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201712 minPGdoc-short

TIMBERLINE

201712 minPGdoc-short

A Navy base in Sugar Grove, West Virginia, is being auctioned off, leaving the community to confront the loss of jobs and stability.

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Elaine McMillion Sheldon

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A Navy base in Sugar Grove, West Virginia, is being auctioned off, leaving the community to confront the loss of jobs and stability.

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Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Elaine McMillion Sheldondirector

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Sugar Grove, West Virginia, faces a change as the Navy base known as Sugar Grove Station goes up for auction. For years, this base provided employment and stability for the local community. Now, residents consider the future as their main source of jobs fades. The documentary also looks at the "Upper Base," which contains an NSA listening post that remains operational and is closed off from the town. The auction process begins.

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