Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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‘Big, Beautiful’ Vote And Changes In Online Gambling, This West Virginia Week

West Virginia's vote on the President's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' two top nominations for the state and a recent change in online gambling.

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Health & Science Jack Walker, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Residents Visit Congress, Urging Senators To Vote Down Medicaid Cuts

More than 500,000 West Virginians were enrolled in Medicaid in 2024. Several of them traveled to Washington, D.C. on June 18 to meet with aides for the state’s U.S. senators.

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Government Curtis Tate, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Gender-Affirming Surgery Case Kicked Back To Lower Court

The Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year that the state’s exclusion of gender-affirming surgery under Medicaid violated federal law.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Medicaid Advocates Visit Congress And Nonprofit Relieves Medical Debt, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from residents who traveled to the U.S. Capitol in opposition to Medicaid cuts, plus get the details on a nonprofit's effort to erase medical debt for those in need.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jun. 25, 2025

A Rally Against Cuts To Medicaid, SNAP And The Future Of The Electric Vehicle Market, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginians continue to rally against proposed cuts and requirement adjustments to Medicaid and SNAP benefits and how changing federal policy will impact the country's electric vehicle market.

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Government WVPB Staff, Jun. 21, 2025

Flood Recovery Efforts And Protesting Possible Medicaid Cuts, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, we have the latest on devastating floods to hit two counties in the northern part of the state. We’ll also talk about West Virginians' efforts to halt Medicaid cuts. And, we learn about reviving black coal camps in McDowell County — through farming.

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