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MetroNews This Morning 3-28-24

Today on MetroNews This Morning:

–Governor Jim Justice vetoes the anti-vaccination legislation

–A shift in focus for future plans at West Virginia International Airport in Charleston

–Concern in Pocahontas County over teacher cuts which led to a student walkout

–In Sports: Darian Devries meets Mountaineer Nation today and it’s opening day in MLB

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Third party and independent presidential candidates rarely get traction in West Virginia

Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked Nicole Shanahan as his running mate, the independent presidential candidate is turning his attention to getting on the ballot. So far, he is only on in Utah, with a court fight underway in Nevada. The Kennedy campaign has announced it will begin gathering petition signatures to try to gain access in 19 additional states.

So far, West Virginia is not on the list. The Kennedy campaign would need 7,947 valid signatures, representing one percent of the total number of voters in the last presidential election in the state, to gain ballot access.

Historically, West Virginia voters have not been very enthusiastic about third party or independent presidential candidates. I looked back through all the presidential elections since 1960 in West Virginia and here are a few facts that stood out:

–There have been at least 29 third party or independent presidential candidates (not including write-ins) on the West Virginia General Election ballots in the 16 elections since 1960.

–The most successful runs by third party candidates were Ross Perot in 1992 with 16 percent, Perot again in 1996 with 11 percent, George Wallace in 1968 with 10 percent, and John Anderson in 1980 with four percent.

–Typically, third party candidates are in the low single digits. Libertarian Gary Johnson received three percent of the vote in 2016. Ralph Nader has been on the West Virginia ballot several times. His best run here was in 2000 when he received 1.7 percent of the vote.

–2000 was also the year of the most independent and third party candidates—five—including Nader and Pat Buchanan who ran under the Reform Party.

–The Mountain Party and the Libertarian Party are the only third parties to meet the qualifications for automatic access to the ballot. Independents and other third party candidates must gather the required number of valid signatures.

–So far, the only third party candidate on the ballot for 2024 is Jill Stein. She is running as the presidential candidate for the Green Party, but she has gained ballot access here by registering as the candidate for the Mountain Party. Candidates have until August 1st to qualify for the November ballot.

–Rapper Kanye West tried to gain access to the West Virginia ballot in 2020 as a presidential candidate. He fell a few hundred signatures short of the needed 7,144 valid signatures.

It is unknown if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will bring his campaign to West Virginia. The Kennedy name used to mean something here. John F. Kennedy’s Democratic Primary victory in 1960 propelled him to the nomination and Senator Ted Kennedy received 120,000 votes in the 1980 Democratic Primary, although he still lost to Jimmy Carter.

But those elections were a long time ago, and Republican Donald Trump runs stronger here than nearly every other state. If Kennedy does get on the ballot here, he will likely end up on the list with all the other independent and third party candidates from the last 60 years… as an election footnote.

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Montague & Nutter each drive in four runs as Morgantown rallies past University, 8-6

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It took nearly six innings for Morgantown to gain the advantage on the scoreboard against their crosstown rivals from University Wednesday afternoon at Dale Miller Field. One big swing of the bat from senior Caleb Nutter gave the Mohigans a lead they would not relinquish in an 8-6 victory.

Trailing 6-4 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, MHS saw their first two batters in the inning get retired before they worked out three consecutive walks to load the bases. Nutter ripped a double off the wall in right field on the first pitch of the at bat to score Mason Bowers, Koa Silvers and Weston Mazey. Morgantown took a 7-6 lead.

“We had the conversation, ‘Hey, you are going to get a pitch to hit here. Get in there, be confident and drive the baseball’. That’s exactly what he did,” said Morgantown head coach Pat Sherald. “He’s a senior. I wouldn’t want another guy in that spot. I am really proud and happy for him to get that big hit for us.”

The Mohigans added another run in the sixth on a run-scoring single from Tommy Montague.

University scored three runs in the top of the first before Montague hit an opposite-field three-run home run to even the score at 3.

