Encore: Willie Carver Jr. And Marina Waters, Inside Appalachia

This week, in author Willie Carver, Jr.’s new book, he reconsiders a negative childhood experience with a neighborhood girl who might have just been looking for a friend. Also, a southwestern Virginia community rang the alarm after more and more of its children were diagnosed with cancer. A local journalist is trying to unravel the cause. And, the city of Asheville has a new crusading reporter. He’s a puppet.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Sep. 09, 2026

Community Members Come Together With Goals To Affect Data Center Development

The group opposes the unchecked buildout of data centers and are seeking four key points including local control and community consent.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Aug. 31, 2026

Community, Conservation Groups Ask Courts To Properly Review Challenges To Data Center Permitting

Court challenges by conservation groups to a state air quality permit as well as to redactions in the permit application were dismissed last week on procedural grounds.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Feb. 06, 2026

Regulators Reaffirm Approval For Microgrid Generator, Data Center In Tucker County

Thursday’s decision came following a two-day hearing held in December at the DEP headquarters in Charleston where the citizen groups argued for the release of all redacted information in the site’s air quality permit application.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Dec. 04, 2025

State Regulators Hear Two Days Of Evidence In Appeal Of Tucker County Data Center Permits

State regulators spent two days hearing evidence about the air quality permit for a microgrid facility in Tucker County that is expected to power a data center.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Nov. 05, 2025

First Hearing Held In Appeal Of Permit For Tucker County Microgrid Site

At a hearing of the Air Quality Board Wednesday, citizen groups concerned about the facility’s environmental impact sought the release of all redacted information in the permit for a Tucker County microgrid.

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Energy & Environment Chris Schulz, Oct. 20, 2025