W.Va. AmeriCorps Programs See Jump In Federal Funds
AmeriCorps programs across the state will share in more than $6.4 million of federal funding for a variety of community support programs.
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Justice Coal Company Appeals District Court’s Order In Long-simmering Kentucky Case
In July, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove ordered company associates to pay $18 million in a 2012 lawsuit filed by New London Tobacco Market and Fivemile Energy.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDigging Deeper Into Rising Black Lung Cases, This West Virginia Morning
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that black lung rates are the highest they’ve been since the 1970s. Justin Hicks and Howard Burkes reported on that for the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Hicks and Burkes to dig a little deeper.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPushback On School Clothing Vouchers And Black Lung Numbers Grow, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey gets pushback over school clothing vouchers, Huntington residents seek to ban Flock cameras, and black lung is big again.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBlack Lung Disease At Its Highest In 50 Years, This West Virginia Morning
Federal health researchers at the CDC have a new report about black lung disease among the most experienced coal miners in Appalachia. They are suffering from the incurable disease at the highest rates in nearly half a century.
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Appalachia's Black Lung Rates Highest In Nearly 50 Years As Miners' Protections Stall
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Changing Appalachian Farmstand, This West Virginia Morning
Roadside farmstands with homemade jams and bread are a common sight in Appalachia. Because they’re unmanned, many of them work on the honor system: Take a carton of berries, leave some cash. But the humble farm stand is changing to keep up with an increasingly cash-free society. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch recently visited a stand in Wythe County, Virginia and has this.
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