Volunteers Swarm Flood-Ravaged Regions Of W.Va.
Scores of volunteers have poured into flood-worn north-central West Virginia, bringing cleanup supplies and food that residents need for the long recovery ahead.
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Flood Fatalities Confirmed As Work Continues To Restore Crucial Services
Officials confirmed two people died in floodwaters as a massive storm system swept north central West Virginia this week, leaving more than 1,000 damaged homes and businesses in its wake.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Rare Appalachian Tree And How Humidity Affects Heat, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, the spike-covered hawthorn is unique to our region but little known, and the heat you feel might be more about how humid it is than the temperature.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Partnership Invests $150 Million For Rare Earth Mineral Development In W.Va.
Three business have formed a partnership in Greenbrier County, W.Va., to extract valuable rare earth minerals left behind in the coal mining process.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsChemours Agrees To $450 Million PFAS Settlement
The Chemours Company has agreed to pay $450 million for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) releases at four facilities in three states, including West Virginia.
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Encore: Crisis Response Teams And Essays On Nature, Inside Appalachia
This week, too often, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder wind up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, changes to the Endangered Species Act could benefit big business. They could also kill animals like the eastern hellbender. And, in troubled times, a West Virginia writer says to find peace in nature.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHouse Rejects Senate Amendment To Energy Bill, Asks Upper Chamber To Recede
The Senate inserted a copy of SB 420 into HB 4026, an unrelated bill, despite the Senate bill advancing through the legislature.
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