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Good Wednesday morning.
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the government shut down, the peace deal between Hamas and Israel,
and of course all other things Washington DC related.
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We'll do that at nine point fifteen nine point thirty.
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Have got the Montaguelia County Health Officer, doctor Brian Huggins
coming in. We're gonna be talking about the community Health
Needs Assessment. How you can participate and how important it
is to quality of care they're able to offer to
the community. And don't forget today's a Wanted Wednesday. That
means we've got a full slate of featured felons that
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Sheriff Todd Forbes is gonna tell us about. We'll do
that just about nine forty or their abouts.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
One thing that did want to address, Sheriff Forbes will
also be talking yet again about school bus safety.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
This week is a school bus safety week.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
So I'm going to give Sheriff Forbes an opportunity to
address that. Let's take a look at a couple of
headlines and we'll get the program started. Suspect to fled
police during a traffic stop in Harrison County is dead.
Troopers tried to pull him over on a road off
at route, but he fled, leading to a high speed pursuit.
That chase ended in Mountclair when the suspect got out
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of the vehicle armed with a gun, refused orders and
made some threatening gestures that made officers reveal threatened. They
then engaged that suspect and he was fatally shot at
the scene. After five years of service, Westover Chief of
Police Joe Adams has announced his retirement. Adams came to
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the city after twenty five years with the state police
in the West Virginia Supreme Court. When Adams arrived five
years ago, a lot of you might remember this. He
was sworn in while the town was embroiled in the
civil rights lawsuits. A divided city council at one point
even had to get in between let's see Councilman Ralph
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Mullins and Mayor I cannot believe I can't remember his name,
but I can't the former mayor of West O he
had to step in the middle of that got into
those lawsuits, the civil rights lawsuits. But really, due to
his leadership, cities on a new track and I guess
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looking for a new police chief now it looks like
Police Chief Joe Adams has strongly recommended a deputy Chief,
Scott carl Two. Council police are investigating a crash involving
a Mountain Lion bus this morning at the intersection of
High and Pleasant Streets.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Injuries were reported on the bus, but none are believed
to be serious. No other information is available at this time.
Morgantown City Council is talking about their legislative priorities. Goal
number one is road repairs and snow removal, normally the
responsibility of the DOH, which has had some staffing issues
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in the past. Now the second is more clarity on
recently passed legislation specifically related to aligning local elections with
the state. Now, council members would like to meet again
with the local state delegation before that's the twenty twenty
six legislative session happens.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
It is.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Let's see Wednesday of WVU Homecoming week and among all
the activities, the WVU Spirit Truck Stop resumes today.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
They'll be at the Mountain Layer.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I believe that would get started next hour from ten
to two. Let me check that for you real quick,
and yes, that appears to be correct. Looks like from
ten to two they'll be at the Mountain Layer and
again they'll have some swag to pass out, and of
course they would appreciate it if you might think of
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them and offer all stuffed animal or maybe a blanket
that would go to WVU Medicine Children's Hospital. And then
into round things up. The Morrissey administrations touting some information
from Standard and Pores which says that West Virginia's credit
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worthiness has improved, the state's outlook and the latest S
and P released went from stable to positive. States DOUBA
minus rating on general obligation debt was affirmed.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
The Governor's office called.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It positive news and an affirmation of the administration's approach
to budgeting and management of the state's long term debt.
Come back, we'll get things started with US Senator Shelley
Moore Capital. We'll be talking about the government shutdown, which
is now in day twenty two, and we'll talk about
the Himas Israel peace agreement as well. If you've got
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Speaker 1 (10:27):
Good Wednesday morning.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
It is nine seventeen, plenty of clouds, forty seven degrees
in the University City.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
On the phone, we.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Have a US Senator Shelley Moore capital with us and
good morning, Senator, how are you good?
Speaker 14 (10:41):
Good morning, It's a beautiful day here in Washington. I
hope it is in Morgantown.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Not too bad.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Few clouds and certainly fall like temperatures, and I think
everybody's ready for a dose of fall.
Speaker 14 (10:54):
I think so, I think so okay.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Well, hm, now you've called it the misery March. You know,
others have called it the politics of pain. But the
government shut down is now into its third week of right,
what's the talk in Washington, DC.
Speaker 14 (11:13):
You know, it's twenty one days now, and it is
just miserable here and around the country. I mean, people
are suffering. There are people that aren't getting paychecks. We're
concerned about you know, air traffic controllers and our military
and a coast guard, and I mean I could go
on and on. And the simple answer here is to
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just reopen the government. I mean, we have voted eleven
times to simply reopen the government until and put it
into a continuing resolution, which means we would keep spending
at current levels until November the twenty first, and then
to begin to negotiate some of the issues that the
Democrats are bringing up. And honestly, it's been so politicized
to the point where you know, Senator Schumer is talking
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about how great this is for for them, and honestly,
it's really not good for anybody. It's not good for
the country. It's not good for a lot of individual
families or people that rely on services for the federal government.
It's not good for the Senate because we can't conduct
a lot of other business at the same time. So
it basically is we're being held hostage here for political points.
(12:23):
When I think if we open it, we can talk
about the policy points that are being brought up, particularly
around healthcare.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
We've got us Senator Shelley Moore capital with us, and
now Senator if you could help us understand that it
seems like there are two major issues here. The Continuing
Resolution includes the extension of subsidies for Obamacare. Where does
that fit into this? And isn't there a new CR
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being proposed?
Speaker 14 (12:52):
Well, there are new ideas on the table always, and
there are again today this morning for longer crs or
crs with an agreement. Look, Senator Thune, who is the
leader of the Senate, the Republican leader who really controls
the floor, basically said, reopen the government and we will
have a vote on healthcare, extending the healthcare premium support.
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And so if I could just make a quick distinction,
I want to get too far in the weeds on
the healthcare issue because it is very complicated. But during COVID,
with all Democrat votes no, but no Republicans voted for this,
they opened up and made extended premium credits so that
some people that are making one hundred thousand dollars or
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even more than that, are paying nothing for their healthcare.
They're paying no premiums and no deductibles because of these
enhanced premium and we think, let's you know, this is
where you hear illegals are having access to it and others.
Let's look at reforms here to make sure that this
benefit is going to the barber, the beautician, or who
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small business owner who really can't get insurance and can't
afford it without some kind of premium support. Premium support's
been in Amacare was passed, and the skyrocketing costs of
healthcare is just making these premiums go up and up.
So basically Obamacare is failing. But at the same time,
they're asking for one point four trillion dollars and you know,
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I'm just not going to do that at this point,
and so I think open up the government and let's
discuss who should get these premiums and how much and
what should be extended here, if you were to.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Provide us a forecast for when the government would reopen.
You know I heard once at one time it was, well,
you know what that payday, if we missed that payday,
that'll be an incentive for them to reopen the government, right.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
You know, then we heard, well, no, maybe they wanted.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
To hold it closed in order to have the no
Kings rally. Well we've done that, and then you know,
the next thing you hear is that you know, this
could be one of the longest government, if not the
longest government shut down in the history of the country.
Speaker 14 (15:04):
Well, that's so unfortunate because it's so unfair to so
many people. There's a very simple solution here, and as
I've said three times already, I think, just vote to
open the government and we'll proceed on with these with
appropriations and other business, including healthcare debate. If I had
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to predict now, they're saying the date is November the first.
That is when the premiums come out from the insurance
companies that tell you how much you're going to have
to pay, and that could be the next benchmark time.
It could break before then. I certainly hope that it does.
