foundation cannot seek an injunction against Bible classes in Mercer County as the program was suspended and permanently ended by a school board resolution last year. The decision follows prior rulings and an appellate overturn in 2018.
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Blueheld
Mercer County
U.S. District Court
West Virginia
Southern District
David Faber
Elizabeth Deal
Freedom From Religion Foundation
FFRF
Fahey
Bible In the Schools
BITS
4Th District Court of Appeals
Richmond
The
Court of Appeals
FFRF cautions WV schools on Project Blitz Bible class bill
Freedom From Religion Foundation warns West Virginia schools about House Bill 4780 described as drawn from Project Blitz. The group dispatched 55 letters to districts urging safeguards for objective teaching and warning against turning classes into Sunday school. The bill, signed by Gov. Jim Justice, allows ninth grade or higher students to elect a Hebrew Scriptures course with chosen translation and requires district submission of course standards to the state education department.
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Freedom From Religion Foundation
Charleston
Mercer County
West Virginia
America
FFRF
Andrew Seidel
Florida
Missouri
New York
Virginia
Jim Justice
Boards of Education
County Boards of Education
West Virginia Department of Education
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Charles Boothe
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Eric DiNove
East End Baptist Church
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