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Federal officials are considering a range of recommendations from the study and are expected to present a path forward by year's end.

For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Maria Young in Charleston.

The state treasurer has helped establish a new scholarship at his alma mater.

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The Golden Scholarship Program will accept 13 students from 13 southern West Virginia counties annually beginning with the fall 2027 semester.

The scholarship program will cover any remaining tuition, room and board, and meal plan costs after other scholarships and available financial aid are applied for four consecutive years.

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It's also expected to speed the results of background checks that are needed to meet hiring, licensing, and placement requirements.

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The Trump administration threw another lifeline to coal generation Monday.

As Curtis Tate reports, the federal government will drop limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in your communities.

Current Attorney General J.B. McCuskey praised the EPA's announcement, saying that the decision will help Americans by ensuring that energy production, quote, is affordable, plentiful, secure, and environmentally responsible.

On X, Senator Shelley Moore Capito said she was pleased with the end of what she called a harmful regulation that, quote, would have eliminated jobs for hardworking West Virginians and decimated our country's baseload energy production.

For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Chris Schultz in Morgantown.

And for weather in West Virginia today, partially clear with chances of rain as we move towards the afternoon.

Visit our website for a map of scheduled events nationwide.

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in Charleston.

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The Data Center Accountability Project counts among its affiliates groups including Putnam United, Tucker United, and the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club.

For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Chris Schultz in Morgantown.

West Virginia has been selected to host one of four locations for a special program from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovations Mine of the Future Initiative will establish domestic testing grounds for innovative mining technologies.

It also adds three new kinds of service providers to the school-based options, school counselors, licensed social workers, and board-certified behavior analysts.

The expansion is part of an effort to implement changes to the school-based health services program to meet new federal requirements and guidance.

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I'm Maria Young in Charleston.

West Virginia only has a handful, nothing on the scale of XAI in Memphis or even Meta in Gallatin.

And despite the public sentiment around these projects, West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Chris Schultz reports state officials are rolling out the red carpet.

West Virginia is largely untouched by data centers today.

When completed, the 1.3 gigawatt Monarch Compute Campus, currently breaking ground on the banks of the Ohio River north of Point Pleasant, will become the state's first, and the largest on Earth.

Morrissey announced that Monarch's total client investment has risen to nearly $70 billion, less than a week after a $45 billion deal with Anthropic was announced.

For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Chris Schultz in Morgantown.

Justice William Bill Wooten has been released from a hospital following a medical incident Wednesday morning in the midst of oral arguments at the Supreme Court of Appeals in West Virginia.

First responders transported Wooten to CAMC Memorial, where he was evaluated and then treated for dehydration and released Wednesday evening.

Matthew Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia.

says the dangers are real, but there are tools to prevent victimization.

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He served in the State House of Delegates and the Senate for a total of 26 years.

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A new analysis from the state treasurer's office hopes to dispel confusion around potential tax revenue from data centers.

Chris Schultz has more.

The state also waives the 6% state sales tax for high technology business services.

In a press release, PAC said that, quote, as state and local governments consider adding more data centers, we must ensure the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

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Duncan says adequately funding special education services should be a top priority to fix school funding issues.

For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Chris Schultz in Morgantown.

A memorial that honors a West Virginia hero and generations of soldiers who bravely served with him is one step closer to reality.

Maria Young reports.

His service there is why he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The bill now goes to President Trump to be signed into law.

For West Virginia Public Broadcasting, I'm Maria Young in Charleston.

State tax collections for August came in higher than expected, but the pace is expected to cool as the most recently passed personal income tax cuts are fully implemented.

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