Read the winning stories from the 2025 PBS KIDS Writers Contest at WVPB!
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.
Make WVPB part of your legacy.
Manage your membership account.
Learn how you can Protect and Sustain West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
The Regional Jail Authority annual report says incarceration rates at the Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg continue to decrease.
The Journal reports the annual report focuses on the performance and inmate statistics of all adult regional jails in the state from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
The report says the Eastern Regional Jail saw a 7 percent decrease in its average daily inmates during fiscal year 2015. This continues a two-year drop from a 17-year high in 2013. The report also says the system saw a 12.3 percent drop statewide since 2013.
West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says the reduction of inmates is partly because of improvement in the Division of Correction’s capacity.
This is an evolving story and may be updated. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has declined to answer whether the opioid epidemic in Cabell County and the city of Huntington ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, working to safely dispose of trash as West Virginia’s black bear population bounces back and former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration discusses impact of recent cuts.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn parts of Appalachia, coal mines have given way to a newer industry. Southwestern Virginia has two high-security, supermax prisons: Wallens Ridge State Prison, near Big Stone Gap, and Red Onion, not far from the town of Pound. Prisoners at Red Onion say they live in poor conditions and are often placed in solitary confinement for long stretches of time. Reporter Charlotte Rene Woods has been covering the story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News
