New Bishop Has Existing Connections To W.Va.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala will serve as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston — which encompasses all of West Virginia — starting in July.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe winners of the 2025 Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters (VAPB) Awards were announced on March 28 at the Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting at Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Conference Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) Newsroom won 12 awards this year.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis year’s featured speakers will be award-winning children’s novelist R. L. Stine, nonfiction author Margot Lee Shetterley, New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn, mystery author and West Virginia native Craig Johnson, and local author and illustrator Rosalie Haizlett.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) will host a public screening of selected excerpts from The American Revolution, the landmark documentary series by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, followed by a community conversation at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at the Brad D. Smith Business and Innovation Center on the campus of Marshall University.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) Production team has won six awards from the 2025 Davey Awards.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) Production team has won three awards from the 20th Annual w3 Awards. The w3 Awards is sanctioned by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), an assembly of 500+ industry leaders from acclaimed brands, institutions and agencies like Microsoft, McCANN, Netflix, Havas, New York University, The Walt Disney Company, Work & Co, the National Gallery of Art and more.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVPB has received a 2025 Ohio Valley Emmy Award in the category of Magazine Program - Single Program for the Inside Appalachia-Folkways Special.
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