Live On The Levee Lineup Announced
Charleston’s annual free concert series, Live on the Levee, will begin on May 24 and run through August 10.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIt’s been a year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic, forcing all major institutions — including jails and prisons — to rapidly find ways to try to limit the spread of the virus. But some public health experts say those efforts have fallen short.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to cripple the economy in the Ohio Valley, President Joe Biden has outlined his plans for economic aid and recovery from the pandemic.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA new report shows the biggest gas producing counties in the Ohio Valley suffered economically over the past decade compared to the rest of the country, although gas production was booming.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers and residents from around the Ohio Valley who were in Washington D.C. during this week’s violence are responding to the violent storming of the Capitol. Some were officials in the building — others were at a rally nearby, and at least one elected state official from the region was part of the violent mob that unlawfully entered the Capitol.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA report from a federal oversight agency shows that over 4,000 patients in the Ohio Valley received high amounts of opioids in 2018 through Medicaid. Alana Watson reports the agency is encouraging states to enforce prescription drug monitoring programs and sharing data with Medicaid agencies.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA new federal report shows that West Virginia and Kentucky saw the country’s sharpest declines in personal income last quarter. Alana Watson explains the losses are tied to the pandemic and declining support from the coronavirus relief act.
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