There are a lot of people talking. I'm talking, you know,
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to other Democrats and Republicans to try to find a
way out of this so that you know there are
the votes are in line. So I guess November the
first now is the date that I'm hearing. But then
I heard Thanksgiving too, And if we go that long,
people will have missed not just one paycheck, but three
and four paychecks. And and that's We are going to
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have a vote this week on Thursday to to pay
a lot of the employees that are working now during
the shutdown, and I hope that passes so we can
at least pay some of our federal employees like TSA,
Air Traffic Control, our military, others like that that are
required to be on the job and are not getting paid.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Last thing on the shutdown that I've got for you, Senator,
is what's different this time around for Chuck Schumer.
Speaker 14 (16:37):
You know, apparently he has his far left is really
knocking at his door. I mean, he has AOC in
New York and she is very far left, and they
are they were upset at Chuck Schumer for cutting a deal,
which is what the leaders do. You have to cut
deals in March and he cut a deal in March,
and he and they are just holding holding his feet
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to the fire. So I think he feels political footsteps
are knocking at his door, and so he's going to
hold it as long as he possibly can. So that's
why I say this is in the political arena and
in some cases in the political arena of Chuck Schumer.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Us Senator Shelley Moore.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Capital was with us and if we could shift gears
talk a little bit about the peace deal between Hamas
and Israel. And you know, the minute that I heard
this peace deal, the first thing that occurred to me
or that I thought, was that the people that you're
going to be dealing with over hostages likely going to
be a completely different group of people that you're going
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to be dealing with when it comes to disarming that militia.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
And it appears that that would be the case.
Speaker 14 (17:48):
Well, I think that Hamas obviously is a terrorist organization.
The attack on October seventh on Israel that killed over
a thousand people at a music festival, many of them
were was so brutal, and some of the accounts I
can't even have to look away from because they're so
terroist and brutal and disgusting, and so I think, you know,
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they they began this, and Israel went back with the
full force of the Israeli military, with our support and
other supports around the country, and so to weed out
that last terrorist. I think what last Hamas member. I
think what has been the realization is get our hostages back,
which they have. They don't have all the ones that
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have passed away, but they do have all the live
hostages back. So that's a benchmark I think where these
peace talks are right now. So that's what's different here.
I think that Israel has a lot of what they want,
and now I think the gosen people that are not
that are being held hostage by Hamas. There are still
pockets of Hamas that want to keep fighting, but gozens
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want to go home. They want food, they want shelter,
they want to be able to live in peace with
their families like everybody body else. And I think that's
what the peace process is meant to do. So I
think when you saw those rockets fired into into Israel
several days ago, my immediate thought was, Oh, the whole
thing's going to break down, and you saw it didn't.
(19:16):
As the vice President's over there right now. There's just
so much hope. Somebody sat with me. Actually, I was
talking to the Prime Minister of Australia. We were talking
about this yesterday and he said, for the first time,
I feel like we have real hope for peace there,
and so I'm going to hold on to that very
major nugget in my mind. Even if we see small
incursions here and there that might think the whole thing's
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falling apart. I think the will is there to hold
this thing together.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
You know, I couldn't agree with you more. I hold
out hope as well.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Right, however, I think you know we'd be Well, let's
be realistic. Ceasefires are difficult propositions. Ceasefire between the Koreas,
you know that broke down and took more than a
year eight munths to take effect. Cease fire agreements and
other conflicts, they're just not that simple, and they do
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break down and they do require renegotiations. But the fact
is is that when you take a look at the
Middle East, look at the efforts that Jimmy Carter made,
and look where it got the President of Egypt, Don
morrisadat right.
Speaker 14 (20:23):
Well, you're right, we do have to be realistic. And
I think also for me and I think for most
people looking at this situation, I don't think we really
grasp how very complicated this issue is with the Arab States,
with Saudi Arabia and Cutter and Jordan, and then you
have Turkey's involvement and other Roague nation like Iran. I mean,
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I don't it's hard to put all the players on
the table to figure out how this can really hold.
Because what unifies a lot of these folks like Iran
and Hamas and has is a hate for Israel. They
want to wipe it off the face of the planet.
They're very clear with that, and so I think it
will be tenuous at best. But it's the best that
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we've been in a long time, and I think that
there is a global acceptance. You saw President Trump and
Cairo with a lot of world leaders. I mean, he's
moved the ball forward much much farther than it's been
probably since Jimmy Carter.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Yeah, I would certainly agree with you. And with that
being said, we're running close on time. How clear is
President Trump's judgment in using economics as the carrot to
bring peace to that region? Because no one would ever argue,
that's got to be one of the most beautiful parts
of the world if it were peaceful.
Speaker 8 (21:46):
Right.
Speaker 14 (21:47):
Well, I think, you know, President Trump put into into
effect the Abraham Accords, which was to go for peaceful
solutions in that area. That's I think still the goal here,
and that would bring economic relief to a lot of areas.
But you know, in a lot of ways, I feel,
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you know, they have to solve their own problems too.
We can be the leader here, but these are generational
conflicts that really have to be solved by the major
players in that region.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
US Senator Shelley Moore, Capito. Senator, thank you so much
for your time today. Really do appreciate it.
Speaker 14 (22:26):
Well, I hope the next time we speak, and I
hope it's soon the government is open.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Well, I'm going to hold you to that and I
and with you, I hope for the same. All right,
Thank you, Yes, ma'am, you take care and have a
great day. US Senator Shelley Moore Capital in Washington, d C.
Working amidst a government shut down, trying to reach some
sort of an agreement, and of course, the Senator, the
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fourth highest ranking Republican in Washington.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
D c under this administration.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
When we come back, we're going to spend a few
minutes with the Montagelia County Health Officer, doctor Brian Huggins.
We're going to talk with doctor Huggins about the community
Health Needs Assessment that is online right now and available
for you to take, and we're going to talk about
why it's important for you to take it, how it
can maybe determine the future of healthcare provided by the
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Health Department coming in the coming decades.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
We'll do that next.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Right now, clouds in forty eight degrees and time to
find out what is happening across the great state of
West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
And to do that, we'll head to the Metro News anchor.
Speaker 15 (23:36):
Tack West Virginia Metro News. I'm Chris Laurence Say. Canawa
County man is jailed after police they made threats to
kill President Trump, Governor Morrissey, and local law enforcement. Sixty
six year old Michael Sigmund of Charleston arrested this week.
Investigators say posted those threats online on several occasions, the
first of which noticed in an application of volunteer for
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the West Virginia Mountain Party. Leaders of the party reported
the threats law enforcement resulting in the investigation and the arrest.
Two are in custody for Arson and Huntington. Investigators say
the two were arrested in separate cases. Forty one year
old Marc Anthony Jackson charged in connection with the car
fire on Guyan Avenue from October third. Then forty nine
year old Eric Congleton was charged for his involvement in
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a separate vehicle fire October thirteenth on Sixth Avenue. The
government's shutdown continues to be a major threat to a
lot of critical federal programs that impact West Virginians, and
among them, funding for the SNAP Benefits program could quickly
dry up if the shutdown continues. Kelly Allen is with
the West Virginia Center for Budget in Policy.
Speaker 16 (24:38):
I do know that SNAP has The federal USDA has
contingency funds in place for situations like this, so hopefully
they will find ways to fund SNAP benefits in November
if the government is not reopened, which hopefully it is.
Speaker 15 (24:52):
It is expected, however, the loss of those benefits would
drive up the demand exponentially on the state's two major
food banks. They are bracing for that hit. Read more
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The PSC has cleared the way for the acceleration of
development of a major solar energy project in Preston County.
