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  • Energy & Environment Eric Douglas,

    EPA Plans New Minden Clean Up

    Minden has struggled with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) since the 1980s. Now, the EPA has proposed a new plan to clean it up.

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  • Health & Science Trey Kay +,

    Us & Them Encore: N’ganga Dimitri

    Once on the margins of medicine, psychedelic drugs are now drawing renewed interest from the Trump administration as potential treatments for some substance addictions and certain mental health conditions. A new executive order aims to accelerate research and expand access to substances such as ibogaine, despite their known risks. On the latest episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay revisits a long-explored question: can psychedelics safely help treat addiction and trauma in America?

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  • Energy & Environment Associated Press,

    Trump Promised To Cut Electric Costs In Half. Bills In Energy-rich W.Va. Now Top Mortgages

    Nationwide, electricity increased 4.8% in February over a year earlier, with natural gas prices up 10.9% during the same period. Rising energy costs are driven by increased demand, extreme weather, and infrastructure upgrades. West Virginia's reliance on coal-fired plants contributes to the problem, leaving residents burdened by high utility costs.

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  • Health & Science Trey Kay +,

    Us & Them Encore: Substance Use Disorder — Can You Recover Without A Place To Call Home?

    Tough-on-crime laws are changing the landscape for people experiencing homelessness and addiction. In this encore episode of Us & Them, Trey Kay returns to Kentucky to track the fallout from the state’s 2024 Safer Kentucky Act. The pressures are rising — in city housing systems and across rural Appalachia’s thin safety nets.

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  • Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +,

    Osage, Connie Jordan Green And Ice Climbing, Inside Appalachia

    This week, during the Great Depression, Osage, West Virginia was a raucous river town. It’s sleepier now, but music is keeping the magic alive. Also, a poet remembers growing up in a secret city in Tennessee that was built during World War II. And, rock climbing is usually for warmer months, but some climbers have taken to climbing frozen waterfalls.

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