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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WVPB News Associated Press, Jan. 22, 2016

Former Pratt Mayor Given Probation for Drug Charges

A former West Virginia mayor has been given probation after he was charged with selling prescription pills.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a federal…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Sep. 25, 2015

Ex-Pratt Mayor Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge

The former mayor of a Kanawha County town has pleaded guilty to oxycodone distribution.Ex-Pratt Mayor Gary Fields entered the plea Thursday in federal…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Jun. 05, 2015

Pratt Mayor Say's He'll Step Down if Re-Elected

Pratt Mayor Gary Fields said he will step down if re-elected in an upcoming city election.The Charleston Gazette reports Fields was arrested by Kanawha…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Jun. 03, 2015

Officials Investigate Whether Bones Found in Pratt are Part of Indian Burial Ground

Officials are investigating a site in Kanawha County to determine whether Indian remains were buried there.The Charleston Gazette reports workers for West…

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