Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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Government Curtis Tate, Jun. 03, 2025

NIOSH Director Tells Federal Judge That Black Lung Program Is Back

John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, told U.S. District Judge Irene Berger that 51 workers who had received termination notices in April were back on the job.

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Health & Science Curtis Tate, May. 20, 2025

UMWA, Labor Leaders To Protest Trump Health Cuts In D.C.

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts and members of the American Federation of Government Employees will demonstrate outside HHS headquarters over recent staffing reductions at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 20, 2025

A Researcher Investigates Mining Hazards. Trump Cut His Program

Curtis Tate spoke with Brendan Demich, chief steward for the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1916 about his Pittsburgh-based mine research team, whose employment status remains in doubt.

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Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, May. 20, 2025

Federal Mine Safety Researchers Remain Uncertain About Their Jobs, This West Virginia Morning

Listen to West Virginia Morning weekdays at 7:43 a.m. on WVPB Radio or subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode. #WVMorning

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Health & Science Curtis Tate, May. 15, 2025

UMWA Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Health Cuts

The UMWA is among the plaintiffs who brought a court challenge Wednesday to cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 14, 2025

Federal Mining Research Workers Are Still In Limbo

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services placed hundreds of NIOSH workers on administrative leave last month and issued them termination notices.

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