W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsRandolph is the 24th West Virginia county to be designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, Shepherdstown and Romney both lay claim to being the oldest town in West Virginia – but there’s some confusion as to which town is actually correct. Shepherd Snyder spoke to Appalachian historian and Shepherd University professor Benjamin Bankhurst about why the answer is more complicated than it appears.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsControlling fentanyl and reducing overdose deaths are expected to be a big part of President Biden’s State of the Union address according to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the former state health officer for West Virginia and now the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHealth officials in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia say the number of overdose deaths continued to rise in 2017. The Ohio Valley ReSource's Aaron Payne…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe number of adults who smoke cigarettes in West Virginia has significantly declined since 2011.The West Virginia Department of Health and Human…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia health officials are encouraging providers to ensure their patients over six months old get flu vaccinations.The Bureau for Public Health…
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