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Alderson Broaddus University filed for bankruptcy, ending its long history as an institution of higher education
Philippi is located in north-central West Virginia on the Tygart Valley River. Chartered in 1844, it is the county seat of Barbour County. Both the city and the county were named for Philip Barbour, a Virginia congressman and delegate to the 1829-...
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