Eastern Kentucky

Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, Aug. 05, 2024

Negotiating Higher Ground And Emerging Appalachian Voices This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, differences in opinion on how to build high ground communities in Eastern Kentucky and a conversation with the editor of a new collection of essays.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jul. 31, 2024

Revisiting An HIV Outbreak And Building Homes On Old Mine Sites, This West Virginia Morning

At the height of the COVID outbreak, Charleston was sideswiped by a second deadly epidemic: what the Centers for Disease Control called the most concerning outbreak of HIV in the entire country. There was a bitter tug-of-war over how to respond. But where did that leave the patients, and the people most at risk? And what’s happened to the outbreak since then?

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Mar. 21, 2024

Pumped Storage Power Project Could Be Coming To Northern W.Va.

Rye Development, of Portland, Oregon, on Thursday announced a $1.3 billion investment in a pumped storage power generation facility in Bell County, Kentucky.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Mar. 12, 2024