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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Health & Science Maria Young, May. 29, 2025

Mobile Breast, Lung Cancer Screenings Heading To Rural Counties

WVU Medicine will offer a series of breast and lung cancer screenings in parts of rural West Virginia next month. A state of the art mobile unit called “LUCAS” for lung cancer screening that w...

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Apr. 03, 2025

Capito: 'I Have Strong Disagreements' With Trump Agency Cuts

She said she’d be talking to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about layoffs this week at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Apr. 01, 2025

UMWA's Roberts: Trump Policies Could Harm Coal Miners, Exports

UMWA President Cecil Roberts said Trump’s proposed fees on international shipping and cuts to safety and health agencies threaten the competitiveness of coal and the health and safety of mine workers.

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Government Jack Walker, Feb. 28, 2025

Governor Keeps Sights On Religious Vaccine Exemptions, Certificate Of Need Repeal

Gov. Patrick Morrisey addressed two legislative priorities at a press briefing Friday. He said he maintains hope that both goals will come to fruition this year.

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Government WVPB Staff, Feb. 19, 2025

Health Stakeholders Discuss Proposed Changes To State Code

On this episode of The Legislature Today, Health Reporter Emily Rice speaks with Jim Kauffman, president and CEO of the West Virginia Hospital Association, and Jessica Dobrinsky, chief of staff and certificate of need policy expert at the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, about changes lawmakers are proposing to state code this session.

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Government WVPB Staff, Feb. 17, 2025

Deputy Speaker Of The House Talks Floor Debate Changes, Vaccine Exemptions

On this episode of The Legislature Today, News Director Eric Douglas speaks with Speaker Pro Tempore and Deputy Speaker of the House Del. Matthew Rohrbach, R-Cabell. They discuss plans for legislation, the new process of debating bills in the House and legislation implementing religious exemptions from vaccines. Rohrbach is also a doctor.

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