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MMJ @WVVA. West Virginia born, Virginia bred. Also made stops in SC and WY. @UCWV and @UofSCLaw grad.

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Aiken Standard

Aiken Standard

I cover the Savannah River Site and politics. I previously covered government and politics for the Morning Ne…

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Morning News

Morning News

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Community rallies to help Summers County deputy that lost home to fire

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By Matthew Christian Verified
| WVVA-TV (Bluefield, WV) Verified
HINTON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Summers County is rallying to help a deputy that lost his home to a fire June 29. Fire declared a total loss Deputy Tad Withrow was at work when he received a call from Summers County 911 that his home in Hilldale was on fire. “The first thing that came to my mind was is my family out? And they said yes, we do have confirmation that everybody’s out. Everybody’s safe. That’s mainly. That’s all I cared about at that moment once I realized my house was on fire,” Withrow said.
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Jim Justice promotes fall prevention bill in Beckley

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By Matthew Christian Verified
| WVVA-TV (Bluefield, WV) Verified
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - More than 41,000 seniors die each year after suffering fall-related injuries, and U.S. Sen. Jim Justice is pushing legislation he says would help reduce that number. Justice introduced the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly, or SAFE Act, last July. The bill would allow seniors on Medicare to receive a no-cost fall assessment from a physical therapist as part of their annual wellness check. Justice visited First Settlement Physical Therapy in Beckley on Monday.
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Three new members sworn into Mercer County school board, Akers elected president

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By Matthew Christian Verified
| WVVA-TV (Bluefield, WV) Verified
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - A familiar face will lead the Mercer County Board of Education. Deborah Akers, the district’s long-time superintendent, was elected the board’s president Monday morning at the MCTEC Seminar Center. A return to Mercer County Schools “Mercer County Schools has been part of me for a very long time,” Akers said. “I went to school here. I worked in the system before I became superintendent as a teacher and an administrator.
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