The Brandonville Solar project could be underway by December of
next year. Since it requires no new transmission lines or polls,
the Commission waived the filing requirement. Now the proposed eleven
hundred and fifty four acre array must file a public
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Speaker 1 (28:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
It is Wednesday, nine thirty five clouds and forty eight
degrees in the University City in studio. We've got Mont
County Health Officer doctor Brian Huggins with us and good
morning doctor.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
How are you good morning?
Speaker 18 (28:15):
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Hey, I'm doing good. Thank you very much. Now let's
see doctor. The Community Health Assessment or the Community Health
Needs Assessment is online. That is a survey that is
available to county residents to take. Where is that at?
Why is it important for folks to do that?
Speaker 18 (28:36):
So it's available on our website, It's available on all
of our social media. Monte Gaily County Health Department. It's
easy to google us and you're gonna find us. The
reason it's important is everybody we talk too cares about
their health. Right We're becoming more concerned about what you're
putting in your body from everything from food, Like you
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can't not hear about health topics in the new and unfortunately,
West Virginia tends to be very low in the ranking
scales and public health. We're fiftieth in health in general.
I think we're close to the bottom forty seven, forty
eighth and we want to make a difference. But how
do you do that? How do you know exactly what
(29:18):
people need? And so we can look at the statistics
all day long. You can get cardiovascularities, obesity rate. You
know that everybody knows that sure, But what we don't
know is what if people actually want. We have a
survey that we do about every three years, and we've
actually made some changes to it. We've made it three minutes.
So I want to stress two things about the survey.
(29:39):
It's three minutes roughly, and it's anonymous, so nobody's gona
track you, nobody's gonna get your nobody's gonna call you
after you take it, and it should only take a
few minutes of your time. And what that's going to
tell us is it's going to tell us one what
things have impacted you, what's important to you?
Speaker 1 (29:59):
And two, what do you.
Speaker 18 (30:01):
Want to see happen? Because the thing that's most important
in public health, I've been here talking to you, I've
been talking on you know, the other radio shows about
how our funding is going down, right, and there's a
competition for funding across the United States for everything, and
so we don't want to waste money. We don't want
to waste resources in areas where people don't really need it.
(30:23):
Either they don't need it because they don't need it,
or they don't need it because realistically they're not willing
to move in that direction, right, A perfect example that
I give people is they put fresh food out into
the dollar generals because they said, we've got these food deserts.
All you can get is frozen food whatever. And they
put fresh food out, and then what happened to that
(30:44):
fresh food? They threw it away because people didn't know
how to cook with it. People don't know what to
do with fresh food. We don't know how to cook anymore.
Like you know, when I went to school, you know,
I went to school and date myself. But you know,
like I graduate high school in ninety five and boys
didn't take met class. That was not something that you do.
That is not a you know, traditional like male class
(31:05):
to take. And I have a whole generation of my friends.
I have no idea how to cook. I've learned to cook,
uh and but I didn't grow up doing that. And
that's a fundamental skill, right, I mean, that's like one
of those fundamental skills. And so but when you don't
know that, you learn. I got frozen chicken fingers, I
got pizza. It's fast, it's easy, right, I mean yeah, right,
(31:28):
I mean yeah, and sometimes it's even cheaper. I mean,
you buy a head of cauliflower now and it's shocking.
It's like, you know, on sale it's three dollars.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
So anyway, but then you put people in that conundrum,
what do I do with this head of cauliflower?
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Once I have it right?
Speaker 3 (31:43):
Right?
Speaker 18 (31:43):
And most people grow up or you got steamed vegetables
at the restaurant and they're horrible. Right, I grew up
thinking anything green was bad and you just have to
know how to season it. Like, if you know how
to season food. I make fresh green beans for people
or something like that, they'll be like, I didn't know
green beans could taste like this, and it's like.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Yeah, okay, Well, next week we're going to start the
Doctor Brian Huggan's cooking show. But seriously, though, Brian, on
the way out, tell us about delta eight, why we
need to know about it and what it is.
Speaker 18 (32:18):
Yep, So, delta eight is another form of THHC. So
most people are familiar with the words TC and CBD, right,
those are the two main chemicals that you find in marijuana.
TC is the psychoactive, CBD is the more relaxant. It
doesn't typically have the same psychoactive components.
Speaker 17 (32:39):
A lot of.
Speaker 18 (32:40):
States have legalized CBD, not THC.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Etcetera, etcetera.
Speaker 18 (32:45):
Well, there's two forms of TG that are in the
marijuana plant that our most active. There's delta nine, which
is in high quantities, and then there's delta eight, which
is in very very very very low quantities and connected
to CBD. Why you're hearing about it in the news
is because and in hemp plants. So I also want
(33:07):
to talk a little bit, just briefly about hemp plants
in marijuana. And it's the same plant. It's just the
difference is marijuana plants have been specifically grown and they
have higher levels of teach you where hemp plants it's
the same plant, They just by nature are point less
than point three percent. So that's where in twenty eighteen
they legalized hemp for the use in a lot of
products that didn't now fall under the restrictions that the
(33:31):
stronger marijuana plant would. Okay, which your same plant just different,
you know. So what people have been able to do
is that the delta eight in large quantities actually has
some psychoactive property. It's not as much as delta nine
and delta eight. In order to do that, you have
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to concentrate it, and you can do that one of
two ways. You can concentrate it with like CBD kind
of of products and whatnot using chemical is from the
marijuana plant, but you can also do it from the
hemp plant. And where you're seeing an issue with this
in West Virginia, and you've probably maybe seen articles about
the marijuana farmers who are legally allowed to grow in
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West Virginia, is that hemp farmers. The people have figured
out how to take hemp and the little bit of
CBD from hemp concentrate that to get a Delta eight product.
And because it's derived from hemp, it's not technically illegal.
It's not a synthetic So when people hear of spice
and other things like that, those are actually synthetic THHD.
(34:32):
They're not coming from a natural plant. If something comes
naturally from the hemp plant, based on the law in
twenty eighteen, that's legal unless a state makes it illegal.
West Virginia has not done that yet, so you can
actually legally buy these Delta eight products, and they do
carry psychoactive properties. The danger of that is that we
haven't studied Delta eight hardly at all, and the chemicals
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that are used to make it is not really studied
and the FDA doesn't control these, so so there's no
known whether they're harmful or not. Yet they're being commercially
distributed across the state.
Speaker 2 (35:07):
And then in the production the chemicals that are used,
you know, they have to be disposed of or they
have a life correct. Yeah, and that as well is
not regulated.
Speaker 18 (35:20):
It's the chemicals that they used to make It might
be those might actually be regulated because of how they're used,
but once they're combined into the product, then it's not
the same anymore. So like when they're in a bottle,
you know, say you're using hydrochloric acid, not that that's
a product you would use for this, right, that's very
regulated product, but once you've now used it into something
(35:44):
that kind of like unless there's a significant amount of
that product that they know causes harm. Problem is nobody's
really taken these products, put them under a microscope and
you know, and really broken down what exactly is inside them.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Okay, good deal, doctor Brian Uggins, the Mount County Health Officer.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Doctor, really do appreciate your time.
Speaker 18 (36:03):
Thank you, and I really everybody out there please go
on and take our survey. We'd really really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Okay, good deal.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Coming up next, we've got Montgelia County Sheriff Todd Forbes.
It's wanted Wednesday, and we're also going to talk school
bus safety. It's coming up next on Talk of the
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That's as a refuge.
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That's correct. You They have to evade predators. Now, some
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Overcast and forty eight in the University City, West Virginia.
Five one one reports an incident free interstate system at
this hour. On the phone, We've got Montaguelia County Sheriff Todd.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Forbes, Sheriff. Good morning, sir, how are you?
