W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWith toxic “forever chemicals” being detected in waterways statewide, the pollutants have caught the attention of both the public eye and state legislators.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA library in Mercer County is one of six across the country selected to house training materials for water operators.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAn analysis of Environmental Protection Agency records shows many small communities in particular are left unprotected by destitute and unmaintained water providers. The Associated Press found that on average over the past three years, these racked up roughly twice as many health violations as big city providers. Certain small water utilities persistently struggle to provide safe water. Fines can push these precarious utilities even deeper into trouble. In many places, people struggle to find water or else drink water that isn't clean. We visit Keystone, W.Va., Terre du Lac, Mo. and Ferriday, La.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSeveral communities in West Virginia's southern coalfields celebrated the completion of a long awaited project to bring clean water to local communities last week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Rivers Coalition has planted nearly 900 trees and shrubs to protect the drinking water in the Harpers Ferry community. The area, known as a riparian buffer, was planted along the Elk’s Run Watershed, which provides residents of the Jefferson County towns of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar with clean drinking water. It is also the only stream in the county that provides water to a municipality and drinking water to thousands of Harpers Ferry residents and tourists.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA McDowell County food pantry is teaming up with a non-profit called Dig Deep in order to bring residents clean drinking water.
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