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.

Take Me to More News

Home » Animals

Animals

Government WVPB Staff, Mar. 05, 2025

Lawmakers From Both Sides Of The Aisle Talk Energy

On this episode of The Legislature Today, Curtis Tate talks with Vice Chair of the House Energy and Manufacturing Committee Del. George Street, R-Preston, and Minority Chair of the Energy and Public Works Committee Del. Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, about energy issues in West Virginia. Among other topics, they discuss rising electricity prices, community solar and data centers.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Sep. 25, 2023

O Pioneer, Turtle Travels And Throwing Rocks, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, Appalachians are often called mountaineers — but are they also "pioneers?" A new documentary reckons with what it means… to be a pioneer. In Michigan, an Appalachian mountain man competes in a championship tournament, for skipping stones — and we wade into a mountain wetland to search for one of the region’s most elusive creatures.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Emily Rice, Jun. 23, 2023

W.Va. Reptile Expo Returns

With more than 70 tables of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, birds and exotic plants, organizers like Hunter Armstead hope to educate the public on proper care and appreciation of these unique pets.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Government Shepherd Snyder, Jul. 29, 2022

Days After Injunction Blocks Safety Regulations, Racehorse Collapses

A racehorse collapsed and was euthanized during a race Wednesday at a track in the Northern Panhandle. This is the first reported death after an injunction stopped officials from enforcing safety regulations in West Virginia’s thoroughbred racing industry earlier this week.

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Recent Stories

Arts & Culture Caitlin Tan, Feb. 12, 2021

To Love Or Not To Love? That Is The Question In The Animal Kingdom

If you have ever watched animals interact, it seems like they feel love. Penguins mate for life. Elephants form a bond through wrapping their trunks together before they mate. Some types of wolves mate for life and help raise the wolf pups. So, do animals actually feel love?

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Arts & Culture Roxy Todd, Aug. 15, 2020

‘Birds Can Teach Us’: A 20-Year-Old Falconer On What It Takes To Hunt With Raptors

On his family’s farm in Randolph County, W.Va. 20-year-old Collin Waybright has a hobby that’s very different from streaming TV shows or playing video…

Continue Reading Take Me to More News

Load More Articles