The Underground Railroad’s Passage Through Appalachia

Cicero Fain is a historian at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, who has documented Appalachia's Black history. His latest undertaking is called the Appalachian Freedom Heritage Initiative. The project identified and documented more than two dozen previously unknown underground railroad sites throughout eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia. Inside Appalachia Host Mason Adams spoke with Fain about the project.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jun. 03, 2026

Meeting The Food Needs Of The State, This West Virginia Morning

One in six West Virginians is food insecure. Meaning, 270,000 people in the state regularly don’t know where their next meal will come from. Assistant News Director Maria Young recently toured Mountaineer Food Bank’s greatly expanded, new facility to find out what it takes to meet that need every day – and what it will take in the years to come.

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Health & Science Maria Young, Apr. 27, 2026

Food Bank Expands To Quickly Serve More Of Those In Need

The new, 864,000 square-foot facility in Gassaway – roughly the size of 15 regulation football fields – will serve 48 of the state’s 55 counties and is designed to quickly get more food to those in need.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Apr. 27, 2026

Understanding And Preventing Chemical Incidents, This West Virginia Morning

There are still many questions that surround the chemical incident near Institute last week that killed two workers. Chris Schulz spoke with Dr. Christopher Martin, a specialist in occupational and environmental medicine at West Virginia University (WVU), to try and shed some light on what happened.

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Education Emma Johnson, Oct. 29, 2025

Food Insecurity Being Addressed On MU Campus

The Marshall University Student Government Association and Student Affairs have started their annual food drive by placing donation drop-off boxes in all of the main Marshall campus buildings.

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Government WVPB Staff, Jan. 24, 2024

Understanding The Scope Of W.Va. Food Insecurity, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, Briana Heaney spoke with Cindi Kirkhart, the chief executive officer of the Facing Hunger Foodbank, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, to help us better understand food insecurity issues in the state.

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Government WVPB Staff, Jan. 23, 2024

DHHR Restructuring Bill Heads To Governor

On this episode of The Legislature Today, a bill to rename the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) is on its way to the governor for a signature. Also, our guests have a discussion on food insecurity in West Virginia.

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