New River Gorge National Park Wins Coveted Travel Ranking
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve has been listed as the nation's top underrated travel destination by U.S. News and World Report.
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School Funding Reforms, Water Crisis Responses And Undocumented Immigration Control, At The Legislature This Week
On The Legislature This Week, two senators tell us how the state needs to change its school funding, which has remained largely unchanged for decades. We also hear lawmakers discuss reforms to the state’s response to water crises.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRemembering Justice Armstead And Examining Appalachia’s Water Crisis, This West Virginia Morning
Tim Armstead, former Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court of Appeals who also served in the House of Delegates, died Tuesday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGrappling With A Decades-Old Water Problem, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, some regions rely on bottled water as they wait more than 30 years for municipal systems to deliver clean drinking water.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Fall Of AppHarvest, Inside Appalachia
When the farming start-up, AppHarvest, launched in Kentucky, it promised good jobs in coal country — but some workers called it a grueling hell on earth. We also explore an island of Japanese culture in West Virginia called Yama.
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Key Health Players Look Back At The 2014 Water Crisis
Ten years ago, a state of emergency and water advisory was issued for nine West Virginia counties following a chemical spill in the Elk River.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNovel ‘Poison Flood’ Uses Water Crisis As Backdrop
Poison Flood, a new novel by Jordan Farmer, is set against the backdrop of an environmental disaster in southern West Virginia. It includes murder, theft…
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