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Dunbar, West Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min readGood day Dunbar! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How K9 Bingo helped end a Dunbar-area fugitive manhunt
- How a $5.5M discrimination case could affect Dunbar truck jobs
- How a Nitro restaurant case traces back to Dunbar
Also on today's calendar: Drop N' Roll --Make a Button Station and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 58. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• K9 Bingo finds wanted fugitive hiding in closet after standoff with police in West Virginia (wtrf.com) — Law enforcement tracked a wanted federal fugitive believed to be in the Dunbar area, ultimately arresting him after a standoff in Cross Lanes where K9 Bingo found him hiding in a closet. Dunbar Police joined Kanawha County deputies and state troopers in the operation, which also turned up a significant amount of suspected fentanyl. 
• Sex Discrimination: Company to Pay $5.5M to Settle EEOC Lawsuit (hrmorning.com) — Residents should know a national trucking firm with a terminal in Dunbar will pay $5.5 million after federal officials alleged it systematically refused to hire qualified women as drivers. The settlement requires new hiring policies, training, and monitoring to prevent future discrimination, which could change how the Dunbar terminal recruits and treats applicants.
• Honduran national pleads guilty to illegally reentering U.S. after Nitro ICE raid (wchstv.com) — Federal prosecutors say a man previously deported after being found in Dunbar has now pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the U.S. while working at a Nitro restaurant. The case is part of a broader ICE operation that led to multiple fraud and immigration-related charges tied to the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant and its owners in Kanawha County.
📸 Around Dunbar
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Lil' Tinkers Playgroup →
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library, 301 12th St, Dunbar
10:30 am
Thursday June 4
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Other local events
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Drop N' Roll --Make a Button Station →
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library, 301 12th St, Dunbar
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Lil' Tinkers Playgroup →
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library, 301 12th St, Dunbar
10:30 am -
Murphy's Law and SULLVN Live at the Shop in... →
Live at The Shop, 1233 Ohio Ave, Dunbar
6:00 pm -
Orthodox in Dunbar, West Virginia →
Live at The Shop, 1233 Ohio Ave, Dunbar
5:00 pm -
Lil' Tinkers Playgroup →
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library, 301 12th St, Dunbar
10:30 am
Friday June 5
Thursday June 11
Sunday June 21
Wednesday July 1
Thursday July 2
📣 Dunbar Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Club Ice Session →
South Charleston Memorial Ice Arena, 20 RHL Blvd, South Charleston
5:15 pm -
St. Albans Park & Rec Meeting – Monthly →
Hansford Community Center, 500 Washington St, St Albans
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Free Salsa Lessons and Open Dance
City of Charleston ROQ
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Low Cut Connie with Joslyn & The Sweet Compression
City of Charleston Haddad Riverfront Park
6:30 pm -
Hot Jazz of Charleston at Pumzi's
City of Charleston Pumzi's
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CAMC Foundation Run For Your Life 5 Mile Run/2.5 Mile Walk
City of Charleston Haddad Riverfront Park
8:00 am
Wednesday June 3
Thursday June 4
Friday June 5
Saturday June 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Dunbar. Apply here.
- The Retail Odyssey Company posted a job opening for Traveling Retail Merchandiser - Overnight in South Charleston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Dunbar here.
🗞 Nearby News
South Charleston
- Monarchs move past Robert C. Byrd, 14-0 (wvmetronews.com)
- Obituary: Pierce, Paul R. Jr., (wtap.com)
- Kanawha County woman pleads guilty to providing boyfriend access to minors (wvmetronews.com)
Charleston
- West Virginia Virtual Academy to Celebrate Second Graduating Class; America's Got Talent winner and West Virginia native Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. to deliver keynote address (wvpress.org)
- Man faces prison time after pleading guilty to fentanyl distribution in West Virginia (wchstv.com)
- Man accused of Little League break-ins across multiple counties appears in court (wchstv.com)
Ok Dunbar! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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