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 Jack Walker, Jun. 25, 2025

UPDATE: Possible Ninth Flood Fatality Identified; New Housing Aid Available

At a press conference Wednesday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey shared news of a possible additional fatality from the Ohio County floods, plus a new opportunity for housing aid for residents affected by the flooding.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Jun. 23, 2025

Public Comment Open On Air Quality Permit For Tucker County Microgrid Facility

The air quality permit application was submitted by Fundamental Data, LLC for a microgrid power station, known as the Ridgeline Facility. It will power what the company has said could be “among the largest data center campuses in the world.”

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Jun. 16, 2025

Tucker County Residents Push Back Against Big Tech In Their Backyard

Residents in upper Canaan Valley say they want more information and more input regarding a microgrid energy project slated to be built just outside of their small town.

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Energy & Environment Jack Walker, Feb. 09, 2024

W.Va. Receives $30 Million To Revitalize Coal Communities

This year, nearly $30 million in federal funding will go toward projects that revitalize West Virginia's coalfield communities and repurpose abandoned mine lands across the state.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Feb. 24, 2023

Agencies Investigating Dust Cloud In Eastern Panhandle

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is investigating the appearance of dust clouds across multiple counties in the state’s Eastern Panhandle.

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Energy & Environment Caroline MacGregor, Feb. 22, 2023

Union Carbide, DEP Agreement To Lower Emissions In Institute

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has signed an agreement with Union Carbide Corporation to further reduce ethylene oxide emissions at its facility in Institute, Kanawha County.

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