In Around West Virginia: highway workers discovered a headstone, a bridge replacement will take days, not weeks or months, authorities collect thousands of pounds of unwanted pills, and more.
n Workers for the West Virginia Division of Highways found a headstone for two infant brothers while they were cleaning drainage ditches in the Chesapeake area, the Mountain Messenger reports. The City of Ronceverte will place the 130-year-old headstone at the family plot in Riverview Cemetery.
n A bridge replacement project on northbound Interstate 77 near Ghent is the first of its kind in West Virginia, The Register-Herald reports. HNTB, the company working on the project, is using Accelerated Bridge Construction, so the project should be complete in days versus months or years.
n Law enforcement collected over 5,800 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired drugs during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, according to MetroNews. At the first Drug Take-Back Day in West Virginia, authorities collected 3,742 pounds. At the last Drug Take-Back Day in West Virginia, in September of 2015, authorities collected 6,880 pounds. September 2015 was when the event resumed after DEA officials had announced they wouldn't be scheduling any more.
n The Hill explores why West Virginia is no longer Clinton country, noting that Hillary and Bill Clinton were recently met with protesters and Hillary Clinton trails Bernie Sanders in polling. Nick Rahall, former 3rd district Congressman, said the state's switch to red started with Al Gore. "Back then, it was the three gs: gays, God and guns, that did him in ... and the environment, I might add," he said. In the primary, the state's demographics - rural, white, and in poverty - benefit Bernie Sanders.
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