Speaker 24 (40:52):
Good morning, Mike. I was doing really well until you
just jinxus by staying their state's wor open without any accident.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
Well, I hope it wasn't an instantaneous dose.
Speaker 1 (41:03):
Of bad luck.
Speaker 24 (41:05):
Well, I think we'll be okay.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Okay, good, all right, Well, it is a wanted Wednesday, Sheriff. So,
who are the featured felons that we're searching for.
Speaker 24 (41:15):
Well, this morning we're looking for Thomas Logan lobb for
possession of controlled substance, the last second events and of
course failure to failure to appear. You'll let us at
on most of them. Also, Ashley Shackleford destruction of property,
public intoxication, a legal possession of alcohol, domestic battery and
(41:38):
of course failure to appear. Arnold d Wayne Schmoot conspiracy
committed failing violation of protection protective water and that's all
for you. I'm sorry Alan Ray Watson for battery and
failure to appear, and Casey were they wild for shoplifting
third events and failure to appear. And as always, you know,
(42:01):
if you've got any information, we would love to have that.
We've been able to capture twenty seven individuals since we
started doing this, and that is largely part of the
tips that we get from the community, which we very
much appreciate.
Speaker 2 (42:13):
And you can take a look at all of these
felons and take a look at their pictures at Montaguelia
Sheriff dot gov. And of course the sheriff would tell
you that at no time should you consider approaching any
of these people yourself. If you know them or if
you know where they live, call the sheriff. Let them
do the work. That's what they get paid for.
Speaker 24 (42:34):
That's right, That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (42:36):
Okay, Now, Sheriff, it is school Bus Safety Week and
I think here in mon County we got off kind
of to a rough start at two or three citations
involving school buses.
Speaker 24 (42:49):
Yeah, we sure did. And it seems like every year
we get a couple of people that are to make
that mistake. We put so much emphasis on this at
the beginning of school. We feel like, but I now
by the time there were to this point, we don't
have to do much well. We think we have things
pretty well under control. We're still monitoring those bus routes
a lot, but we feel like, you know, we did
(43:11):
the work up front, and now it's kind of knock
on wood Easy Street for that.
Speaker 2 (43:15):
Sure, you know, one of the things that I just
wanted to bring up is and you know, you're the
guy that works the road. You could answer this question
better than me making a speculation. But I would guess
that the main reason that people get into a jam
with a school bus is because they're in a hurry.
Maybe they're going to work, maybe they're coming home from work.
(43:37):
It's important for those people who are in a hurry
to understand that a first offense, you can lose your
driver's license for up to sixty days. That means catching
a lot of rides. In fact, if you just take
work for example, that would be one hundred and twenty
rides you would need over that sixty day period. And
that's just to get to and from work. That's not
(43:58):
having fun or going any where that you want to go.
Speaker 24 (44:02):
Yeah, there's certainly no no upside the pass in the
school bise other than you may very well get away
with it until you get caught and then and you're
gonna not be late to work that day. I think
most people would just rather be work late to work
that day than have to deal with all the uber
rides and all the things that go with that. There's
also fees and fives that go with that. Of course,
(44:23):
you know, to get your license back you have to
pay a fee in a fine, so financially it's it's
bad as well.
Speaker 2 (44:30):
Yeah, and I guess I just throw in there the
fact that it would certainly not bode well for insurance
is so that the cost is not just getting your
license back. That costs can maybe ripple into your future,
so to speak.
Speaker 24 (44:48):
Absolutely right, Yeah, there's not Again, there's no upside to this,
nothing good about it. But these buses all have video
cameras and you know everything, it's just it's about impossib
well to do it.
Speaker 1 (45:01):
I'm glad you brought that up.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
I'm glad you brought that up because if you think
you're going to get away, you might want to think again,
because those cameras really cover about every corner of the bus,
don't they They sure do, and on.
Speaker 24 (45:15):
The bus and all around the bus. And unfortunately too
is where this has happened. We've got other people call
in with license plates, numbers and everything because other people
in the community see what happened. They don't want to
see that. So yeah, I think we're in a good
spot here in Montague County.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Okay, good deal, Sheriff Todd Forbes. Sheriff, really do appreciate your.
Speaker 24 (45:35):
Time, sir, Yes, sir, thank you. Having a good day.
Speaker 1 (45:38):
You bet you take care of yourself, Sheriff Todd Forbes.
Speaker 2 (45:40):
Of course you can take a look at everything that
we talked about at Montaguelia Sheriff dot gov. Coming up
at the top of the hour, mon County Commissioners will
be gatherling in for their regular meeting, and then the
Commissioners also have a work session set up for today.
(46:01):
One item that got my attention on their regular meeting
agenda is to consider, let's see the engagement and engagement
letter with Steptoe and Johnson to represent the County commission
in the west Ridge bankruptcy. Of course, some of the
things happening with west Ridge, some of the things they
(46:22):
have their hands into would be the Exit one point
fifty five. I believe that they're a thirteen million dollar
partner in that particular project. And then I believe that
they're about a three million dollar partner in the water
and sewer extensions under I seventy nine into the West
(46:42):
that extension into Myland Park to allow for more expansion there.
So just a couple of things to watch for, and
of course they'll be talking about west Ridge during their
afternoon work session as well. Also in their work session,
looks like they'll be talking with the folks at Myland
Park and Morgantown Area Partnership. Mont County Commission gavels in
(47:06):
at ten o'clock this morning, and of course those meetings
open to the public in the Mont County Courthouse or
available on YouTube at the mont County Commission page.
Speaker 1 (47:17):
You can check that out there.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
When we come back, wrap things up and hand off
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I'll go out on a limb because people won't like
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Probably.
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I think there's fewer coyotes than most people imagine. Really
because when number one, when you hear a family group
of them this time of year, the pups are very
vocal that are getting They've been kind of shut mouthed
during the spring when they're young, and it's like a
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In a stream or a river, they really like to
have a mud bank and they like to have a
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Correct you, They have to evade predators. Now, some prayers
will chase them. There a manker and author, obviously, but
they can avoid they can avoid the coyotes, the Hawks's
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the ones that probably take the.
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Well, good Wednesday morning.
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It is homecoming week on the WVU campus here in
the city of Morgantown and the Spirit truck stop.
Speaker 1 (52:00):
In just about ninety seconds.
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They'll be setting up chop at the Mountain Lair, passing
out some swag in preparation for the homecoming game with
TCU coming up Saturday, that is a six pm kickoff
for their return to MYLN Pushcar Stadium. We certainly wish
the Gold and Blue the best of luck in this
upcoming matchup with Texas Christian And also just an update
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Greg Clutter from the Chestnut Mountain Ranch. We're going to
be talking about his presentation that he presented to state
lawmakers during recent interim meetings earlier this month, and we're
also going to get a readout from Greg about I
guess his take on the state of maybe how the
(52:51):
foster care system is operating in the state right now,
and how maybe that new system Care portal is augmenting
those operations and helping in the community.
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Good Wednesday morning.
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It is nine oh six in the University City right now,
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the government shut down, the peace deal between Hamas and Israel,
and of course all other things Washington DC related.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
We'll do that at nine point fifteen nine point thirty.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Have got the Montaguelia County Health Officer, doctor Brian Huggins
coming in. We're gonna be talking about the community Health
Needs Assessment. How you can participate and how important it
is to quality of care they're able to offer to
the community. And don't forget today's a Wanted Wednesday. That
means we've got a full slate of featured felons that
(01:26):
Sheriff Todd Forbes is gonna tell us about. We'll do
that just about nine forty or their abouts.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
One thing that did want to address, Sheriff Forbes will
also be talking yet again about school bus safety.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
This week is a school bus safety week.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
So I'm going to give Sheriff Forbes an opportunity to
address that. Let's take a look at a couple of
headlines and we'll get the program started. Suspect to fled
police during a traffic stop in Harrison County is dead.
