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 Associated Press, Jul. 03, 2025

Supreme Court Will Take Up A New Case About Which School Sports Teams Transgender Students Can Join

The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case over state restrictions on which school sports teams transgender students can join. Just ...

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Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, Jul. 01, 2025

Ohio River Cleanup And Possible Cuts To SNAP, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about efforts to clean up an important waterway, and examine the impact of prospective food benefit cuts on Appalachians in need.

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Health & Science Jack Walker, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Residents Visit Congress, Urging Senators To Vote Down Medicaid Cuts

More than 500,000 West Virginians were enrolled in Medicaid in 2024. Several of them traveled to Washington, D.C. on June 18 to meet with aides for the state’s U.S. senators.

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Government Curtis Tate, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Gender-Affirming Surgery Case Kicked Back To Lower Court

The Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year that the state’s exclusion of gender-affirming surgery under Medicaid violated federal law.

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Health & Science Jack Walker, Jun. 30, 2025

With $8.7M Distributed, Inaugural Opioid Settlement Grant Distribution Halfway Done

At a board of directors meeting Monday, the West Virginia First Foundation provided updates on grant funding distribution to community groups that address addiction.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Medicaid Advocates Visit Congress And Nonprofit Relieves Medical Debt, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from residents who traveled to the U.S. Capitol in opposition to Medicaid cuts, plus get the details on a nonprofit's effort to erase medical debt for those in need.

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