Fourth Annual Women Warriors Summit To Feature High Profile Speakers
The fourth annual Women Warriors Summit will take place at the Marshall Health Network Arena in Huntington on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
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Encore: Ohio's Ancient Earthworks And Ballad Singing After Hurricane Helene, Inside Appalachia
This week, ballads tell stories about all kinds of real-life events, but after Hurricane Helene, one group of ballad singers felt some topics were still too raw. Also, the author of a book on ancient Ohio credits a former grad student with introducing him to the region’s mysterious earthworks. And, the legacy of Affrilachian poet Norman Jordan includes a summer camp for teens to study their heritage.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPop-Up Health Clinic Offers Wide Range Of Free Services
Hundreds of West Virginians seeking free health care are expected to show up Saturday for West Virginia Health Right's We Care WV Day.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCommunication Challenges For Emergency Personnel, This West Virginia Morning
Two federally important facilities located in West Virginia require a strict limit on radio frequency interference. But for decades – increasingly as communication systems have become more advanced – those limits have made it difficult for emergency crews and first responders in Pendleton and Pocahontas counties to do their jobs as safely and effectively as possible. Now the results of a lengthy federal study show exactly how precarious the situation is. We caught up with Pendleton County Emergency Management’s Rick Gillespie to find out what the study shows and what happens next.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHealth Secretary Predicts Another $199M In RHTP Funds
West Virginia received $199 million in the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program. Dr. Arvin Singh, secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health, told lawmakers he expects the state's level of funding to remain the same next year.
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Encore: Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia
This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.’s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer. A local journalist is trying to unravel the cause. And, the city of Asheville has a new crusading reporter. He’s a puppet.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRemembering 9/11, 25 Years Later, This West Virginia Morning
Twenty-five years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m., a hijacked plane hit one of the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, ending for this nation a certain innocence, and the belief that such an attack would never happen on American soil. Maria Young caught up an economics professor from WVU who was on site when the planes hit – and gave an exclusive interview to then-West Virginia Public Broadcasting News Director Beth Vorhees.
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