Encore: Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia

This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.’s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer. A local journalist is trying to unravel the cause. And, the city of Asheville has a new crusading reporter. He’s a puppet.

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Government WVPB Staff, Sep. 09, 2026

National Report Highlights Use Of Opioid Settlement Funds For Police Surveillance, This West Virginia Morning

As one of the hardest hit states in the country's opioid crisis, communities across West Virginia have started spending their portion of the roughly $1 billion in settlements from pharmaceutical companies and distributors. Schuyler Mitchell, assistant news director at nonprofit newsroom Mother Jones, reported last month on the use of the funds to purchase automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, from companies like Flock. She spoke to Chris Schulz about her findings.

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Education Chris Schulz, Sep. 08, 2026

Pack Responds To Lawsuit Over Hope Scholarship Expansion

The suit alleges the expansion is inconsistent with the state Constitution's guarantee of a thorough and efficient system of free schools and could lead to the closure of their local elementary school.

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Education Chris Schulz, Aug. 18, 2026

State Notified Of Lawsuit Over School Funding

The ACLU-WV said students in Lincoln County receive a worse education than their parents and grandparents did — and that by some measures the schools are worse off than the system a court already found unconstitutional.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Aug. 17, 2026

State Methadone Clinic Ban Faces Court Challenge

A federal judge declined Friday the state’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by West Virginia’s largest overdose prevention group, Solutions Oriented Addiction Response of West Virginia (SOAR.)

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Government Curtis Tate, Aug. 14, 2026

Justice Coal Company Appeals District Court’s Order In Long-simmering Kentucky Case

In July, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove ordered company associates to pay $18 million in a 2012 lawsuit filed by New London Tobacco Market and Fivemile Energy.

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Education Eric Douglas, Aug. 04, 2026

3 Marion County Board Of Ed Members Sued For Sexual Discrimination

Marion County Schools Superintendent Donna Heston and Human Resources administrative assistant Kristin DeVaul have sued three members of the Marion County Board of Education, in their personal and official capacity, for sexual discrimination.

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