CHARLESTON – Members of the commission that oversees West Virginia Public Broadcasting remain positive in the face of possible funding changes at the federal level that could negatively affect programing and educational initiatives.

“I know we normally hear all the negatives, and we read the negatives, but West Virginia Public Broadcasting is going to survive. And not just survive; it's going to thrive,” said William H. File III, who was reelected Wednesday as chairman of the state Educational Broadcasting Commission at its quarterly meeting at West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s headquarters in downtown Charleston.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump sent a formal request to Congress to claw back more than $1.1 billion in funding already appropriated in fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for the

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