Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

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.

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Government Emily Rice, Mar. 03, 2025

Years-Long Foster Care Lawsuit Dismissed

A federal judge dismissed years-long litigation against West Virginia’s child welfare system last week based not on the merits of the case but on the limits of the court.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Aug. 15, 2024

Attorneys Suing W.Va. Foster Care Oppose Summary Judgment

Attorneys suing West Virginia for its alleged treatment of children in foster care say the Department of Human Services should not be granted the summary judgment it requested.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Jul. 11, 2024

DoHS Seeks To Avoid Trial In Foster Care Lawsuit

The Department of Human Services has asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to decide a foster care lawsuit on a summary judgment.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Jan. 16, 2024

Attorneys Seek Sanctions In Delayed Lawsuit Against DHHR

Recently, a class action lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Resources for children’s rights related to the foster care system has taken a turn as attorneys battle for sanctions against the agency.

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