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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Health & Science Jack Walker, Jun. 30, 2025

W.Va. Residents Visit Congress, Urging Senators To Vote Down Medicaid Cuts

More than 500,000 West Virginians were enrolled in Medicaid in 2024. Several of them traveled to Washington, D.C. on June 18 to meet with aides for the state’s U.S. senators.

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Jun. 18, 2025

Energy Efficiency Tax Credits Helped Homeowners. They May Go Away

While the Senate’s version relaxed some of the timelines for phasing out utility scale wind and solar credits, it includes a quick elimination of credits that benefit homeowners.

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Government Curtis Tate, May. 21, 2025

Lawmaker's Filing Could Set Up Primary Challenge To Capito

State Sen. Tom Willis, a Berkeley County Republican, filed an organization form Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, or FEC, to establish a U.S. Senate campaign committee.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Apr. 25, 2025

W.Va. Is One Of 20 U.S. States Without A Measles Case This Year

West Virginia is one of 20 U.S. states not to report a case of measles in 2025, so far. However, all five of its border states have reported cases, with Kentucky announcing its second case of the year on Friday.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Apr. 14, 2025

W.Va. Nearly Funded Tobacco Education Efforts, But Let Bill Die In Committee

A bill to fund a Tobacco Education Fund in the nation’s most nicotine addicted state failed in the final hours of the 2025 legislative session.

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Government Jack Walker +, Apr. 13, 2025

In Eleventh Hour, Senate Republicans Suspend Rules To Pass DEI Ban

Both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature voted to pass a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. But a technical error sent the state Senate into chaos Saturday night.

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