W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition
A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.
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Flood Recovery Efforts And Protesting Possible Medicaid Cuts, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, we have the latest on devastating floods to hit two counties in the northern part of the state. We’ll also talk about West Virginians' efforts to halt Medicaid cuts. And, we learn about reviving black coal camps in McDowell County — through farming.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. Recognizes Juneteenth As Officials Call For State Holiday
From Shepherdstown to Huntington, celebrations statewide recognized the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to let people enslaved there know that they were free.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSaving A Black Coal Camp And Affrilachian Poets, Inside Appalachia
This week, Inside Appalachia, a West Virginia man is reviving a Black coal camp through farming. Also, the legacy of Affrilachian poet Norman Jordan includes a summer camp for teens to study their heritage. And, the Reverend George Mills Dickerson of Tazewell, Virginia, was born in the years after slavery ended. He’s remembered during Juneteenth through his poetry.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAn Operational Mountain Valley Pipeline, New Director Speaks On Opioid Settlement And A Review Of The State’s Safety Nets, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, we hear from residents living near the now operational Mountain Valley Pipeline as well as from the man who will oversee the distribution of millions in opioid funds across the state.
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Celebrating Juneteenth And A Conversation With WVPB’s First Eastern Panhandle Reporter, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, Wednesday was the federal holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Briana Heaney talked to West Virginians as they hit the streets to celebrate the nation’s, and the state’s, newest holiday.
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Wednesday was the federal holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Mountainstaters hit the streets to celebrate the nation’s, and the state’s, newest holiday. ...
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