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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W.Va. Improves In National Ranking Of Child Wellbeing
West Virginia rose from 44 to 41 year to year for overall child wellbeing, improving in every category except health.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAnnual Report Shows Good News, Bad News In W.Va. Children’s Health
When it comes to several different measures of overall well-being, a new report shows West Virginia’s children rank 44th nationally. But there are some important improvements.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsChild Care Access A Barrier To Improving Child Well-Being In W.Va.
West Virginia ranked 42nd in the nation for child well-being in this year’s KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Each year, the foundation chooses a specific hurdle to improving child well-being, and this year’s focus is the state of child care.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAnnual Report Finds W.Va. Improved on Most Markers of Child Well-Being
Over the past 30 years, the annual Kids County Data Book has been tracking things like low birth-weight babies, children in poverty and young children not…
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Report: More than 1 in 4 W.Va. Kids Living in Poverty
A new report says more than one in four West Virginiachildren are living in poverty.The annual KIDS Count report says the number of children living in…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsStudy: 25 Percent of Pregnant W.Va. Women Smoke
More than 25 percent of pregnant women in West Virginia from 2008 to 2011 said they smoked during their pregnancy.Federal data and a state health…
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