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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Mar. 06, 2026

Making Award-Winning Affrilachian Food In Asheville, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a James Beard award winner is cooking up her twist on the old-fashioned fish fry, and the West Virginia Legislature completes a budget.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, Oct. 07, 2024

A DIY Skatepark, Plus Disability Justice During Hazardous Spills, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, there’s no public skatepark in Martinsburg, so locals spent a decade building one from scratch. And they’re not alone: Skaters nationwide are adding ramps and rails to abandoned lots, calling them DIY skateparks...

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, May. 22, 2023

Thousands Of Gallons Of Oil Spill From Storage Tank In Kanawha County

An open valve on a storage tank spilled potentially several thousand gallons of crude oil, the Kanawha County Commission said Monday.

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WVPB News Associated Press, Jun. 11, 2018

West Virginia City Sues Boat Owners for $150K Over Oil Spill

A city in West Virginia is suing the owners of a towboat that spilled oil along the West Virginia-Kentucky border earlier this year.The Herald-Dispatch…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Jan. 11, 2018

Sunken Towboat Leaking Oil in Big Sandy River

Updated Friday, January 12 at 11:49 a.m.Officials say a sunken tow boat is leaking oil in the Big Sandy River on the West Virginia-Kentucky border and…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Aug. 06, 2014

Valve Failure Causes Oil Spill at W.Va. Facility

State officials say 22,000 gallons of compressor station process water and used oil leaked from a Nitro industrial waste-handling facility.Tom Aluise, a…

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