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By Giuseppe Sabella

A handful of organizations will install thousands of free smoke alarms throughout West Virginia in the coming months.
State Fire Marshal Ken Tyree recently announced his campaign against an "unacceptable numbers of fire fatalities," which includes at least 37 statewide deaths this year.
His office will combat deaths and injuries with "Get Alarmed West Virginia," an initiative that will run in conjunction with efforts by the American Red Cross and other organizations.

Stage/Theater"ANYTHING GOES": 3 p.m. Tickets $20. Charleston Light Opera Guild production of Broadway classic. Features songs like "De-Lovely," "Anything Goes" and "I Get a Kick Out of You." Charleston Light Opera Guild Theatre, 411 Tennessee Ave. Call 304-342-9312.

By Ryan Quinn

ROANOKE - As the state's eight Regional Education Service Agencies approach their legally ordained demise next summer, county school board members, public school system superintendents, executive directors of the regional agencies and others heard information Saturday on how county school systems can continue to share school-related services.
The discussion at Stonewall Resort came after several regional agency executive directors, and other regional agency employees, left their positions.

By Staff reports

One person was flown to the hospital Saturday following an all-terrain vehicle crash in Kanawha County.
A Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher said the accident happened just before 6 p.m. on Sanderson Road in Clendenin.
A helicopter was called to take one patient with "serious" injuries to Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital in Charleston, the dispatcher said.
A second person was injured in the accident, but was reportedly walking at the scene, the dispatcher said.

By Rick Steelhammer

Thankfully, I am still able to walk and chew gum at the same time. But I have difficulty expanding that skill set by adding new tasks, like checking out the next day's weather forecast on my smartphone, as I walk and chew, without risking injury.

By Ryan Quinn

In its proposed new public school accountability plan, now online for public comment until Aug. 30, the West Virginia Department of Education has proposed a "minimum n-size" that could mean many schools wouldn't be held separately accountable for the performance of their small groups of minority students and students with disabilities.
The minimum n-size is the number of students who must be in a specific minority in a school before the school is held separately accountable for that "subgroup."

Leslie Raab dances with her son Theron, 9, during a performance by 10,000 Maniacs at Live on the Levee at Haddad Riverfront Park on July 21.

By Staff reports

A body was found in the Kanawha River in South Charleston Saturday afternoon, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher.
The body was found in the river near Riverside Drive, the dispatcher said. The call came in just before 3 p.m., he said.
Officials with the South Charleston police and fire departments responded and are investigating.
Additional details were not immediately available.

By Max Garland

Two lawsuits calling to nix a section of House Bill 3093, known as the broadband bill, argue it conflicts with law established by the Federal Communications Commission.

By Phil Kabler

Of all the "WTF" moments in state politics, this may be the WTF-iest.
Granted, Gov. Jim Justice is not a career politician, and political labels mean little to him. He was a Republican for much of his adult life, before changing parties in 2015 because it provided the clearest path to the Governor's Mansion (which he rarely uses).