Troopers tried to pull him over on a road off
at route, but he fled, leading to a high speed pursuit.
That chase ended in Mountclair when the suspect got out
(02:07):
of the vehicle armed with a gun, refused orders and
made some threatening gestures that made officers reveal threatened. They
then engaged that suspect and he was fatally shot at
the scene. After five years of service, Westover Chief of
Police Joe Adams has announced his retirement. Adams came to
(02:29):
the city after twenty five years with the state police
in the West Virginia Supreme Court. When Adams arrived five
years ago, a lot of you might remember this. He
was sworn in while the town was embroiled in the
civil rights lawsuits. A divided city council at one point
even had to get in between let's see Councilman Ralph
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Mullins and Mayor I cannot believe I can't remember his name,
but I can't the former mayor of West O he
had to step in the middle of that got into
those lawsuits, the civil rights lawsuits. But really, due to
his leadership, cities on a new track and I guess
(03:12):
looking for a new police chief now it looks like
Police Chief Joe Adams has strongly recommended a deputy Chief,
Scott carl Two. Council police are investigating a crash involving
a Mountain Lion bus this morning at the intersection of
High and Pleasant Streets.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Injuries were reported on the bus, but none are believed
to be serious. No other information is available at this time.
Morgantown City Council is talking about their legislative priorities. Goal
number one is road repairs and snow removal, normally the
responsibility of the DOH, which has had some staffing issues
(03:52):
in the past. Now the second is more clarity on
recently passed legislation specifically related to aligning local elections with
the state. Now, council members would like to meet again
with the local state delegation before that's the twenty twenty
six legislative session happens.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
It is.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Let's see Wednesday of WVU Homecoming week and among all
the activities, the WVU Spirit Truck Stop resumes today.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
They'll be at the Mountain Layer.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I believe that would get started next hour from ten
to two. Let me check that for you real quick,
and yes, that appears to be correct. Looks like from
ten to two they'll be at the Mountain Layer and
again they'll have some swag to pass out, and of
course they would appreciate it if you might think of
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that would go to WVU Medicine Children's Hospital. And then
into round things up. The Morrissey administrations touting some information
from Standard and Pores which says that West Virginia's credit
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and P released went from stable to positive. States DOUBA
minus rating on general obligation debt was affirmed.
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The Governor's office called.
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It positive news and an affirmation of the administration's approach
to budgeting and management of the state's long term debt.
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Speaker 1 (10:27):
Good Wednesday morning.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
It is nine seventeen, plenty of clouds, forty seven degrees
in the University City.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
On the phone, we.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Have a US Senator Shelley Moore capital with us and
good morning, Senator, how are you good?
Speaker 14 (10:41):
Good morning, It's a beautiful day here in Washington. I
hope it is in Morgantown.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Not too bad.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Few clouds and certainly fall like temperatures, and I think
everybody's ready for a dose of fall.
Speaker 14 (10:54):
I think so, I think so okay.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Well, hm, now you've called it the misery March. You know,
others have called it the politics of pain. But the
government shut down is now into its third week of right,
what's the talk in Washington, DC.
Speaker 14 (11:13):
You know, it's twenty one days now, and it is
just miserable here and around the country. I mean, people
are suffering. There are people that aren't getting paychecks. We're
concerned about you know, air traffic controllers and our military
and a coast guard, and I mean I could go
on and on. And the simple answer here is to
(11:35):
just reopen the government. I mean, we have voted eleven
times to simply reopen the government until and put it
into a continuing resolution, which means we would keep spending
at current levels until November the twenty first, and then
to begin to negotiate some of the issues that the
Democrats are bringing up. And honestly, it's been so politicized
to the point where you know, Senator Schumer is talking
(11:58):
about how great this is for for them, and honestly,
it's really not good for anybody. It's not good for
the country. It's not good for a lot of individual
families or people that rely on services for the federal government.
It's not good for the Senate because we can't conduct
a lot of other business at the same time. So
it basically is we're being held hostage here for political points.
(12:23):
When I think if we open it, we can talk
about the policy points that are being brought up, particularly
around healthcare.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
We've got us Senator Shelley Moore capital with us, and
now Senator if you could help us understand that it
seems like there are two major issues here. The Continuing
Resolution includes the extension of subsidies for Obamacare. Where does
that fit into this? And isn't there a new CR
(12:50):
being proposed?
Speaker 14 (12:52):
Well, there are new ideas on the table always, and
there are again today this morning for longer crs or
crs with an agreement. Look, Senator Thune, who is the
leader of the Senate, the Republican leader who really controls
the floor, basically said, reopen the government and we will
have a vote on healthcare, extending the healthcare premium support.
(13:17):
And so if I could just make a quick distinction,
I want to get too far in the weeds on
the healthcare issue because it is very complicated. But during COVID,
with all Democrat votes no, but no Republicans voted for this,
they opened up and made extended premium credits so that
some people that are making one hundred thousand dollars or
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even more than that, are paying nothing for their healthcare.
They're paying no premiums and no deductibles because of these
enhanced premium and we think, let's you know, this is
where you hear illegals are having access to it and others.
Let's look at reforms here to make sure that this
benefit is going to the barber, the beautician, or who
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small business owner who really can't get insurance and can't
afford it without some kind of premium support. Premium support's
been in Amacare was passed, and the skyrocketing costs of
healthcare is just making these premiums go up and up.
So basically Obamacare is failing. But at the same time,
they're asking for one point four trillion dollars and you know,
(14:23):
I'm just not going to do that at this point,
and so I think open up the government and let's
discuss who should get these premiums and how much and
what should be extended here, if you were to.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Provide us a forecast for when the government would reopen.
You know I heard once at one time it was, well,
you know what that payday, if we missed that payday,
that'll be an incentive for them to reopen the government, right.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
You know, then we heard, well, no, maybe they wanted.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
To hold it closed in order to have the no
Kings rally. Well we've done that, and then you know,
the next thing you hear is that you know, this
could be one of the longest government, if not the
longest government shut down in the history of the country.
Speaker 14 (15:04):
Well, that's so unfortunate because it's so unfair to so
many people. There's a very simple solution here, and as
I've said three times already, I think, just vote to
open the government and we'll proceed on with these with
appropriations and other business, including healthcare debate. If I had
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to predict now, they're saying the date is November the first.
That is when the premiums come out from the insurance
companies that tell you how much you're going to have
to pay, and that could be the next benchmark time.
It could break before then. I certainly hope that it does.
There are a lot of people talking. I'm talking, you know,
(15:45):
to other Democrats and Republicans to try to find a
way out of this so that you know there are
the votes are in line. So I guess November the
first now is the date that I'm hearing. But then
I heard Thanksgiving too, And if we go that long,
people will have missed not just one paycheck, but three
and four paychecks. And and that's We are going to
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have a vote this week on Thursday to to pay
a lot of the employees that are working now during
the shutdown, and I hope that passes so we can
at least pay some of our federal employees like TSA,
Air Traffic Control, our military, others like that that are
required to be on the job and are not getting paid.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Last thing on the shutdown that I've got for you, Senator,
is what's different this time around for Chuck Schumer.
