National Jamboree Set To Open Under Stormy Skies
Scouts from across the nation are preparing to converge on Fayette County for West Virginia's fifth National Jamboree.
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Flood Prediction Proposal Never Funded By Legislature
SENTRY would integrate additional rain gauges, soil saturation sensors, wind data and stream monitoring with artificial intelligence-driven modeling to forecast elevated flood risk one to six hours in advance, with a target accuracy exceeding 90 percent, but the project was never funded.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAppalachia’s Declining Bat Population, This West Virginia Morning
Bats are the subject of myths and legends, often in a negative light. But that goes against the reality of their role in ecosystems, including critical agricultural services for humans. Bat populations have dropped significantly in the face of a changing climate and disease.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsImproving Health Care Access In Rural Communities, This West Virginia Morning
A $1 million initiative through the Rural Health Transformation Program aims to help rural EMS agencies expand access to health care in rural and underserved areas of West Virginia. We spoke with Secretary of Health Dr. Arvin Singh to understand how the program is designed to work – and who it will focus on first.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsStatewide Flood Funding Yet To Flow
Director of the State Resiliency Office (SRO) Robert Martin presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding Sunday about efforts the SRO is making to prepare for flooding disasters and propose preventative plans — although funding for those pla...
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Federal Officials Investigate West Virginia Flood Program
A program that helps people rebuild homes that were damaged or destroyed in West Virginia’s 2016 flood has been under federal investigation, a state official told lawmakers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Pandemic's Toll Compared To Deadly 2016 Floods
West Virginia will end September with its deadliest monthly toll from the coronavirus pandemic as officials put a new spin — a 2016 deadly flood — on their exhaustive pleas for residents in one of the lowest vaccinated states to get their COVID-19 shots.
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