W.Va. Biscuit Voted ‘South’s Best’
Tudor’s "Mountaineer” biscuit was named “The South’s Best Biscuit” in an online poll contest held by Garden & Gun, a southern lifestyle magazine.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRecycling is a major component of sustainability - and composting highlights recycling at the organic level. At Marshall University, West Virginia’s first commercial composting facility is spinning its wheels.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia geospatial officials are developing new technology to help visualize flood and landslide risk in the state. The project aims to create more accessible and updated community-level flood risk data.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, when your power goes out, water bill comes in or your nearby fire hydrant looks ancient, there’s a state organization keeping tabs on all of that and more. Randy Yohe talks with Charlotte Lane, chair of the West Virginia Public Service Commission, on how this regulating entity balances public protection with keeping utilities viable.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA total of 26 counties in West Virginia are now under a state of emergency declaration following heavy rains, tornadoes and storms last week, and the heavy rains and storms that hit the state on April 11.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Shepherd University student is leading a citizen science project that aims to repopulate American chestnut trees in Appalachia. American chestnut populations have been threatened for decades by an infectious disease called chestnut blight.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNorfolk Southern plans to pay residents and businesses $600 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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