Speaker 14 (16:37):
You know, apparently he has his far left is really
knocking at his door. I mean, he has AOC in
New York and she is very far left, and they
are they were upset at Chuck Schumer for cutting a deal,
which is what the leaders do. You have to cut
deals in March and he cut a deal in March,
and he and they are just holding holding his feet
(16:59):
to the fire. So I think he feels political footsteps
are knocking at his door, and so he's going to
hold it as long as he possibly can. So that's
why I say this is in the political arena and
in some cases in the political arena of Chuck Schumer.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Us Senator Shelley Moore.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Capital was with us and if we could shift gears
talk a little bit about the peace deal between Hamas
and Israel. And you know, the minute that I heard
this peace deal, the first thing that occurred to me
or that I thought, was that the people that you're
going to be dealing with over hostages likely going to
be a completely different group of people that you're going
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to be dealing with when it comes to disarming that militia.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
And it appears that that would be the case.
Speaker 14 (17:48):
Well, I think that Hamas obviously is a terrorist organization.
The attack on October seventh on Israel that killed over
a thousand people at a music festival, many of them
were was so brutal, and some of the accounts I
can't even have to look away from because they're so
terroist and brutal and disgusting, and so I think, you know,
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they they began this, and Israel went back with the
full force of the Israeli military, with our support and
other supports around the country, and so to weed out
that last terrorist. I think what last Hamas member. I
think what has been the realization is get our hostages back,
which they have. They don't have all the ones that
(18:31):
have passed away, but they do have all the live
hostages back. So that's a benchmark I think where these
peace talks are right now. So that's what's different here.
I think that Israel has a lot of what they want,
and now I think the gosen people that are not
that are being held hostage by Hamas. There are still
pockets of Hamas that want to keep fighting, but gozens
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want to go home. They want food, they want shelter,
they want to be able to live in peace with
their families like everybody body else. And I think that's
what the peace process is meant to do. So I
think when you saw those rockets fired into into Israel
several days ago, my immediate thought was, Oh, the whole
thing's going to break down, and you saw it didn't.
(19:16):
As the vice President's over there right now. There's just
so much hope. Somebody sat with me. Actually, I was
talking to the Prime Minister of Australia. We were talking
about this yesterday and he said, for the first time,
I feel like we have real hope for peace there,
and so I'm going to hold on to that very
major nugget in my mind. Even if we see small
incursions here and there that might think the whole thing's
(19:38):
falling apart. I think the will is there to hold
this thing together.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
You know, I couldn't agree with you more. I hold
out hope as well.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
Right, however, I think you know we'd be Well, let's
be realistic. Ceasefires are difficult propositions. Ceasefire between the Koreas,
you know that broke down and took more than a
year eight munths to take effect. Cease fire agreements and
other conflicts, they're just not that simple, and they do
(20:06):
break down and they do require renegotiations. But the fact
is is that when you take a look at the
Middle East, look at the efforts that Jimmy Carter made,
and look where it got the President of Egypt, Don
morrisadat right.
Speaker 14 (20:23):
Well, you're right, we do have to be realistic. And
I think also for me and I think for most
people looking at this situation, I don't think we really
grasp how very complicated this issue is with the Arab States,
with Saudi Arabia and Cutter and Jordan, and then you
have Turkey's involvement and other Roague nation like Iran. I mean,
(20:49):
I don't it's hard to put all the players on
the table to figure out how this can really hold.
Because what unifies a lot of these folks like Iran
and Hamas and has is a hate for Israel. They
want to wipe it off the face of the planet.
They're very clear with that, and so I think it
will be tenuous at best. But it's the best that
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we've been in a long time, and I think that
there is a global acceptance. You saw President Trump and
Cairo with a lot of world leaders. I mean, he's
moved the ball forward much much farther than it's been
probably since Jimmy Carter.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Yeah, I would certainly agree with you. And with that
being said, we're running close on time. How clear is
President Trump's judgment in using economics as the carrot to
bring peace to that region? Because no one would ever argue,
that's got to be one of the most beautiful parts
of the world if it were peaceful.
Speaker 8 (21:46):
Right.
Speaker 14 (21:47):
Well, I think, you know, President Trump put into into
effect the Abraham Accords, which was to go for peaceful
solutions in that area. That's I think still the goal here,
and that would bring economic relief to a lot of areas.
But you know, in a lot of ways, I feel,
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you know, they have to solve their own problems too.
We can be the leader here, but these are generational
conflicts that really have to be solved by the major
players in that region.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
US Senator Shelley Moore, Capito. Senator, thank you so much
for your time today. Really do appreciate it.
Speaker 14 (22:26):
Well, I hope the next time we speak, and I
hope it's soon the government is open.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Well, I'm going to hold you to that and I
and with you, I hope for the same. All right,
Thank you, Yes, ma'am, you take care and have a
great day. US Senator Shelley Moore Capital in Washington, d C.
Working amidst a government shut down, trying to reach some
sort of an agreement, and of course, the Senator, the
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fourth highest ranking Republican in Washington.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
D c under this administration.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
When we come back, we're going to spend a few
minutes with the Montagelia County Health Officer, doctor Brian Huggins.
We're going to talk with doctor Huggins about the community
Health Needs Assessment that is online right now and available
for you to take, and we're going to talk about
why it's important for you to take it, how it
can maybe determine the future of healthcare provided by the
(23:20):
Health Department coming in the coming decades.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
We'll do that next.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Right now, clouds in forty eight degrees and time to
find out what is happening across the great state of
West Virginia.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
And to do that, we'll head to the Metro News anchor.
Speaker 15 (23:36):
Tack West Virginia Metro News. I'm Chris Laurence Say. Canawa
County man is jailed after police they made threats to
kill President Trump, Governor Morrissey, and local law enforcement. Sixty
six year old Michael Sigmund of Charleston arrested this week.
Investigators say posted those threats online on several occasions, the
first of which noticed in an application of volunteer for
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the West Virginia Mountain Party. Leaders of the party reported
the threats law enforcement resulting in the investigation and the arrest.
Two are in custody for Arson and Huntington. Investigators say
the two were arrested in separate cases. Forty one year
old Marc Anthony Jackson charged in connection with the car
fire on Guyan Avenue from October third. Then forty nine
year old Eric Congleton was charged for his involvement in
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a separate vehicle fire October thirteenth on Sixth Avenue. The
government's shutdown continues to be a major threat to a
lot of critical federal programs that impact West Virginians, and
among them, funding for the SNAP Benefits program could quickly
dry up if the shutdown continues. Kelly Allen is with
the West Virginia Center for Budget in Policy.
Speaker 16 (24:38):
I do know that SNAP has The federal USDA has
contingency funds in place for situations like this, so hopefully
they will find ways to fund SNAP benefits in November
if the government is not reopened, which hopefully it is.
Speaker 15 (24:52):
It is expected, however, the loss of those benefits would
drive up the demand exponentially on the state's two major
food banks. They are bracing for that hit. Read more
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Speaker 15 (26:06):
The PSC has cleared the way for the acceleration of
development of a major solar energy project in Preston County.
The Brandonville Solar project could be underway by December of
next year. Since it requires no new transmission lines or polls,
the Commission waived the filing requirement. Now the proposed eleven
hundred and fifty four acre array must file a public
notice in the paper, and if no significant opposition emerges,
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will get quick approval. It's proposed to create about one
hundred megawats of power between Glade Run and Big Sandy
Creek near the Pennsylvania line. From the Metro News anchor desk, Guy,
I'm Chris Lauren.
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Hm.
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Join the conversation at one eight hundred seven sixty five
eight two five five. This is the talk of the town.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
It is Wednesday, nine thirty five clouds and forty eight
degrees in the University City in studio. We've got Mont
County Health Officer doctor Brian Huggins with us and good
morning doctor.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
How are you good morning?
Speaker 18 (28:15):
How are you today?
