Energy & Environment

Potomac River Advocates Want To Continue River’s Water Quality Improvements

The 2025 Potomac River Report Card from the non-profit Potomac Conservancy has given the river a "B" health grade.

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Flags Flown At Half Staff For W.Va. Miners

Gov. Patrick Morrisey has ordered flags to be flown at half staff to honor the life of Steve Lipscomb, who died at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County.

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Appalachian Hymn Singing, This West Virginia Morning

There’s a style of singing in bluegrass and traditional music that’s rooted in the music of Primitive and Old Regular Baptist churches, places where singers like bluegrass legend Stanley were raised. On a recent episode of Inside Appalachia, reporter Zack Harold introduced us to a woman who helps keep this sacred tradition alive.

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Body Of Missing Miner Located In Nicholas County Mine

A two-man rescue team found the body of mine foreman Steve Lipscomb, 42, of Elkview, in the Rolling Thunder coal mine in Nicholas County Thursday morning. An around the clock search and rescue operation has been in motion since Saturday.

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