New Battlefield Site Replacing Dilapidated Harpers Ferry Buildings
Five derelict buildings in Harpers Ferry are being torn down beginning this month. A new battlefield landscape will take their place.
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State's Lead Pipes Getting Replaced With EPA Funds
Notably, the city of Clarksburg’s water board will begin a project next year to replace more than 4,000 lead service lines at no cost to residents.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia American Water Wants To Know If Your Homes Pipes Have Lead
The company is asking customers to check their home’s water piping system for lead. Their website has information that customers can use to identify lead, which is a neurotoxin. Then customers are asked to log that information into an interactive map.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHelping Foster Kids Find Work, Housing After 18 On This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, foster kids often don't have anywhere to go when they turn 18, but a new program in Philippi, Barbour County is working to help provide housing and work for some of them.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMine Reclamation, Clean Water and Broadband: What the Infrastructure Law Brings to Appalachia
The bipartisan infrastructure bill that became law last month has billions of dollars in it for roads, bridges, airports and transit systems in the Ohio Valley. The law also addresses some of the region’s other pressing needs.
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Toxic At Every Level: Lead Pipes Burden Clarksburg, W.Va.
Millions of Americans get their water through lead service lines. The alarm sounded in Clarksburg when three children in town tested positive for elevated levels of lead in their blood.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFeds, Local Health Agencies Looking At High Lead Levels In Clarksburg Drinking Water
Federal regulators have joined West Virginia officials in reviewing water service lines in Clarksburg for elevated levels of lead in drinking water.
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