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Blood is a key part of modern medical care, but keeping a regular supply relies on thousands of volunteers donating regularly. We learn about the importance of blood drives and how technology is making it easier than ever to roll up your sleeve.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsClean up continues after a transformer failure in Wyoming County released mineral oil onto the ground and into a nearby stream. This leak comes just over two weeks after vandals caused a separate leak from an Appalachian Power substation in Wayne County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRobert White, 63, a foreman with more than 40 years of mining experience, died Thursday at the Lower War Eagle mine in Wyoming County, according to Gov. Patrick Morrisey. There have been eight coal mine fatalities nationwide this year, according to MSHA. Six took place in West Virginia. Three of those deaths have occurred in the past six weeks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVPB asked photojournalist and West Virginia native Roger May to go back home and take a hard look at how residents are still struggling to find normalcy nine months after flooding hit southern West Virginia. May specializes in turning his camera on the places that shaped him — revealing the humanity behind statistics. He worked primarily in Mingo, Logan, McDowell and Wyoming counties.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia’s 2025 Milken Educator Award winner is Brooke Bailey, a third and fourth grade math teacher at Mullens Elementary School in Wyoming County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, the music of West Virginia songwriter Ella Hanshaw and, thanks in part to her grandchildren, the discovery of some old tapes that led to a new release. Also, a pair of potters in western North Carolina forego commercial clay to work with clay that’s wild. And, we make a trip to West Virginia’s Hillbilly Hotdogs for its infamous "Homewrecker Hotdog Challenge."
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