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School-Based Healthcare Expands For Medicaid-Eligible Students In W.Va.

The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), in partnership with the Department of Education, announced Wednesday they are expanding Medicaid school-based health services.

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Kentucky Neighbors Call For More Data Center Transparency, This West Virginia Morning

As developers rapidly propose data centers across Kentucky, their neighbors are struggling to find out what it will mean for them. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Sylvia Goodman reports that residents are calling for more transparency from developers and their own public officials.

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Pushback On School Clothing Vouchers And Black Lung Numbers Grow, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey gets pushback over school clothing vouchers, Huntington residents seek to ban Flock cameras, and black lung is big again.

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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 new 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.

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