“It was huge. It changed the complexion of the game and evened it up,” Sherald said.

Junior Judd Messerly earned the win in relief for Morgantown. He pitched two innings and allowed just an unearned run.

“You have to give it to Judd Messerly. He got his first win today. Maddox Bowers went out and really battled for us. Dylan Travinski came in and closed the door for us. So I am really proud of our pitching staff.”

Both teams are now 4-2. University is the defending Class AAA Region I champion.

“It is a big win for us. We didn’t schedule easy. We have one of the toughest schedules. We took them on the road against some of the better teams in the state. Obviously, that’s a very, very good team over there. I am proud of the way our boys have competed to this point in the season.”

Montague and Nutter each collected four RBI for the Mohigans. Silvers and Mazey each scored a pair of runs. Mazey walked three times.

Wenkai Campbell went 3-for-4 and he drove in a pair of runs for University. Max Cash also had two runs batted in for the Hawks.

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PSC approves settlements involving Mon Power, net-metering cases

Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post 

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Public Service Commission has approved a pair of settlements in Mon Power’s and Potomac Edison’s base rate case, which included a reduced net-metering credit for home solar customers.

The announcement went out late Tuesday. The companies filed the case last May and requested a $207.5 million hike, including funds for their infrastructure and their energy assistance programs. The various parties in the case filed their settlement in January, agreeing to an increase of $105 million, a 6.4% overall hike, effective March 27. The companies said the settlement will increase the average monthly residential bill by 7.9% – $9.94; it would go from $123.50 to $133.44.

Hannah Catlett

“This includes recovery of costs that came from major storms the last several years and implements some recommendations made in the focused-management audit that came out at the end of last year,” Mon Power spokesperson Hannah Catlett said.

Negotiations on the net-metering issue took about three more weeks. Net-metering customers receive credits on their bill for any power they generate in excess of what they use. Currently, the companies provide a full 1-to-1 credit, meaning energy given to the utility is worth the same as energy bought from the utility – estimated at somewhere between 11.4 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) and 13 cents.

The companies proposed to change that to base credits on the wholesale rate for electricity, which the filings calculate at 6.6 cents per kWh – roughly half of the 13 cents per kWh. This would take effect for new net-metering customers joining after March 27, 2024.

Their stated reason was to avoid cross-subsidization, in which regular customers footed part of the bill for the net-metering customers. The PSC noted that the companies and staff witnesses testified that all current rate payers are subsidizing the companies’ 1,700 net metering customers.

The proposal generated 1,865 letters of protest.

The settlement, filed Feb. 16, proposed three credit rates depending on customer class: 9.34 cents for most classes, including residential, churches, schools and general service; 9.15 cents for large general service; and 8.91 cents for large power service and alternative generation.

The rate becomes effective March 27, the same date as the other rate case issues, but current net-metering customers are grandfathered in for 25 years. Customers applying for net metering on or after Jan. 1, 2025, will be subject to the new rates.

Solar Holler, the state’s largest solar development, design, finance, and construction firm, was one of the parties involved in the settlement and celebrated the PSC order on Wednesday. “The terms approved by this ruling establish a level of fairness previously unprecedented in the U.S. solar industry. Notably, the ruling also provides one last window of opportunity for homeowners to transition to solar at full one to one net metering rates.”

Dan Conant

Solar sales in FirstEnergy territory have been at a standstill since last fall due to the uncertainty created by the case, Solar Holler said. “With the PSC’s decision to grandfather existing customers– and any new customers who apply for interconnection this year– into the current one-to-one net metering rate, installations can resume and homeowners can be confident in the financial return of their solar investment.”

Dan Conant, CEO of Solar Holler, commented, “For months, we banded together in defense of solar. … We proved to Charleston that the people of West Virginia want fair energy policies and access to solar. It feels great to finally have a ruling that delivers that.”

A coalition of groups call West Virginians for Energy Freedom (WV4EF) also participated in the settlements, and voiced approval of the order.

