Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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Government Maria Young, May. 31, 2025

Pushing For Foster Care Transparency And Lessons In The Great Outdoors, This West Virginia Week

Top stories this week include a push for more transparency in the state's foster care system, the reason behind sudden layoffs for a local electric school bus manufacturer, and a county that teaches skiing and kayaking right along with reading and math.

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Health & Science Chris Schulz, May. 28, 2025

Morrisey Outlines 6 Steps To Improve Foster System

Morrisey laid out six reforms to the state’s child welfare system aimed at beginning a new era of transparency.

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Health & Science Chris Schulz, Mar. 26, 2025

House Bill On Foster Care Takes Nuanced Approach To Sibling Reunification

Under current code, the Department of Human Services is required to reunite siblings if circumstances allow it, but the bill now makes reunification permissive.

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Economy WVPB Staff, Jan. 29, 2025

Foster Care Crises And Inflation Worries, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, News Director Eric Douglas discusses the state of West Virginia's foster care system with Erica Peterson, editor at large for Mountain State Spotlight.

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Government Caelan Bailey, Jan. 13, 2025

Morrisey Inaugurated, Pledges Deregulation And Economic Growth

After 12 years as West Virginia's Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey was sworn in Monday morning as the state’s 37th governor. “Together, we're going to make West Virginia a beacon of opportunity, o...

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Government Emily Rice, Nov. 25, 2024

Foster Care Ombudsman Emphasizes Independence, Impartiality As Office’s Role Grows

One of West Virginia’s Foster Care Ombudsmen testified before a committee during November’s interim legislative session about the role her office plays in the state’s child welfare system.

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