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A drone footage shows the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
Daily News Lesson February 13 2023

Top stories: Toxic leak prompts safety concerns + News wrap 2/14/23 + Student video
A train derailment in eastern Ohio has released toxins into the atmosphere and raised broader concerns about safe infrastructure
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Daily Video March 21 2019

What opportunity looks like for these three teens: Trades, dance and service
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to explore the video series, "Opportunity in America" by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, about teenagers who share their dreams, expectations and the barriers they must overcome to achieve their goals.
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Daily Video March 19 2019

What does opportunity look like? Student journalists explore pipeline jobs in West Virginia
Essential question: How have energy projects like the gas pipeline impacted young people in West Virginia? Find out with this NewsHour lesson plan.
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Daily Video May 05 2017

How does mountaintop mining impact the Appalachian landscape?
Underground coal mining has all but disappeared in West Virginia after 200 years of nonstop mining, replaced instead by surface mining that drastically changes the landscape.
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Student Voices November 25 2015

White House highlights West Virginia SRL report on drug abuse
West Virginia is fighting a war against drug abuse. We all know users, recovering addicts and their families and we all see the everyday struggles and hardships of addiction and losing family and loved ones.
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Student Voices May 19 2015

West Virginia students reveal how a chemical spill affected their community
Students at Richwood High School in West Virginia reported on the importance of water quality in their community and the far-reaching effects of the chemical spill.

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