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Hey, I'm doing good. Thank you very much. Now let's
see doctor. The Community Health Assessment or the Community Health
Needs Assessment is online. That is a survey that is
available to county residents to take. Where is that at?
Why is it important for folks to do that?
Speaker 18 (28:36):
So it's available on our website, It's available on all
of our social media. Monte Gaily County Health Department. It's
easy to google us and you're gonna find us. The
reason it's important is everybody we talk too cares about
their health. Right We're becoming more concerned about what you're
putting in your body from everything from food, Like you
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can't not hear about health topics in the new and unfortunately,
West Virginia tends to be very low in the ranking
scales and public health. We're fiftieth in health in general.
I think we're close to the bottom forty seven, forty
eighth and we want to make a difference. But how
do you do that? How do you know exactly what
(29:18):
people need? And so we can look at the statistics
all day long. You can get cardiovascularities, obesity rate. You
know that everybody knows that sure, But what we don't
know is what if people actually want. We have a
survey that we do about every three years, and we've
actually made some changes to it. We've made it three minutes.
So I want to stress two things about the survey.
(29:39):
It's three minutes roughly, and it's anonymous, so nobody's gona
track you, nobody's gonna get your nobody's gonna call you
after you take it, and it should only take a
few minutes of your time. And what that's going to
tell us is it's going to tell us one what
things have impacted you, what's important to you?
Speaker 1 (29:59):
And two, what do you.
Speaker 18 (30:01):
Want to see happen? Because the thing that's most important
in public health, I've been here talking to you, I've
been talking on you know, the other radio shows about
how our funding is going down, right, and there's a
competition for funding across the United States for everything, and
so we don't want to waste money. We don't want
to waste resources in areas where people don't really need it.
(30:23):
Either they don't need it because they don't need it,
or they don't need it because realistically they're not willing
to move in that direction, right, A perfect example that
I give people is they put fresh food out into
the dollar generals because they said, we've got these food deserts.
All you can get is frozen food whatever. And they
put fresh food out, and then what happened to that
(30:44):
fresh food? They threw it away because people didn't know
how to cook with it. People don't know what to
do with fresh food. We don't know how to cook anymore.
Like you know, when I went to school, you know,
I went to school and date myself. But you know,
like I graduate high school in ninety five and boys
didn't take met class. That was not something that you do.
That is not a you know, traditional like male class
(31:05):
to take. And I have a whole generation of my friends.
I have no idea how to cook. I've learned to cook,
uh and but I didn't grow up doing that. And
that's a fundamental skill, right, I mean, that's like one
of those fundamental skills. And so but when you don't
know that, you learn. I got frozen chicken fingers, I
got pizza. It's fast, it's easy, right, I mean yeah, right,
(31:28):
I mean yeah, and sometimes it's even cheaper. I mean,
you buy a head of cauliflower now and it's shocking.
It's like, you know, on sale it's three dollars.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
So anyway, but then you put people in that conundrum,
what do I do with this head of cauliflower?
Speaker 1 (31:42):
Once I have it right?
Speaker 3 (31:43):
Right?
Speaker 18 (31:43):
And most people grow up or you got steamed vegetables
at the restaurant and they're horrible. Right, I grew up
thinking anything green was bad and you just have to
know how to season it. Like, if you know how
to season food. I make fresh green beans for people
or something like that, they'll be like, I didn't know
green beans could taste like this, and it's like.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Yeah, okay, Well, next week we're going to start the
Doctor Brian Huggan's cooking show. But seriously, though, Brian, on
the way out, tell us about delta eight, why we
need to know about it and what it is.
Speaker 18 (32:18):
Yep, So, delta eight is another form of THHC. So
most people are familiar with the words TC and CBD, right,
those are the two main chemicals that you find in marijuana.
TC is the psychoactive, CBD is the more relaxant. It
doesn't typically have the same psychoactive components.
Speaker 17 (32:39):
A lot of.
Speaker 18 (32:40):
States have legalized CBD, not THC.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Etcetera, etcetera.
Speaker 18 (32:45):
Well, there's two forms of TG that are in the
marijuana plant that our most active. There's delta nine, which
is in high quantities, and then there's delta eight, which
is in very very very very low quantities and connected
to CBD. Why you're hearing about it in the news
is because and in hemp plants. So I also want
(33:07):
to talk a little bit, just briefly about hemp plants
in marijuana. And it's the same plant. It's just the
difference is marijuana plants have been specifically grown and they
have higher levels of teach you where hemp plants it's
the same plant, They just by nature are point less
than point three percent. So that's where in twenty eighteen
they legalized hemp for the use in a lot of
products that didn't now fall under the restrictions that the
(33:31):
stronger marijuana plant would. Okay, which your same plant just different,
you know. So what people have been able to do
is that the delta eight in large quantities actually has
some psychoactive property. It's not as much as delta nine
and delta eight. In order to do that, you have
(33:51):
to concentrate it, and you can do that one of
two ways. You can concentrate it with like CBD kind
of of products and whatnot using chemical is from the
marijuana plant, but you can also do it from the
hemp plant. And where you're seeing an issue with this
in West Virginia, and you've probably maybe seen articles about
the marijuana farmers who are legally allowed to grow in
(34:11):
West Virginia, is that hemp farmers. The people have figured
out how to take hemp and the little bit of
CBD from hemp concentrate that to get a Delta eight product.
And because it's derived from hemp, it's not technically illegal.
It's not a synthetic So when people hear of spice
and other things like that, those are actually synthetic THHD.
(34:32):
They're not coming from a natural plant. If something comes
naturally from the hemp plant, based on the law in
twenty eighteen, that's legal unless a state makes it illegal.
West Virginia has not done that yet, so you can
actually legally buy these Delta eight products, and they do
carry psychoactive properties. The danger of that is that we
haven't studied Delta eight hardly at all, and the chemicals
(34:55):
that are used to make it is not really studied
and the FDA doesn't control these, so so there's no
known whether they're harmful or not. Yet they're being commercially
distributed across the state.
Speaker 2 (35:07):
And then in the production the chemicals that are used,
you know, they have to be disposed of or they
have a life correct. Yeah, and that as well is
not regulated.
Speaker 18 (35:20):
It's the chemicals that they used to make It might
be those might actually be regulated because of how they're used,
but once they're combined into the product, then it's not
the same anymore. So like when they're in a bottle,
you know, say you're using hydrochloric acid, not that that's
a product you would use for this, right, that's very
regulated product, but once you've now used it into something
(35:44):
that kind of like unless there's a significant amount of
that product that they know causes harm. Problem is nobody's
really taken these products, put them under a microscope and
you know, and really broken down what exactly is inside them.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Okay, good deal, doctor Brian Uggins, the Mount County Health Officer.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Doctor, really do appreciate your time.
Speaker 18 (36:03):
Thank you, and I really everybody out there please go
on and take our survey. We'd really really appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Okay, good deal.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Coming up next, we've got Montgelia County Sheriff Todd Forbes.
It's wanted Wednesday, and we're also going to talk school
bus safety. It's coming up next on Talk of the
Town AM fourteen forty FM one oh four point five w.
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In a stream or a river, they really like to
have a mud bank and they like to have a
place where they can dig an underwater hole.
Speaker 1 (36:46):
That's as a refuge.
Speaker 20 (36:48):
That's correct. You They have to evade predators. Now, some
some prayers will chase them. There a manker and author obviously,
but they can avoid thinking, avoid the coyotes of hawk,
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the ones that probably take the most up.
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Overcast and forty eight in the University City, West Virginia.
Five one one reports an incident free interstate system at
this hour. On the phone, We've got Montaguelia County Sheriff Todd.