Gary Zuckett

“The Commission-approved settlement, which solar advocates helped negotiate, protects the rights of existing net metering customers, provides nine more months for new customers to enroll in net metering, and establishes a fair rate for customers who enroll in 2025 and future years,” WV4EF said.

“When solar supporters join together, we win,” said Leah Barbor, a founding member of WV4EF and West Virginia Program Director of Solar United Neighbors. “Thanks to the activism of thousands of West Virginians, plus our tenacious legal team, solar will enjoy a promising future in our state.”

Referring to other elements in the settlements, Gary Zuckett, executive director of West Virginia Citizen Action Group, said, “In addition to protecting solar, we’re pleased that the expensive FirstEnergy-owned power plants will be scrutinized to ensure they are run in a cost-effective way and that low-income customers can avoid shutoffs with continued support from utility contributions to the Dollar Energy Fund.”

Additional PSC orders

The PSC also approved a prior settlement in the companies’ ENEC case — expended net energy cost — designed to allow utilities to cover their costs of producing power. They originally asked for $167,465,330. This request was intended to cover the majority of their cost under-recovery, with a second case to follow in 2024.

In the settlement, all signatories, agreed to a total under-recovery of $254,886, 662, to be spread across three time periods: $55,427,038 to be recovered March 27, 2024 through Dec. 31; $92,112,507 to be recovered Jan.1-Dec. 31, 2025; and $92,112,507 to be recovered Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2026.

And in a third order, the PSC approved a joint stipulation in the companies’ depreciation case, resulting in an additional $33 million increase; effective on the first day of the month after the effective date of the new rates in the base rate case.

On top of the base rate hike, customers will see these monthly rate increases: a $2.47 vegetation management surcharge starting Jan. 1; and a $3.77 increase during the first period of the ENEC rate hike, starting March 27.

Mon Power serves about 395,000 customers in 34 West Virginia counties. Potomac Edison serves about 285,000 customers in seven counties in Maryland and 155,000 customers in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

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Speakers at Focus Forward symposium discuss AI capabilities in West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginians walk around with powerful computers in the palms of their hands every day. Students use ChatGPT to help them write papers. People of all ages tell Alexa to play some music or find them a restaurant.

Getting a handle on the digital world – particularly artificial intelligence and cybersecurity – was the focus of the seventh annual Focus Forward symposium, organized by the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.

The topic was West Virginia’s Digital Destiny.

Kimberly Williams, director of Strategic Engagement for Amazon Web Services, kicked off the discussion of artificial intelligence – AI – in her talk, Future Proofing a Digital, Automated West Virginia.

“We create our own destiny,” she said. “You can’t write your own destiny if you don’t know where you want to go.” The fuel of the next industrial revolution won’t be mechanical, it will be digital.

Under the umbrella of AI, she explained, are machine learning where algorithms help machines learn and adapt; and deep learning where computers use layers of neural networks to simulate human thinking. And beyond that is generative AI – such as ChatGPT – that uses deep learning to generate text, images and code, without instruction, using supervised and unsupervised learning.

Generative AI has changed AI from theory to practical reality, she said. It cold add anywhere from $2.4 trillion to $7 trillion annually to the global economy, based on various predictions. Some say 80% of all jobs will be impacted; it will increase productivity and take some jobs, but it will create others.

“The reality for government and education is one we should be excited about,” she said. But AI has to be guided by human-based principles, including digital trust and digital equity. Digital equity means everyone has the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy and economy.

After lunch, a panel discussion probed “The Future of AI: Implications for Industries, Workforce and Education.”

Erika Klose, director of the Office of PK-12 Academic Support for the West Virginia Department of Education, said the state’s K-12 education system was not prepared for the wave of innovation and the department decided they needed to get ahead of it. In January they released a 40-page AI guidance manual.

It is student centered and human centered, she said, for students to understand what AI is and how to use it, to enforce academic integrity and help them balance risk and opportunity.

