Learn more about our 2024 Mountain Readers Become Leaders program and sign up to be a volunteer reader!
Nominate an exceptional West Virginia teacher today!
On Demand
On Demand
Watch locally produced documentaries & more.
On Demand
On Demand
West Virginia Morning
Inside Appalachia
West Virginia Week
Mountain Stage
Us & Them
The Legislature Today
Send us your comments and questions.
Stream our board meetings.
Check out the latest WVPB news.
Sign up for our newsletter and get weekly updates.
Meet the WVPB staff.
WV Educational Broadcasting Authority, the WVPB Foundation, and the Friends of WVPB.
Come work with us!
Sponsor impactful and engaging media and entertainment.
Use your IRA to make a gift to WVPB.
Become a member with your gift of $1,000 or more.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has awarded West Virginia nearly $3 million for assessment, remediation and planning work on contaminated properties across the state.
The EPA’s Brownfields Program is aimed at helping communities expand their ability to recycle polluted properties for new, productive reuses.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a news release that “these grants leverage other public and private investments and improve local economies through property cleanup and redevelopment.”
$200,000 was awarded to Southern Coal Camp Authority for cleanup of former Burch High and Middle Schools.
Additionally, $200,000 was also given to the City of Fairmont and Fayette County for a Community-Wide Assessment.
The Region 2 Planning & Development Council based in Huntington was awarded $600,000 for its Coalition Assessment.
And both the cities of Weirton and Huntington were given $800,000 for a Community-Wide Revolving Loan Fund.