Speaker 1 (40:49):
Forbes, Sheriff. Good morning, sir, how are you?
Speaker 24 (40:52):
Good morning, Mike. I was doing really well until you
just jinxus by staying their state's wor open without any accident.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
Well, I hope it wasn't an instantaneous dose.
Speaker 1 (41:03):
Of bad luck.
Speaker 24 (41:05):
Well, I think we'll be okay.
Speaker 2 (41:06):
Okay, good, all right, Well, it is a wanted Wednesday, Sheriff. So,
who are the featured felons that we're searching for.
Speaker 24 (41:15):
Well, this morning we're looking for Thomas Logan lobb for
possession of controlled substance, the last second events and of
course failure to failure to appear. You'll let us at
on most of them. Also, Ashley Shackleford destruction of property,
public intoxication, a legal possession of alcohol, domestic battery and
(41:38):
of course failure to appear. Arnold d Wayne Schmoot conspiracy
committed failing violation of protection protective water and that's all
for you. I'm sorry Alan Ray Watson for battery and
failure to appear, and Casey were they wild for shoplifting
third events and failure to appear. And as always, you know,
(42:01):
if you've got any information, we would love to have that.
We've been able to capture twenty seven individuals since we
started doing this, and that is largely part of the
tips that we get from the community, which we very
much appreciate.
Speaker 2 (42:13):
And you can take a look at all of these
felons and take a look at their pictures at Montaguelia
Sheriff dot gov. And of course the sheriff would tell
you that at no time should you consider approaching any
of these people yourself. If you know them or if
you know where they live, call the sheriff. Let them
do the work. That's what they get paid for.
Speaker 24 (42:34):
That's right, That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (42:36):
Okay, Now, Sheriff, it is school Bus Safety Week and
I think here in mon County we got off kind
of to a rough start at two or three citations
involving school buses.
Speaker 24 (42:49):
Yeah, we sure did. And it seems like every year
we get a couple of people that are to make
that mistake. We put so much emphasis on this at
the beginning of school. We feel like, but I now
by the time there were to this point, we don't
have to do much well. We think we have things
pretty well under control. We're still monitoring those bus routes
a lot, but we feel like, you know, we did
(43:11):
the work up front, and now it's kind of knock
on wood Easy Street for that.
Speaker 2 (43:15):
Sure, you know, one of the things that I just
wanted to bring up is and you know, you're the
guy that works the road. You could answer this question
better than me making a speculation. But I would guess
that the main reason that people get into a jam
with a school bus is because they're in a hurry.
Maybe they're going to work, maybe they're coming home from work.
(43:37):
It's important for those people who are in a hurry
to understand that a first offense, you can lose your
driver's license for up to sixty days. That means catching
a lot of rides. In fact, if you just take
work for example, that would be one hundred and twenty
rides you would need over that sixty day period. And
that's just to get to and from work. That's not
(43:58):
having fun or going any where that you want to go.
Speaker 24 (44:02):
Yeah, there's certainly no no upside the pass in the
school bise other than you may very well get away
with it until you get caught and then and you're
gonna not be late to work that day. I think
most people would just rather be work late to work
that day than have to deal with all the uber
rides and all the things that go with that. There's
also fees and fives that go with that. Of course,
(44:23):
you know, to get your license back you have to
pay a fee in a fine, so financially it's it's
bad as well.
Speaker 2 (44:30):
Yeah, and I guess I just throw in there the
fact that it would certainly not bode well for insurance
is so that the cost is not just getting your
license back. That costs can maybe ripple into your future,
so to speak.
Speaker 24 (44:48):
Absolutely right, Yeah, there's not Again, there's no upside to this,
nothing good about it. But these buses all have video
cameras and you know everything, it's just it's about impossib
well to do it.
Speaker 1 (45:01):
I'm glad you brought that up.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
I'm glad you brought that up because if you think
you're going to get away, you might want to think again,
because those cameras really cover about every corner of the bus,
don't they They sure do, and on.
Speaker 24 (45:15):
The bus and all around the bus. And unfortunately too
is where this has happened. We've got other people call
in with license plates, numbers and everything because other people
in the community see what happened. They don't want to
see that. So yeah, I think we're in a good
spot here in Montague County.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Okay, good deal, Sheriff Todd Forbes. Sheriff, really do appreciate your.
Speaker 24 (45:35):
Time, sir, Yes, sir, thank you. Having a good day.
Speaker 1 (45:38):
You bet you take care of yourself, Sheriff Todd Forbes.
Speaker 2 (45:40):
Of course you can take a look at everything that
we talked about at Montaguelia Sheriff dot gov. Coming up
at the top of the hour, mon County Commissioners will
be gatherling in for their regular meeting, and then the
Commissioners also have a work session set up for today.
(46:01):
One item that got my attention on their regular meeting
agenda is to consider, let's see the engagement and engagement
letter with Steptoe and Johnson to represent the County commission
in the west Ridge bankruptcy. Of course, some of the
things happening with west Ridge, some of the things they
(46:22):
have their hands into would be the Exit one point
fifty five. I believe that they're a thirteen million dollar
partner in that particular project. And then I believe that
they're about a three million dollar partner in the water
and sewer extensions under I seventy nine into the West
(46:42):
that extension into Myland Park to allow for more expansion there.
So just a couple of things to watch for, and
of course they'll be talking about west Ridge during their
afternoon work session as well. Also in their work session,
looks like they'll be talking with the folks at Myland
Park and Morgantown Area Partnership. Mont County Commission gavels in
(47:06):
at ten o'clock this morning, and of course those meetings
open to the public in the Mont County Courthouse or
available on YouTube at the mont County Commission page.
Speaker 1 (47:17):
You can check that out there.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
When we come back, wrap things up and hand off
to David TJ Metro News talk line right now, Clouds
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I'll go out on a limb because people won't like
my answer.
Speaker 3 (48:22):
Probably.
Speaker 12 (48:23):
I think there's fewer coyotes than most people imagine. Really
because when number one, when you hear a family group
of them this time of year, the pups are very
vocal that are getting They've been kind of shut mouthed
during the spring when they're young, and it's like a
bunch of teenagers. When they get to September, Mom, dad
can't keep their mouths shut anymore.
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In a stream or a river, they really like to
have a mud bank and they like to have a
place where they can dig an underwater hole as a refuge.
Speaker 20 (50:00):
Correct you, They have to evade predators. Now, some prayers
will chase them. There a manker and author, obviously, but
they can avoid they can avoid the coyotes, the Hawks's
the bobcats, the owls and the hawks. And that's really
the ones that probably take the.
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Line, as always, will dive deep into mountaineer athletics.
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We'll cover the mountaineas we'll cover high school sports, and
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Well, good Wednesday morning.
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It is homecoming week on the WVU campus here in
the city of Morgantown and the Spirit truck stop.
Speaker 1 (52:00):
In just about ninety seconds.
Speaker 2 (52:02):
They'll be setting up chop at the Mountain Lair, passing
out some swag in preparation for the homecoming game with
TCU coming up Saturday, that is a six pm kickoff
for their return to MYLN Pushcar Stadium. We certainly wish
the Gold and Blue the best of luck in this
upcoming matchup with Texas Christian And also just an update
(52:27):
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Greg Clutter from the Chestnut Mountain Ranch. We're going to
be talking about his presentation that he presented to state
lawmakers during recent interim meetings earlier this month, and we're
also going to get a readout from Greg about I
guess his take on the state of maybe how the
(52:51):
foster care system is operating in the state right now,
and how maybe that new system Care portal is augmenting
those operations and helping in the community.
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