WV--West Virginia News Coverage Advisory 9 am

Good morning! Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up today in West Virginia. Questions about today's coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the Charleston bureau at 304-346-0897 or [email protected]. Becky Yonker is on the desk. A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org.

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In Brief:

FIRE DEPARTMENT-FATAL WRECK, from CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has ordered flags at the Capitol lowered to half-staff for a firefighter who died while responding to an emergency call.

POLICE SHOOTING-WEST VIRGINIA, from CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Deputies were cleared of any wrongdoing in a shootout in West Virginia that killed a man.

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