The manual itself says this: “The increasing use of AI in education, notably with the advent of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, Bard, and Copilot has brought significant changes in how educators, students, and families interact with technology. These advancements, while offering transformative potential, also necessitate careful decision-making by schools and districts.”

Illah Nourbakhsh, robotics professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, explained that AI needs human tempering. We need future engineers who invent AI to consider the social ramifications: Are they making life better? Economic sectors will need people but people will need to interact with AI, and engineers should not make AI to replace people but AI that people can work with; Ai that not only increases productivity but betters quality of life.

At the institute, robotics students receive instruction in character-based ethics to maintain an element of human empathy in their work products.

Panelists also noted that the quality of what comes out of AI depends on what goes into it. Students can misuse ChatGPT, for instance. An example was a student who fed his paper into the program and just said, “Improve my writing.” He turned it in without reviewing in and the professor showed him what the program spewed out: incoherent nonsense.

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Greene strives for improved accuracy through extra emphasis on fundamentals, mechanics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Considering Garrett Greene was battling to be West Virginia’s starting quarterback at this point last year, there is a strong consensus that he surpassed expectations and then some throughout a 2023 season in which he passed for 2,406 yards and 16 touchdowns and rushed for 772 yards and an additional 13 scores over 12 games, 11 of which he played extensively in.

Greene, however, has his own thoughts — and they greatly differ from those that consider him at least somewhat of a surprise success story.

“I have to get better. Last year was an alright year,” Greene said. “I didn’t perform at the level I thought I should have, so that’s what this offseason has kind of been about is finding my weaknesses. We found those early and working these last two months to correct those.”

At the forefront of what Greene desires the most improvement on is his accuracy, which would help to increase a completion percentage that was among the worst for FBS signal-callers last season.

Of 106 qualifying quarterbacks at the FBS level, only four completed passes at a rate less than Greene, who hit on 147-of-277 throws. The 5-foot-11, 201-pound Greene takes more than his fair share of shots downfield, which makes it tougher to yield a desired completion percentage, but it’s one the senior knows must dramatically improve if he’s to take the next step.

“A lot of it is body position and consistency,” Greene said. “We watched the cut-ups last year of all the pass plays and the inconsistencies in my drop really showed up and that’s what caused inaccuracies. Going back to fundamentals of basic drop mechanics and timing the drops up to the routes.”

Greene completed more than 50 percent of his pass attempts in only six of 12 games last season, and while he had a penchant for keeping defenses honest through his ability to scramble and throw deep, difficulty consistently completing throws prevented him from an even better junior campaign.

“What we talked about is he has to take ownership of his own personal development. That’s a piece of growth,” WVU head coach Neal Brown said. “He played OK in the bowl game, but not to the level that I expect him to play and not to the level that he expects to play. 

“I had him make a cut-up of his best throws and his worst throws and then really look for consistencies. What happens with his feet on his release when the ball is where it’s supposed to be and it’s a positive throw and positive result? On the flip side of that, what are some commonalities that occur when the ball is off the mark or it’s a poor throw?”

In an effort to become more accurate and a better all-around quarterback, Greene has spent time training at QB Country, an organization with headquarters in Mobile, Ala., founded by former Ole Miss quarterback David Morris dedicated to have quarterbacks train on proper footwork, throwing and body mechanics and the mental and physical aspects of playing the position.

Morris, a backup to Eli Manning in college, has no affiliation to the West Virginia program. Still, Greene says he’s on the same page with Brown and Tyler Allen, WVU’s recently designated quarterbacks coach, as to what it takes for him to improve in what will be his final season of college football.

“He and I have been working since freshman year and this offseason, we got with coach Brown and TA, and got all in on focusing on fundamentals,” Greene said. “He doesn’t really teach schematics. He leaves that to the coaches in the building. It’s more so fundamentals and going back to the basics of throwing.”

Greene saw Morris once each in January and February, and the two spent time together during Greene’s spring break. 

The founder of QB Country communicates relatively consistently with the Mountaineer coaching staff.

