Poet Writes On Grief, Nature And Hurricane Helene In New Book
Poet Michael Hettich spoke with Inside Appalachia Producer Bill Lynch about his latest book of poetry, "A Sharper Silence."
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Federal Cuts Spur Protest In Morgantown
Demonstrators with the group Mountaineers Indivisible are calling on West Virginia’s Congressional delegation to oppose the Trump administration’s broad-reaching cuts to federal programs.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsVA Report Cites ‘Serious, Pervasive And Deep-Rooted’ Failures At Clarksburg Medical Center As Mays Is Sentenced To 7 Life Terms
A report was released Tuesday outlining a long list of failures at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia that led to the deaths of at least seven men.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsReta Mays, Guilty Of Murdering Veterans Hospitalized In West Virginia, Gets Seven Life Sentences Plus 20 Years
A former nursing assistant who admitted to murdering veterans at a Clarksburg, West Virginia hospital will spend the rest of her natural life behind bars. Reta Mays, 46 of Reyondsville, West Virginia, was handed seven life sentences plus 20 years.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News10th Settlement Reached In West Virginia VA Hospital Deaths
The federal government agreed to a 10th settlement for suspicious deaths at a West Virginia veterans hospital where a former nursing assistant admitted to intentionally giving seven patients unprescribed insulin injections.
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Sentencing Delayed For Fired VA Nursing Assistant Who Killed 7
Sentencing has been delayed for a former staffer at a veterans hospital in West Virginia who pleaded guilty to intentionally killing seven patients with fatal doses of insulin. A federal judge on Friday granted a motion by attorneys for Reta Mays to push back her sentencing. It now will be held May 11-12. It had been scheduled for Feb. 18-19.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Congressional Delegation Applauds VA Health Care Facility Transparency Bill
Congress has finished work on a bill that would provide greater transparency at veterans hospitals across the nation. The legislation came after a string of murders at a West Virginia veterans medical facility.
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