Encore: The Grand March And A Year After A Denied Abortion, Inside Appalachia

This week, for nearly a century, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in Tennessee. So what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year. And, new prisons are touted as a way to bring jobs to former coal communities. Not everybody agrees the trade-off is worth it.

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Government Curtis Tate, Aug. 21, 2025

ACLU-WV Lawsuit Aims To Block National Guard Deployment To D.C.

The ACLU of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit to block Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s deployment of the West Virginia National Guard to the District of Columbia. Morrisey is one of six Republican governors w...

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Aug. 19, 2025

Grappling With A Decades-Old Water Problem, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, some regions rely on bottled water as they wait more than 30 years for municipal systems to deliver clean drinking water.

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Arts & Culture Jack Walker, Jul. 21, 2025

Author Of New Book Profiling Trans Teens Visiting Charleston This Month

The ACLU and Plot Twist Books have invited journalist and author Nico Lang to the South Charleston Public Library on July 26. Lang recently wrote "American Teenager," a book following the lives of eight trans teens across the U.S.

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Health & Science Jack Walker, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Residents Visit Congress, Urging Senators To Vote Down Medicaid Cuts

More than 500,000 West Virginians were enrolled in Medicaid in 2024. Several of them traveled to Washington, D.C. on June 18 to meet with aides for the state’s U.S. senators.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Medicaid Advocates Visit Congress And Nonprofit Relieves Medical Debt, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from residents who traveled to the U.S. Capitol in opposition to Medicaid cuts, plus get the details on a nonprofit's effort to erase medical debt for those in need.

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Education Jack Walker, Apr. 25, 2025

International Students Can Stay In US After Federal Government Restores Visas

Two international students studying in West Virginia will be permitted to stay in the United States following new visa developments on the federal level.

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