Aluminum Plates For Deep Space Win W.Va. 'Coolest' Contest
Aluminum plates that helped keep astronauts on the Artemis II rocket safe won the first ever Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition.
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Encore: The Grand March And A Year After A Denied Abortion, Inside Appalachia
This week, for nearly a century, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in Tennessee. So what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year. And, new prisons are touted as a way to bring jobs to former coal communities. Not everybody agrees the trade-off is worth it.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHouse Moves To Weaken Stream Protections
More pollution may make it to streams in the state after the House of Delegates passed a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule package Wednesday. The Engrossed Committee version of House B...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGreenbrier Off The Auction Block, An HIV Mystery And A Camping Ban That Targets The Homeless This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, we’ll hear from Governor Jim Justice about efforts to auction off his Greenbrier Resort – and what he says is behind it all. Plus, why health officials worry tha...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsResidents Along Indian Creek Are Filing Dozens Of Lawsuits Against Mining Companies
There has been an ongoing crisis around Indian Creek where residents say their water has been contaminated by mining – and now they are taking legal action.
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A Contaminated Water Lawsuit And The History Of Voting This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, residents around Indian Creek are beginning to take legal action over contaminated water, and Us & Them looks at the history of voting.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWyoming County Residents Warn of Contaminated Creek
Residents of Wyoming County, West Virginia, say there’s something wrong with a local creek. One resident says fish are dying, and even pets.
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