About 40 people offered differing viewpoints at a public hearing, on Jan. 24, 2024, in the West Virginia House of Delegates chamber for House Bill 4654, which would make schools, libaries and museums subject to prosecution for the distribution and display of obscene matter to minors. The proposed law has raised concerns about obscenity, censorship, the bill s enforcement, the types of materials that would be considered illegal, and its potential impact on libraries and their staff.
HUNTINGTON — Approximately 150 librarians from throughout West Virginia are gathering in Huntington this week for the West Virginia Library Association Conference.
This week is banned books week. Groups like the American Library Association encourage people to look at the books that have been banned and to think about why people attempt to remove them from public view.
On this West Virginia Morning, for the past several years, on a warm autumn afternoon at the end of September, the parking lot of West Virginia University’s Coliseum fills with visitors. But they don’t come to watch basketball. As Chris Schulz reports, they come out for the paw paw fruit.