SUMMARY: Logan High School in West Virginia discovered safety issues with the roof of its football fieldhouse in April, caused by extreme weather expanding structural trusses and causing nails to loosen. An inspection revealed the fieldhouse locker room is unsafe for student use this year. With football practice starting August 4, the county is arranging modular facilities to temporarily house locker rooms, offices, concessions, and bathrooms for both middle and high school teams. Head coach Nick Booth sees the modulars as a chance to adapt quickly. School officials emphasize safety as the top priority despite the less-than-ideal setup.

In less than two weeks, high school football teams will officially start practice in West Virginia, but at Logan High School, practice …

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SUMMARY: On the 33rd anniversary of Brenda Lambert’s disappearance, her family held a vigil in Bluewell, West Virginia, where she vanished without a trace in 1992 after her son’s first birthday. Her sister, Christy Kennedy, continues to seek answers, describing the decades of emotional torment and longing for closure. The family believes someone knows the truth and urges those responsible to come forward so Brenda can be properly laid to rest. Christy emphasizes that justice now means healing, not punishment. She has chosen forgiveness over hate, but insists the case must not be forgotten and deserves resolution for the sake of Brenda and their family.

Christy Kennedy had no idea that summer day three decades ago would be the last time she would hug her precious big sister, as Brenda Lambert happily celebrated her son’s first birthday party.

~ Kennedy shared her emotional story with Newswatch reporter Jillian Risberg (https://www.facebook.com/JillianRisTV).

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by Jacob Fischler, West Virginia Watch
July 25, 2025

President Donald Trump signed into law Thursday the bill Congress passed earlier this month to revoke $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

Trump’s signature was expected after his Office of Management and Budget compiled the list of requested rescissions.

Congressional Republicans approved a small slice of what the White House initially wanted, but the effort still represents a win for Trump, who used small majorities in both chambers of Congress to claw back money approved in bipartisan spending laws.

The law rescinds $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a congressionally chartered nonprofit that provides a small share of funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service but accounts for much larger portions of local public broadcasters’ revenue. The funding had been approved to cover the next two fiscal years.

The law also cancels about $8 billion in foreign aid accounts, including global health initiatives.

Republicans have long criticized NPR and PBS news programs as biased toward politically liberal points of view, while Trump’s America First movement has consistently called for reducing foreign aid.

The law does not touch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, after Senate Republicans removed a provision to defund the program created during Republican George W. Bush’s presidency.

No Democrats voted for the law. Two Republicans in each chamber — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mike Turner of Ohio — voted against it.

It passed 51-48 in the Senate and 216-213 in the House. Each chamber took votes in the wee hours as Republicans raced to meet a July 18 deadline.

Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, warned the move undermined the annual appropriations process, which typically involves consideration of rescissions requests during bipartisan negotiations over government spending.

Congress last approved a stand-alone rescissions bill in 1992, following a series of requests from President George H.W. Bush, according to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

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Political Bias Rating: Center-Right

This content presents the legislative action of revoking funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid, focusing on President Trump and congressional Republicans’ efforts. It describes critiques from Republicans regarding NPR and PBS, as well as the “America First” stance on foreign aid, while also noting Democratic opposition and moderate Republican dissent. The tone is factual and somewhat critical of the move’s impact on bipartisan spending norms, reflecting a slight lean that aligns more with conservative policy priorities, but without heavy partisan framing or editorializing, placing it in the center-right spectrum.