“We’re talking all the time. I’ll send him clips from practice and we’ll hop on a call and kind of talk through some things,” Greene said. “I’ll probably see him three or four more times before the season gets going, which is always nice.

“They’ve been really great about communicating with him. They’ve kind of put it on David that whatever he wants to teach and what he knows I should do, he’s relaying that to coach Brown and TA. The coaching points that he gives in Mobile are transferred up here.”

WVU’s Garrett Greene. Photo by Greg Carey

Greene went through his first practice of spring football Wednesday after being away from the team for the start of it Monday due to the recent death of his grandfather. While tackling is off limits until Friday’s third session, Greene is working to improve fundamentally as he also tries to acclimate to a group of new teammates.

“It was only my first day and we weren’t in full pads, so it’s kind of too early to tell with that,” Greene said. “All offseason and throwing with the guys, I felt really good, so hopefully I can keep getting better at that.”

Brown says the process for improvement could be a gradual one, but what’s most important is Greene continue to trend in the right direction throughout spring and summer.

“There’s going to be some ups and downs and sometimes you go backward before you go forward when you’re making some significant changes,” Brown said. “I just want him to be better when he starts in August and when we start fall camp. That’s when he needs to be significantly better and he’s on a path to get there.”

While Greene plans to continue taking deep shots at a relatively high rate, the quarterback believes he has what it takes to significantly improve his completion percentage.

“Sixty-eight percent is the bottom floor for me,” Greene said. “I want to be up there in the 70s.”

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Justice vetoes vaccination exemption bill, draws praise from healthcare groups

Gov. Jim Justice vetoed a bill loosening vaccination requirements in some schools, drawing praise from healthcare organizations.

Gov. Jim Justice

“Since this legislation was passed, I have heard constant, strong opposition to this legislation from our State’s medical community,” Justice wrote in his veto message.

“The overwhelming majority that have voiced their opinion believe that this legislation will do irreparable harm by crippling childhood immunity to diseases such as mumps and measles. West Virginia historically has seen very few instances of these diseases, specifically because the vaccination requirements in this State are so strong.”

The governor signed dozens of other bills on Wednesday, which was his deadline following legislative action. The bills he signed included one to phase out income taxes on Social Security and another representing pay raises for educators and State Police whose wage scales are in state code.

A press release from the Governor’s Office indicated Justice had acted on all legislation passed during the regular session, but a particularly controversial one, Senate Bill 841, was not listed with an action by the governor. That bill, generally, acts to freeze elements of the state’s unemployment safety net.

Justice also left untouched House Bill 4911, which loosened regulation of raw milk for those who want to drink it.

Bills with no action by the governor prior to midnight would automatically become law.

The one he vetoed, House Bill 5105, would have removed vaccination requirements for students in virtual public schools, and it also would have allowed private and parochial schools to set their own standards.

Educational and healthcare organizations banded together to urge a veto.

Twenty-eight organizations sent a joint letter to the governor requesting a veto of the bill. The letter was also published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on March 15. Many of the organizations also sent individual letters or communication requesting a veto.

“We applaud the Governor for taking this step to protect the health and safety of children in our state,” said Elaine Darling, director of programs at The Center for Rural Health Development, the lead agency for the West Virginia Immunization Network.

“West Virginia has been and, with the veto of this bill, will continue to be a leader in protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases.”

As of now, the West Virginia Department of Education boasts that the state has one of the most effective school-entry vaccine preventable laws in the nation:  “The vaccination laws have proven to improve attendance rates for students and staff while ensuring children stay healthy, safe, and ready to learn.”

West Virginia students entering school for the first time must show proof of immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B unless properly medically exempted.

Measles has seen a resurgence in the news recently. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has reported that the number of measles cases in the first three months of this year has already surpassed all of last year.

Cases have been reported in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.

The organizations urging Justice to veto the vaccination exemptions bill have pointed to West Virginia’s rigorous standards and the recent outbreaks.

