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W.Va. closes college town's bars amid rising virus cases

by Associated Press
| September 2, 2020 2:03 PM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two days after bars around West Virginia University were allowed to reopen, Gov. Jim Justice shut them down indefinitely Wednesday, citing crowds of unmasked students and an increase in positive coronavirus cases.

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