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Burn ban: Burn ban expanded to 16 more counties as WNC wildfires continue, ... It stretches for 469 miles from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, runs through Asheville, and ends at the Great ...
The Kanawha County Textbook War, also known as the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy, was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States.It led to the largest protests ever in the history of Kanawha County, West Virginia, the shooting of one bystander, and extended school closings.
Jul. 21—Effective at 5 p.m. Friday, July 21, in Walker County a Burn Ban will be in effect, pursuant to Order 2023-102, Prohibiting or Restricting Outdoor Burning, signed by County Judge Colt ...
An emergency burn ban in effect for all Connecticut state parks, forests and wildlife management areas prohibits use of all outdoor grills, firepits, campfires and any outdoor flames.
The West Virginia Legislature and the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia at the West Virginia State Capitol (pictured) cancelled sessions on January 9, following the tap water ban. As a result of West Virginia American Water's notice that the tap water was unsafe following the spill, Charleston area businesses closed and hospitals took ...
Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that any state statute banning cross burning on the basis that it constitutes prima facie evidence of intent to intimidate is a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
A 10-acre woodland fire was reported in Wayne County. Burning is not advised.
On September 13, 2022, West Virginia passed a near-total abortion ban in both houses of its legislature. Governor Jim Justice signed the bill into law on September 16, 2022. [3] The Constitution of West Virginia was amended in 2018 to expressly ban abortion access. [4] The near-total ban on abortions is currently being challenged in court. [5]