“Immunizations remain the best tool at our disposal for fighting vaccine-preventable diseases. We thank Gov. Justice for listening to pediatricians and putting kids first,” stated representatives of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its West Virginia chapter.

Groups representing religious and health freedom interests pushed for the governor to sign the bill.

Justice, a two-term governor, is running for U.S. Senate. His Republican primary opponent, Congressman Alex Mooney, blasted his decision to veto the vaccination bill.

Mooney’s campaign said that means Justice thinks the government can mandate a vaccine for private religious schools that violates their beliefs. And, said the Mooney campaign, Justice also believes you can force kids who are homeschooled and not in public schools to be vaccinated against their parents will.

“This is yet another sign of Liberal Jim Justice disregarding religious freedom and parental rights,” Mooney’s campaign stated.

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Testimony wraps up in attempt to remove 2 Jefferson County commissioners from office

Story by Luke Wiggs, WEPM Radio

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Testimony wrapped up Wednesday in the attempt to remove two members of the Jefferson County Commission from office.

Jennifer Krouse

A three-judge panel heard from witnesses during the two-day proceeding that will determine if commissioners Jennifer Krouse and Tricia Jackson should be removed from their elected positions for not attending a number of meetings last year.

Krouse and Jackson refused to attend meetings for the better part of two months late last summer, which Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey told the three-judge panel halted county business and could have taken the county completely offline.

Tricia Jackson

Krouse and Jackson were protesting the selection process being used to fill a vacancy on the commission.

In his closing argument, Harvey told the three-judge panel the decision by Krouse and Jackson not to attend seven straight meetings was a way to seize power.

“It was a protest over a personal disagreement,” adding the two commissioners “took the county government hostage.”

Matt Harvey

Krouse-Jackson attorney Traci Wiley argued the two were not guilty of misconduct and said Harvey cited no specific statute that was violated. She said Harvey used a “catch-all provision” to make his case against the commissioners.

Wiley also blamed Jefferson County Commission President Steve Stolipher for continually leaving an item on the county commission agenda that Krouse and Jackson refused to attend meetings over. Wiley called it the whole process a “legal impossibility.”

Earlier Wednesday, Harvey called several Jefferson County workers who explained the slowdown of county business because the county commission was unable to meeting because it lacked a quorum.

Among the concerns of witnesses was the possible lapsing of county contracts. Mike Sine, county director of emergency services, and Russell Burgess, director of information technology, of being forced to get extensions on contracts because the commission wasn’t meeting.

Late in the morning, both Krouse and Jackson were called to the witness stand, each invoking their 5th amendment rights against self incrimination.

Also taking the stand during the initial parts of the hearing were Stolipher, Commissioner Jane Tabb, Deak Kersey of the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office.

Both sides now have until the middle of April to present findings and facts and conclusions of law. The three-judge panel is expected to issue its ruling by the end of April.

A special prosecutor appointed to investigate the controversy has brought criminal charges against Krouse and Jackson, alleging they failed to carry out their legally bound responsibilities. They are also accused of conspiring to violate the law. There are 42 separate charges—all misdemeanors, but if convicted they could be sent to jail and fined.

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Body pulled from Monongahela River in Monongalia County

GRANVVILLE, W.Va. — Deputies from the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department recovered a body from the Monongahela River near Granville Wednesday afternoon.

Granville police were called to Lazzelle Union Road near Scotts Run Road for a body found in the river at around 1:09 p.m.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the scene.

The body was removed from the water and transported to the state Medical Examiner for an autopsy.

The Granville Police Department, Granville Fire Department, Mon EMS and Monongalia County Medical Examiners all responded to the scene.

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FBI agents raid Morgantown home

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — FBI agents raided a house just outside of Morgantown Wednesday morning.

An FBI spokesman confirmed federal agents were at the residence in the Brettwald subdivision as part of an ongoing investigation.

WVU Police officers assisted with the raid.

“The University Police Department often provides support to outside agencies and that’s the case in this incidence,” WVU Executive Director of Communications April Kaul said.

 

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