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 Curtis Tate, Apr. 27, 2024

Rivers, Manchin’s Successor, Firing Up A Gas Pipeline And New Power Plant Rules, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, Earth Day was Monday. We’ll hear from a hydrologist about the state’s rivers. We’ll learn more about why two leading candidates for governor are trading accusations in ads over transgender youth. And we’ll visit a community in southern West Virginia affected by contaminated water.

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Government Shepherd Snyder, Feb. 16, 2023

AG Morrisey Takes Aim Against EPA Intrastate Water Regulations

A new rule from the EPA gives the agency more power over intrastate bodies of water, but Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is calling it federal overreach.

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Energy & Environment Eric Douglas, Jun. 03, 2021

Book: ‘Holding Back The River’ Looks At American Waterways

West Virginia author and journalist Tyler J. Kelley takes a hard look at rivers, flooding and commerce on America's waterways in his new book “Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways.”

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WVPB News Liz McCormick, Nov. 26, 2019

More Than 180 Years Later, 'Eelway' To Help American Eel Return Further Upstream

At the end of Vineyard Road in Falling Waters, West Virginia, there is an old, stone and brick structure on the Potomac River. This small, historic…

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WVPB News Roxy Todd, Aug. 30, 2019

These Guys Tow Coal Barges, Hear Them Discuss Jobs, the Environment, Pollution

Editor's Note: We are sorry to report that Charlie Jones has passed away since this story first aired.A decline in coal production over the past decade…

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WVPB News Associated Press, Jan. 16, 2018

21 Organizations Get Water Quality Grants

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says 21 organizations around the state are receiving grants to help protect the quality of the…

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