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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Energy & Environment WVPB Staff, Jul. 01, 2025

Ohio River Cleanup And Possible Cuts To SNAP, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about efforts to clean up an important waterway, and examine the impact of prospective food benefit cuts on Appalachians in need.

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Energy & Environment Briana Heaney, Jan. 31, 2025

Rising Rivers, Possible Rockslides From Snow Melt And Rain

Rivers across the state are expected to rise over Friday night and into Saturday, due to snow melt and heavy rainfall.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Dec. 06, 2024

Lawsuit Filed Over PFAS Discharge From Chemours Plant

The complaint alleges that Chemours failed to meet the requirements of a 2023 agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address water pollution from its Washington Works plant near Parkersburg.

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Government Curtis Tate, Oct. 25, 2024