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Enough with the W. Va. Jokes Already and Uncle Dude Plays Bluegrass

On West Virginia Morning, we’ll meet Dave Tabler who heard so many jokes about being from West Virginia, he began a website and podcast to defend it.…

On West Virginia Morning, we’ll meet Dave Tabler who heard so many jokes about being from West Virginia, he began a website and podcast to defend it.  We’ll also meet Uncle Dude of Pocahontas County.  His nephew explains how his uncle mastered bluegrass music after contracting polio as a child.  Ashton Marra reports on Gov. Tomblin’s new effort to reform the state’s juvenile justice system. 

Debating the Death Penalty in Ky., Trying to Track Fracking Materials, "Uncle Dude" and more

Capital punishment is debated in Kentucky.Coal camp communities are working to cope with dated water systems created by coal companies.A farmer’s market…

Capital punishment is debated in Kentucky.

Coal camp communities are working to cope with dated water systems created by coal companies.

A farmer’s market is provides summer meals to children. 

Questioning Capital Punishment in Kentucky:  Mirroring a national trend, the debate over capital punishment continues to makes headlines in Kentucky. Earlier this month, the state legislature held the first public hearing testimony on the death penalty since it was reinstated in 1976. As Kentucky Public Radio’s Jonathan Meador found that arguments for and against a bipartisan legislative effort to abolish capital punishment boil down to, in part, a moral quandary over vengeance versus forgiveness.

Fracking materials are tough to track: A website called “FracFocus” has become a national clearinghouse for information about the chemicals used in fracking.  But as StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Katie Colaneri reports transparency about those chemicals remains elusive.

Farmers share food at Kentucky market: The Letcher County Farmers’ Market is the first in Kentucky to offer free meals cooked on site from market vegetables to children 18 and under. The Farmers’ Market recently celebrated with its many partners including the Letcher County School System, US Department of Agriculture, KY Department of Education, and the farmers who make it all possible in Whitesburg. WMMT‘s Elizabeth Sanders has more.    

Fracking Regulations, Craft Brew Festivals, Antiques Roadshow and Mountain Stage's Song of the Week

An environmental watchdog group is claiming some companies in West Virginia are using diesel fuel in their fracking fluids without the proper permits.…

An environmental watchdog group is claiming some companies in West Virginia are using diesel fuel in their fracking fluids without the proper permits. Craft Brewers are celebrating their industry at two festivals in West Virginia this weekend, but they’re hoping the events bring attention to the legal needs of the industry not just their businesses. Antiques Roadshow’s executive producer Marsha Bemko discusses the show’s first time in West Virginia and Brett Dennen has this week’s Mountain Stage Song of the Week.

Huntington Fights Drug Abuse, WVBOE Approves Extended Bus Routes & Reducing Euthanization of Strays

Federal and regional drug enforcement officials visited Huntington to learn about the success the city has had so far in combating the drug epidemic and…

Federal and regional drug enforcement officials visited Huntington to learn about the success the city has had so far in combating the drug epidemic and share details about their future efforts. The West Virginia Board of Education approved a waiver to allow some students in Randolph County to take bus rides as long as an hour and 18 minutes one way after a ceiling collapse closed their school and the Kanawha Chalreston Humane Association has changed some policies helping them along their path to become a no-kill shelter.

The Bluefield Coal Symposium, W.Va. and Ky. Politics Heat Up Over Coal & McDowell Co. Improves Water

The Bluefield Coal Symposium brings together government and industry leaders to discuss challenges, West Virginia parallels Kentucky in coal jobs and…

The Bluefield Coal Symposium brings together government and industry leaders to discuss challenges, West Virginia parallels Kentucky in coal jobs and politics in regards to the widely talked about “war on coal”, and McDowell residents get closer to having safe water.

WVU Healthcare To Hold Open Interview Session Wednesday

Open interview sessions for approximately 300 positions at WVU Healthcare will be held Wednesday.WUV Healthcare includes the teaching hospitals and…

Open interview sessions for approximately 300 positions at WVU Healthcare will be held Wednesday.

WUV Healthcare includes the teaching hospitals and clinics for WVU’s health professions schools.

The job interviews will be held from 10 am to 6 pm at the WVU Erickson Alumni Center.

Per diem, casual, part-time, and full-time positions are available, including management, direct patient care, support services, and administrative.

 

Support services applicants, such as housekeeping, nutrition services, clerical, valet, and information technology are encouraged to attend between 10 am   and 1 pm. 

Clinical applicants, including nurses, physician assistants, medical assistants, clinical associates, and laboratory, pharmacy, and surgical technicians, are encouraged to attend between 2 pm and 6 pm.

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