This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.
It was the first shuttle mission with seven astronauts. By the time they landed, they had traveled 3.3 million miles – one full orbit around the Earth every 90 minutes.
McBride was scheduled to pilot another shuttle mission in March 1986, but the explosion of the Challenger after liftoff earlier that year put the program on hold.
“If you get that assignment to Mars, make sure you call me. NASA will find me somewhere. I hope to still be around. Make sure to invite me to your launch.”
By then, McBride had met nearly everybody who’d ever gone to space. And when the oldest generation had completed their mission on earth, he was often called on to memorialize them.
On this West Virginia Morning, we learn how opioid settlement funds are getting distributed, plus discuss new ways communities are responding to mental health crises.
July 4 is nearly upon us, and soon firework displays will light up the night sky across West Virginia. Fireworks can be an opportunity for family fun, but medical and fire prevention officials urge residents to use caution.
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On this West Virginia Morning, cicadas annoy some, but have profound meaning to others. And a new radio and television series highlights some of the brightest, clearest skies in the nation.
